sábado, 25 de mayo de 2013

FILMORE’S CASE GRAMMAR

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Generative Semantics

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Formalism: Noam Chomsky

Formal language theory, the discipline which studies formal grammar and language, is a branch of applied mathematics. Its applications are found in theoretical computer science, theoretical linguistics, formal semantics, mathematical logic, and other areas. Formalism or generative grammar is the third predominant linguistic school of the twentieth century. This theory is mostly influence by Noam Chomsky and his concept of generative grammar, which was firstly presented in Syntactic Structures (1957). Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher,...

lunes, 15 de abril de 2013

American Structuralism: Leonard Bloomfield

Behaviorism. It is a theory based on that behavior is acquired through conditioning. Some behaviors, such as acting, thinking, and feeling, can be scientifically observed and measured. Language, as a behavior, is a set  of habits acquired by operant conditioning and reinforcement.   Binarism. A principle of analysis requiring that a linguistic system, as a phonological, case, or semantic system, be represented as a set of binary oppositions. Constituent. A word, phrase, or clause forming a part of a larger construction....

Anthropological Linguistics

The study of language within the context of anthropology and the inevitable overlap between the studies of language and culture has been long recognized by the fathers of the discipline of anthropology, which has been known as Ethnolinguistics. Sir Edward Taylor, Marett, and Malinowski works began with the conviction that language and culture need an integral study, particularly in case of the simple societies of the world.      Anthropological linguist refer to a four field study of human beings that contains the fallowing...

martes, 26 de febrero de 2013

The London School

Good day! Here's a map about the The London School topic. We hope it helps you to study it better. ACTIVITY: http://www.educaplay.com/es/recursoseducativos/793654/the_london_school.ht...

lunes, 25 de febrero de 2013

The Copenhagen School

IMPORTANT: If you can't see the link, please click on "READ MORE". Hello there! We could (finally) upload the presentation of The Copenhagen School topic, so now it can be shared with all of you. Click right here and download it!...