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INTRODUCTION TO
LINGUISTIC
RAFAEL GALINDO GALINDO
OSCAR MAURICIO CULMA FIGUEROA

• ¿What is linguistics according to
Chomsky and what is the relation with
the sociolinguistics´ study objects?
Chomsky is the most representative figure in the
linguistics. According to Chomsky, the linguists
must distinguish what is important and what is
not about the language and linguistic behavior,
linguistics is the understanding of rules and
grammar structures of a language, It is basically
a relation to the human thoughts and formal
language Also, Chomsky said that important
issues is the universal language which refers to
learning ability of the languages, the
characteristics, the rules, and principles that speakers follow as expressions and form of
speaking.
And the relation that exist, is the study of the uses of language and the determination of the
social evaluation of the variant’s linguistics. Also, use the scientific method as hypothesis
formation, the logic and test statistics.

• ¿How does a language become a
source of social and political power?
When a language is standardized in a
region, assumes various ideological
dimensions as social, cultural, and political.
This becomes a broader process in the part
of the economy, political and cultural
matters.
In politics it is mainly used, to development
relations international as agreements,
treaties among many other relations that
countries have. It leads people to express
themselves with good and strong arguments,
languages make possible people think and
get the knowledge they need to rise their
voice to fight for their rights and necessities.

• ¿What is a variation? Define the types of
variation.
Variation is when the languages they have
many forms, that is to say, has many variations
in which the speakers of a particular language
they speak different dialects of the used
language.
- Regional variation: Is the study how
language changed over time, from diachronic
to history linguistic. The methods used are
archeological finds, populations study and
written records.
- The linguistic variable: Is the conceptual tool
to study the variation language as the sound
of the words with the variables and
pronunciation.
- Linguistic and social variation: Is the study
of the language variable in the society.
- Example: People who come from the other countries and speak the language, but the
accent is different.
- Data collection and analysis: Is the data collection where is confirmed the linguistic
variable. The homework’s of the observer is first, design a type of plan the collection
and second collect the data of the speakers to able to analyze the information.

• ¿Why is important to carry out Socio – linguistics studies?
Is important, because we can understand the language of the society, cultural rules, and the contest
of the speakers and understand the changes of the languages. Language is a very important tool for
communication nowadays, so there exist people, depend on the region, who speak according the
have been taught, quite often they try to change
words and expressions of the language to suit
their speech, it is indeed a not-well habit for
the language because they could change it
into a not meaningful and unruled matter.
• ¿What is double articulation?
Is a linguistic range which consist of decomposition of the
linguistic sign in minimum units with meanings and without
significant?
Examples:
- First joint: Is the division of the sign linguistic in small
unities calls monemes, minimum unities with proper
meaning. The monemes are formed with up of sign with
meaning and significant that articulated with others.
- Second joint: Are units without meanings that are
articulated each to form signs and words. Generally, the
languages possess 20 to 30 phonemes, in Spanish there are
22 phonemes.
• “BIGGER”, contains two monemes, one moneme for “BIG”, y one for “MORE”.
• “UNBELIEVABLE”, contains three morphemes, one for “UN” another for “BELIEV” and
the last one for “ABLE”

• ¿What is language, dialect and
social dialect?
- Language: The language is a
system of signs through the
individuals they communicate
each. The signs can be sonorous,
bodily and graphics.
The language is used to broadcast
a type of signs that allow to
understand an issue or to transmit a
message.
- Dialect: Is a linguistic system than
derives from another but that does
not exhibit a difference with
respect to others of common origin.
Also, refers to the linguistic
structure that does not reach the
social category of tongue.
- Social dialect: Is a variant of a
language that differs from her
certain grammatical aspects,
phonetic or lexical. Is the one who
speaks a group of people that have
an education level analogous, or they belong the same social class or the same profession.
Example:
In my friends’ group, the word “MOFLE” means “DREAM”, or “TIRED” in the job
context.