Briefly discuss the Acculturation Model of John Schumann. Acculturation Model Acculturation Theory is the social model of second language acquisition. In Acculturation Model, the acquisition of a new language is influenced by how the learners’ and the target language community…
Briefly discuss any three hypotheses of Krashen’s Monitor Model./ What do you know about the Monitor Model Theory of Stephen Krashen? Why is it important in SLA? Introduction Stephen Krashen who is a linguist and educational researcher has developed a…
Discuss the different stages of child language development. Introduction Parents do not teach the mother language to their children formally. They only reinforce their child’s verbal behavior by means of “baby talk”. To extend their language abilities, children pick up…
What is semantics? Provide an analysis of major lexical relations. What is semantics Semantics is the study of meaning. It is a wide subject of language study. It is one of the most fundamental concepts in linguistics. For language acquisition,…
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Classify the English consonant sounds according to the Manner of Articulation. Manner of Articulation Manner of articulation is the obstruction of air made by the organs may be total, intermittent, or partial, narrowing the air passage. Our lips, tongue, velum,…
Discuss the different branches of phonetics. Introduction Phonetics is the study and classification of speech sounds. To put it differently, it is the science of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription. Branches…
Evaluate Chomsky’s major contributions to linguistics./Analyze Noam Chomsky’s Competence and performance. Avram Noam Chomsky who is an American linguist and philosopher is considered to be the father of modern linguistics, particularly for his Transformational Generative Grammar and as he is…
What is word formation? Define the basic rules of Word Formation. Write five techniques of word formation. Introduction Word formation rules are a very basic concept of linguistics. This is a process of forming new words. All the languages of…
What is morphology? Classify the morphemes in detail. Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words and is a key part of linguistic studies today. The term morphology is a Greek word. It means a make-up of morph…
Discuss the relationship between language and culture. Introduction Culture and language are strongly interconnected. The relationship between culture and language is controversial and when someone tries to understand how language and culture are connected a number of questions come to…
Give a brief account of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is a principle that suggests that the structure of a language affects the worldview or cognition or knowledge of its speakers, and thus people’s perceptions are relative to their…
To what extent can Linguistics be considered a science? Introduction The term “linguistics” was first used in the mid-nineteenth century. It is a very broad field that encompasses grammar, phonology, and semantics. Before the middle of the nineteenth century, this…
What are the common characteristics or major properties of language?/ Mention the major characteristics of language. Introduction Language is an inseparable part of human society. Human civilization has been possible through language. Humanity has come out of the stone age…
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