Catalog Content |
Basic concepts: What is language?, What does it mean to know a language?; Linguistics: Science of language; Prescriptive-Descriptive Approach; Origins of Language; Language and Other Communication Systems; Speech vs Writing; Properties of human language: Arbitrariness, Duality, Discereteness, Displacement, Cultural transmission, Productivity; Language and Man: Biological basis, Is language man? Is man language?; Psychological aspects: Language acquisition; Social aspects: Diachronic-Synchronic change; Cultural aspects: Language-thought-culture; Pedagogical aspects: Language teaching. |