UNIVERSIDAD CENTRALFACULTAD DE FILOSOFÍA

ESCUELA DE IDIOMASDAVID HERNÁNDEZ

DESCRIPTIVELINGUISTICS

DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS

CONTENTS:

•ASPECTS OF LINGUISTICS

•BASIC GENERATIVE TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR PATTERNS

•OPEN TRANSITION AND HOMOPHONES•TRANSCRIPTION

SYMBOLS USED FOR TRANSCRIPTION

•THE ORGANS OF SPEECH

ASPECTS OF

LINGUISTICS

HISTORI CAL OR DIACHRONIC

LINGUISTICS

STRUCTURAL

LINGUISTICS

DESCRIPTIVE OR

SYNCHRONIC

LINGUISTICS

CONTRASTIVE

LINGUISTICS

The change of

language throungh time.

The inter-relationship

which make up the

structures of language.

Similarities and /or

differences betwen

languages

It describes how the

language is used.

Basic Generative

Transformational

Grammar Patterns

S

VPNP

NPPPH

NPPrep

D N

D N

D

Ex: my best friend is in my house.

the shy boy is in the class

OPE

N

TRAN

SITI

ON A

ND

HOM

OPH

ONES

OPEN TRANSITION

HOMOPHONES

Is the difference in the pronunciation:

Ex:Beeline feline

/’biylayn/ /’fIlayn/

Words with same pronunciation and

different meanings. Ex: Buy

= /’baI/Bye

TRANSCRIPTIONIs a system that represents utterances of the language.

PHONEMIC

TRANSCRIPTION

PHONETIC

TRANSCRIPTION

indicating only the significant

sounds. / /

Represents variants of

specific phoneme. [ ]

<mile> /’maIl/

< bird> [ ‘bɝd ]

Ex:

Ex:

Texts in IPA Phonetic Transcription 0001 - Vowels and Consonants - YouTube.flv

SYMBOLS USED FOR TRANSCRIPTION

STRESS MARK ANGLE

BRACKETS SLANT LINES

SQUARE

BRACKETS

VERTICAL

LINE

DIVISION

MARKER

‘

| .

/ /< >

[ ]

THE ORGANS OF SPEECH

TONG

UE P

OSIT

ION

AREA

MUS

CLE

TENS

ION

LIP SHAPE

Iy uw I Uey Ɛ ɚÆ a ɔ

S N R

F C B

H

M

L

TLT

LL