Linguists
Mentalist Approach
Mechanist Approach
Deep Structure
Surface Structure
100
He proposed a structural approach to linguistics and emphasized surface structure.
Who was Leonard Bloomfield?
100
It is founded in the belief that humans have an innate knowledge of grammar, and this knowledge is nurture during childhood.
What is the Mentalist approach?
100
This approach believed that language is acquired after a child learns a set of grammatical rules. It is also known as structural approach to linguistics.
What is the mechanistic approach?
100
The abstract mental version of a sentence.
What is deep structure?
100
The actual speech that a person delivers verbally, in writing, or in sign language.
What is surface structure?
200
The most influential linguist of the last 50 years. His theories revolutionized the world of linguistics.
Who is Noam Chomsky?
200
A person’s ability to produce and understand an unlimited number of messages
What is linguistic productivity?
200
His approach to linguistics was influenced by behaviorism, and promoted formal methods for the study of linguistic data.
What was Bloomfield’s approach to linguistics?
200
Subconscious thinking: water, glass, refrigerator, thirsty
Can you give an example of deep structure?
200
A set of rules that connected deep structure and surface structure.
What are transformational rules?
300
He proposed a mentalist approach to linguistics.
What was Chomsky’s approach to linguistics?
300
Chomsky believes that humans are programmed with a mental device that stores the basic knowledge of grammar.
What is a language acquisition device?
300
He believed the study of grammar should be separated from the study of meaning.
What was Bloomfield’s view of meaning?
300
Noam Chomsky presented the concepts of this two levels of thinking.
Who proposed the concepts of deep structure and surface structure?
300
Spoken words, speech, sounds
What are utterances?
400
He focused in Linguistic performance.
What was the main focus of Bloomfield’s Linguistics?
400
Alterations and deletion of this gene can impair the acquisition of language.
What is the Fox P2 gene?
400
His famous book “Language” is an introduction to the field of Linguistics.
What is the name of Bloomfield’s most famous book?
400
Wet clothes drier= I am going to place my clothes in the drier.
What are some examples of deep structure and surface structure?
400
hungry driving Subway= I am going to drive to Subway and get something to eat.
An example of deep structure and surface structure
500
The basic idea of this theory is that all languages have a set of shared grammatical principles.
What is the basic idea of the Principles and Parameters Theory?
500
According to Chomsky this property of language allows for productivity in a sentence(s) by repeating a syntactic category an infinite number of times.
What is recursion?
500
During the 1950’s his influence decline when new ideas proposed by Chomsky dominated the linguistic field.
Why did Bloomfield’s influence declined during the 1950’s?
500
Theory presented by Chomsky which replaces the concepts of deep structure and surface structure.
What is the minimalistic approach?
500
Works Cited
1.-Rowe, Bruce, and Diane Levine. A concise Introduction to Linguistics. Boston: Pearson. 2009. Print. 2.-Chomsky Info. The Noam Chomsky Website. n.d. Web. 17 October, 2015. 3.-Wijaya, Awin. Awin language, Sharing, and Enlightening. Deep Structure vs. Surface Structure. 2013. Web. 17 October, 2015. 4.- Al-Sheikh Hussein, Basel. Leonard Bloomfield and the Exclusion of Meaning from the Study of Language. Studies in Literature and Language Vol. 6, No. 2, 2013, pp. 61-64. 17 November 2012. Web. 17 October, 2015.
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