Workshop 1 The Role of Language in Daily Life_张锐意_区结玲_王梓鑫.docx

Workshop 1 The Role of Language in Daily LifePart 1Does knowing vocabulary and grammar rules lead to successful use of a language?Answer 1: Yes---The Linguistic KnowledgeQ:What does a language contain?The sound system:The sound that are included and not included in the languageCombination of soundsMorphology (e.g. words)Syntax (e.g. sentence structure)Knowledge of A LanguageKnowledge of sound A. Sounds belonging to the language vs. sounds alien to the languageB. The role of tone: a meaning discriminator or not C. Combination and distribution of soundsFrom sounds to words(2) Knowledge of words (and meaning) The arbitrary relation between the meaning and the representing soundThe formation of words (the study of morphology) is also governed by rulesFrom words to sentences(3) Knowledge of the sentence and non-sentenceKnowing how to construct sentences also means knowing how to identify sentences that are possible in a language, that is, language constructions that obey rules in that language.Such rules are limited in length and in numbers.Sounds → Words → Phrases→Sentences rulesrulesrulesThe rules governing the formation of pieces of language make sure that people produce understandable sentences.Grammar: A Headache Or A Blessing?Knowing a language means having the ability to understand new speech, and also means having the ability to create new speech (linguistic creativity)Grammar governing: A. the production of sounds and sound patterns B. the formation of words C. the construction of sentencesGrammar is a body of language rested in the mind of the native speakers of a language, a property of brain.It’s an internal procedure that can generate a description having phonetic, semantic, structural properties.*Note: Chomsky’s views on Linguistic knowledge(1) Observation: who’s the maters of language learners? Babies (exposure to limited amounts of language input).(2) The faculty of language: a language organ innate(3) Language acquis