LINGUISTIC FOUNDATIONS IN TEACHING

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(EdEng 301)
2nd Module, Second Semester
SCHOOL YEAR 2019-2020

MARIANIE C. MONTON, T-1

CARLES JANE N. PLAZA, T-1
PINKY M. SIMBAG, T-1
REPORTERS

LILIBETH ROA-BAGTAS, Ph.D

PROFESSOR
 What is linguistics and its sub-disciplines?

LINGUISTICs /liNG’gwistiks/- (noun) the scientific study of language and its

structure, including the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics and semantics , and
pragmatics.

Specific branches of linguistics include sociolinguistics, dialectology,

psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, historical-comparative linguistics and
applied linguistics.

What is the purpose of Linguistics?

The main purpose of the study of linguistics in an academic environment is the

advancement of knowledge.

It helps teachers convey the origins of words and languages, their historical
applications and their modern day relevance.

What are the sub-disciplines of Linguistics?

Morphology- the study of the form of words, how they formed. It analyzes the
structure of words and the parts of words such as root words, prefixes and suffixes. It is
the study of the internal structure of words, or morphemes, in a language. Morphology is
a subfield of grammar. A morpheme is the smallest linguistic unit of a language with
semantic meaning. The most common morphemes in English include words, prefixes,
and suffixes. Morphemes may be free morphemes, bound morphemes, derivational
morphemes, inflectional morphemes, or allomorphs.

Ex. Dissatisfaction

Syntax-arrangement of words and phrases to create a well formed sentences in

a language. It is the study of the principles and rules for constructing phrases and
sentences in a language. Syntax focuses on the word order of a language and the
relationships between words. Syntax is a subfield of grammar.

Ex. The boy jumped happily.

The boy happily jumped.

Phonetics-the study of the classification of speech sounds. It is the study of

human speech sounds, which includes (1) articulation or the study of how and where
speech sounds are produced in the human speech organs; (2) the study of the
characteristics of speech sounds including volume, amplitude, and frequency; and (3)
the study of how speech sounds are perceived by the human ear and brain. Ex. /b/ vs.
/v/

Semantics- branch of linguistics that concerned with the study of meaning in a

language, which includes the relationship between words and referents, the relationship
between words and language users, and the relationship between words and other
words.

Ex. Child could be called; kid,boy,girl,son,daughter

Pragmatics- is the study of language from the point of view of language users.
People who study pragmatics are known as pragmaticists. The subfield of pragmatics
examines language use in terms outside of linguistic knowledge such as context, status
of speaker and addressee, and inference and implicature. For example, English
pragmatics account for the interpretation of Could you open the window? as a request
to open the window rather than just a question of the ability to open the window.

REFERENCES

Akmajian, Adrian, Richard A. Demers, Ann K. Farmer, and Robert M. Harnish.

2001. Linguistics: An introduction to language and communication. Cambridge,
Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Brinton, Laurel J. & Donna M. Brinton. 2010. The linguistic structure of Modern English,
2nd edn. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

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