QUESTIONS FOR SECOND INTERVIEW  

LINGUISTICS    2004-2

 

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TRADITIONAL AND STRUCTURAL GRAMMAR

 

  1. Explain the traditional, structural and transformational grammar concept of sentence. A(102,103)
  2. In the traditional approach to syntax, what was the purpose of the analysis of sentences? A (103).
  3. What was the Reed-Kellogg Diagram? On a piece of paper, give an example of a RKD.
  4. In traditional grammar, explain one contradiction between the rules and reality. A (103, paragraph 2).
  5. What did the structuralists do in their complete revision of syntactic theory? A(103,  last paragraph)
  6. How is linguistic structuralism related to the word structure (Check your notes from teacher´s lecture in class)
  7. What was a sentence pattern  according to structuralism?  A(105)
  8. Give a brief explanation of immediate constituent analysis(ICA). A(105).
  9. Use a piece of paper to ilustrate how structuralists analysed a sentence using ICA.
  10. What does it mean to say that structuralism in lingustics is a data oriented theory or trend? (See your class notes from teacher´s lecture in class).
  11. Explain what structuralists believed about meaning. (See your class notes from teacher´s lecture in class).
  12. How did structuralism influence English teaching methods?

 

 

 

TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR

 

  1. Speak for 5 minutes about the life and books of Noam Chomsky.(Where was he from?, who was he?, where did he study?, where did he teach?, what is another important aspect of his life in adittion to his linguistic work?
  2. What is the goal of TGGrammar? A(106)
  3. Explain the concept of competence.  (A106-107)
  4. Explain the concept of perfomance.  (A 107)
  5. What is a  phrase- s tructure grammar? (A,107)
  6. Enumerate  4 types of transformation rules and give examples.
  7. What is the language acquisition device? (See your class notes from teacher’s lecture in class).
  8. In what way did Chomsky bring about(cause) a revolution in linguistics methods? (See your class notes from teacher’s lecture in class).
  9. Chomsky’s theory of language is classified as mentalist,  explain. (See your class notes from teacher’s lecture in class).
  10. How did TGG influence English teaching methods? (See your class notes from teacher’s lecture in class).
  11. What do do you know about Chomsky´s theory recently?(research question by student).

 

 

SEMANTICS

1.   Give a definition of the term semantics.

  1. What did Katz and Fodor publish in 1939 and why was it very important for linguistics? (A,138)
  2. What can you do  with the semantic features proposed by Katz and Fodor? (A,139)

 

CASE GRAMMAR

 

  1. What did Charles Fillmore publish in 1968? (A,144)
  2. How did case grammar contribute to transformational grammar theory of language? (See your class notes from teacher´s lecture in class).
  3. Explain the cases  in the following sentences.(Use computer handout)

 

The door opened.

The horses were killed by a lion.

John gave Mary a book.

     

      SPEECH ACT THEORY (Check texts at the photocopier)

      Speak for 5 minutes about this theory (For example, Who were Austin and Searle?,

What is the unit of communication  according to this theory? Enumerate the maxims of conversation;  in this theory, what are the felicity conditions?

 

 

 

A= An Introduction to Linguistics by L.Ben  Crane et al., Boston, Lttle Brown and Companyh, 1981. (The photocopy of this material(chapters 9 and 12) is at the photocopier).