Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Outline & Definitions of Language


Semester 1 Outline


Weeks
Topics
Specificity
7-9
Language and Culture
Link btw. Language/Culture; Uniqueness of Humans
 
Language vs. A Language
Active Competence vs. Passive Competence
 
Characteristics of Language
Uniqueness: Human-based, Systematic, Symbolic
 
Purposes and Functions of Language
Communication, Reflection, Ritual, Expressive etc.
 
Caribbean’s Linguistic Situation
Slavery and Domination
 
Pidgin, Dialect, Creole, Jargon, Slang, Register
Origin
 
Characteristics of Creole Languages
Features
 
Acrolect Mesolect and Basilect
Post Creole Continuum
 
Attitudes to Creole and Standard English
Positive and Negative
 
Types of Discourse /Styles of Writing
NEAD-Narration, Exposition, Argument, Description

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