TASK 2 Introduction to linguistics

AUTHORS OF LINGUISTICS
Ferdinand de Saussure
(1857/11/26 - 1913/02/22)
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist
Considered the founder of modern linguistics and
semiotics.
Works: Mémoire, Cours de linguistique genérale
Psychologically, our thought, apart from its expression
in words, is just a shapeless and indistinct mass "
Noam chomsky
(1928/12/07 - Unknown)
Noam chomsky
American linguist
One of the most important language theorists and
political activists of the 20th century.
Works: The Guardians of Freedom, Syntactic
Structures
Fields: Generative grammar, linguistics, communication
theory
"We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be
looking for good ideas"
Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday (or M. A. K.
Halliday)
(1925-), English linguist, is known to have developed a
theory of grammar known as Functional Systemic
Grammar or Functional Systemic Linguistics [SFL]. He
studied Mandarin Chinese literature at the University of
London. He lived in China for three years, where he
studied with Luo Changpei at Peking University and
with Wang Li at Lingnan. He came back and got a
doctorate in Chinese linguistics at Cambridge.