TOPIC CONTENT
1. Historical Timeline of *Linguistics is the scientific study of
Noteworthy Linguists language.
*The branch of linguistics
concerned with the study of
phonological, grammatical, and
semantic changes.
A. Aristotle *(384-322 BC)
*Aristotle developed a linear
model of communication for oral
communication known as
Aristotle’s Model of
Communication.
*This is considered as the first
model of communication and was
proposed before 300 B.C.
*The Aristotle’s communication
model is a speaker centered
model as the speaker has the
most important role in it.
*It can be broadly divided into
five elements: Speaker, Speech,
Occasion, Audience and Effect.
B. Lowth *(1710-1787)
*Following the curios description
of Robert Lowth as a philologist
‘more inclined to melancholy than
to mirth’, the Oxford Companion to
the English Language notes that
Lowth’s name has become
synonymous with prescriptive
grammar.
*Lowth’s short introduction to
English Grammar was first
published in 1762 and was
frequently reprinted during the
eighteenth century.
*Linguistic prescription or
prescriptive grammar is the
attempt to establish rules defining
preferred or correct usage of
language.
*These rules may address such
linguistic aspects as spelling,
REFLECTION
Linguistic is very important to help
us understand the world languages
and especially it can be applied and
enhance our language in
communication.
Aristotle contribution play a very
important role in linguistic. He
developed the first model of
communication which is very
important for us to know how
communication works or how it
flows.
It is important to study the
communication model of Aristotle
and his contributions because this
is a part of the history of linguistic.
*Lowth contribution as a linguist
plays an vital role specially in the
proper usage of words that we
really used in our daily lives and
also it teaches me as a future
English teacher to be more heedful
on the terms or word to use in
speaking or in writing.
*With the usage of proper
grammar or selection of words you
can convey messages and
information clearly to your
audience without misinterpreting
it.
 pronunciation, vocabulary, syntax,
and semantics. They may also
include judgements on socially
proper and politically correct
language use.

C. Jones *(1746-1794)

*In 1771, Sir William Jones *Jones is one of the great linguist
published A Grammar of the of all time for his big contribution
Persian Language, which proved to in the language of the Western
be the one of the best grammar world.
texts ever published in English
about a language the Western *He was able also to produce
world considered “exotic.” numerous literary quotations that’s
not only to teach us but also to
*For the project, Jones employed entertain, instruct and to give
numerous literary quotations in his ample knowledge to our next
goal of producing a scholarly work generation.
that would be normally uplifting,
and that would entertain as well as
instruct. The work, which went
through several editions and
translations, provided a model that
later language scholars would
follow.

D. De Saussure *(1857-1913)

*Swiss linguist Ferdinand de *Linguist De Saussure plays a very

Saussure is widely considered to be
one of the forefathers of both
linguistics and semiology, which is
the philosophical study of the
interpretation of signs and
symbols.
* Saussure introduced the idea that
every word is a linguistic sign,
which consists of two components:
the signifier, or the phonetic form
of a word.
salient contribution because
through him we are able to
understand the different
interpretation of symbols that lies
in our every word.
*And through him we are also
acquainted that linguistic sign is
composed of: The signifier, or the
phonetic form of word.

*Saussure articulated the

 arbitrariness of the linguistic sign:
the phonetic form and the
underlying concept of the word
“dog” have no natural link, and
instead the product of social
interaction.

*The arbitrariness of meaning and

form is a fundamental tenet of
modern linguistics.
E. Chomsky *1928
*Noam Chomsky is famous for
many things. But within the realm
of linguistics, he’s most famous for
his idea of universal grammar,
which poses that all languages
have the same underlying
structure, and simply use different
words and sounds on the surface.
*Noam Chomsky is a very
important part of the history of
linguistic. He’s known as the father
of modern linguistics. He
influenced the field of linguistic in
his proposed theory the Universal
grammar. This is a very important
contribution to Linguistic because it
gives an idea on how humans
acquire language.

*Chomsky claims, are biologically

equipped with a language
acquisition device which endows us
with the innate ability to learn
language.

SUBMITTED BY: MANTUHAN, GREZYL MAE A.