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CONTRIBUTION FOR XIOMARA CHAPARRO.What is Linguistics according to Chomsky and what is the relation with the sociolinguistics'study object?Chomsky shows linguistics as a natural and unique organized mental base that allows tounderstand, assimilate and deduce any sentence in different original language already known, thisallows and facilitates the process of learning and mastering language to be easier for the brain.This language acquisition is presented by the way Chomsky explains the appearance of conceptsin the mind. Furthermore, Chomsky shows that these syntactic principles are universal andalready known in all languages.In other words, all human beings possess an innate ability and an established grammar in theirminds.Sociolinguistics is seen as a compendium between society and form of expression, since it willalways be based on knowledge of linguistics acquired and assimilated throughout life.How does a language become a source of social and political power?A particular way for the language to become a source of social and political power is the way ofexpression that is used according to those who will be addressed, their region, language, age, sex,ethnicity, as well as being clear about the interest that is both social and political, as well as thelinguistic structural form used.What is "a variation"? Define the types of variation.A linguistic variation is the gathering of different alternatives or forms that are used to express ameaning of their own or the same in a different language, according to Chomsky variations of thelanguage are called styles.There is a great variety of types of variation according to different authors, and they varyaccording to the point of view or special characteristic that is observed.Why is it important to carry out Socio - linguistics studies?Sociolinguistics to us as future teachers we have a lot of tools that facilitate interacting withdifferent people, communities or companies of our environment and as well understand thelanguage used by them and be able to have and use appropriate language, understandable andupdated according to the need that is present and in accordance with the language that you areusing.
What is ‘double articulation?Double articulation is a linguistic term referring to the two levels into which language can bedivided. (words)Meaningful units of sound, called morphemes, make up the first level-The first level of articulation in a language consists entirely of morphemes. Some morphemesare entire words, such as “dog” or “child,” while others are only part.For example, the word “unbelievable” is made of three morphemes:“un-,” “-believ-,” and “-able,”each with a specific meaning. Morphemes like these make up the words and sentences peopleuse to communicate.Hile the second level consists of phonemes, or sounds without meaning by themselves.Phonemes, which are simply sounds without meaning, compose the second level of articulation.A phoneme is not the same thing as a letter, although some phonemes can be written with one.Others use multiple letters, while some letters are used for different phonemes depending on theircontext. By themselves these sounds can’t communicate anything, but together they make themorphemes of the first level of articulation.Example: Love (él) –(óu)-(vii)-ii)What is Language, Dialect and Social Dialects?Language: It is the human capacity to understand what others try to communicate throughsymbols, written or spoken sounds.Example: Spanish Language.Dialect: the language has variations according to geographical location; these variations areknown as dialect. Finally, the term dialect, particularly when it is used in reference to regionalvariation, should not be confused with the term accent, the term dialect can also be used todescribe differences in speech associated with various social groups or classes. There are socialdialects as well as regionalones.Example: Standard English being a dialect – admittedly a very important one – of English.Social Dialects: based, social dialects originate among social groups and are related to a varietyof factors, the principal ones apparently being social class, religion, and ethnicity.Example: There is a British ‘public-school’ dialect, and there is an ‘African AmericanVernacular English’ dialect found in cities such as New York, Detroit, and Buffalo.
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