Introduction to Linguistics
The study of how language appears naturally vs the study of "ideal language". <-- note the quotations
What is descriptive linguistics vs prescriptive linguistics?
What is the coolest minor at Furman?
The linguistics minor!
Voiceless Bilabial Stop
What is /p/?
The scientific study of language.
What is linguistics?
Horseshoe is an example of this type of word formation
What is compounding?
It's the field of linguistics that studies the ways in which people negotiate, contest, and reproduce cultural forms and social relations through language.
What is linguistic anthropology?
How many credits do you need to complete the minor?
LNG 210 (4)
12 credits of electives
Another on-campus course - High-impact (4) or a different HI experience
Between 16 - 20.
/n/, /m/, and /ŋ/ are examples of this mode of articulation.
What are the nasal sounds of English?
What is Synchronic linguistics?
Prefixes, Infixes, Suffixes
What are the three types of affixes?
Is there ambiguity in the following sentence?
Fred and George went to the store to prepare for their party on Saturday.
Yes. On Saturday could be the time of the party, or it could be when they went.
True or false. Courses from music and computer science can count toward the LNG minor.
True! Just look at the new course listing for the ones that count.
This type of consonant has a complete obstruction of the airflow.
What are Stops?
The subfield of Linguistics that studies the implied or inferred meaning in a communicative context.
What is Pragmatics?
"Bro" is an example of this type of word formation
What is clipping?
The father of modern linguistics and generative grammar.
Who is Noam Chomsky?
It is the event started last year in which students and guest speakers meet to discuss linguistics and to enjoy some breakfast items.
What is Linguistics and Lattes?
This semester we'll have "Lunch and Ling" after the CLP from Dr. Joseph Casillas.
This type of sound has no obstruction of the airflow. It's sound is determined by position of the tounge.
What are vowels?
It is a branch of applied linguistics that studies language in a legal context. These linguists study dialect, grammar, sentence construction, phonetics and other linguistic areas to help solve a crime.
What is forensic linguistics / who are forensic linguists?
Give an example of a word that uses borrowing in English from another language.
[varied examples]
Tortilla
sushi
Cliche
Pronto
The father of variationist sociolinguistics.
Who is William Labov?
In what language programs at Furman are there linguists?
What is Classics, English, Japanese, French, German, and Spanish? (Asian Studies, Classics, and MLL)
Which of the following words can be described as containing an affricate?
huffle
pill
budged
hammer
What is "budged"?
This country is the most linguistically diverse nation in the world, with over 800 living languages being spoken there.
What is Papua New Guinea?
Many are indigenous Papuan languages.
Laser is an example of this type of word formation
What is Acronym?
LASER - light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation