The limits of my language mean the limit of my wor

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Grammer Nazi 

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Syntactic Structure

noun phrases 

verb phrases 

adjectival phrases 

prepositional phrases 

adverbial phrases 

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Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography - Language

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Sentence Structures

simple- 1 main clause 

compound- 2 or more independent clauses

complex- 1 independent clause and 1 or more dependant/subordinate cluase

compound-complex- 2 or more independent clauses and 1 or more dependant clause  

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Sentence Types

imperative- command 

interrogative- question 

exclamation/exclamitive- exclamation

declarative- statement   

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Alex The Talking Parrot 

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Prescriptivism vs. Descriptivism

Prescriptivism 

value judgement 

'right' or 'wrong' 

compares standard to non standard english 

Descriptivism 

not inferior to others 

doesn't give judgement

looks at text 'as it is'

compares language features to standard english 

more detailed then Prescriptivism 

WHO WINS ....?

DESCRIPTIVISM 

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Benjamin Lee Whorf 

LINGUIST 

Language influences thought.

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Text Functions

1. Means of Conveying Information 

2. An Instrument of Action 

3. Maintaining Social Relationships 

4. An Instrument of Cognitive and Conceptual Development 

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Subsystems

Phonetics- Production of Sound 

Phonolog- Sound Patterns 

Morphology- Change of Form and Structure 

Lexicology- Study of Words and Orogens 

Syntax- Grammar and Word Order 

Semantics- Study of Meanings 

Discorse Analysis- Connected Speech and Sentences