EDU410 Notes

EDU 410 · Important notes · By samra shah · Chapter no 2 · Levels of language · Topic no 7

What is language?

1. The connection between language and literacy is so powerful.
2. Some language and literacy learning happens naturally during play and everyday experiences, and some depends on clear instructions from observant and adults.
3. Language and literacy are connected infancy onward.
4. Speaking, listening, reading and writing develop concurrently (together) rather than sequentially (one after the other).
5. Language is a system of communication using sounds or symbols that enables us to express our feelings, thoughts, ideas, and experiences.
6. Language is the key to communication.
7. The basic purpose of the system of language is
8. It means whenever we have to communicate with others, we have to use language in one or other.
9. Purposes, modes or style of communication can be different.

10. Nevertheless, in each case, a system of language is used.

Topic no. 8

Different levels of language

1. There are five basic levels of language.
2. The first level of language is phonology or phonetics.
3. Phonology is related with sounds.
4. Morphology is the levels of words and forms in language.
5. Morphology normally understands by grammar (along with syntax).
6. Syntax is related with clauses, phrase, and sentences.
7. Syntax involves differences in meaning that occur by changes in word Order.
8. Semantics is the area of the meaning.
9. Pragmatics is the last and is related with use of the language.
10. All languages are knows as systems of
11. The systems of languages may be different from each other but they follow the same levels that start form the basic one is (phonology) and go up to use of the language (pragmatics).
12. When we study language scientifically in stages like above, it is also knows as linguistics.
13. Linguistics is the scientific study of the language.
14. There are three aspects to his study.
15. First, language form, second, language meaning, third one is language in context.

Topic no .9

(Phonology)

1. Phonology is the study of how sounds are organized and used in natural language.

2. Phonological system

of a language includes a list of sounds and their features, and rules which specify how sounds interact with each other.

3. Sounds are represented by signs or symbols in a language as in a chart which represents sounds English language.
4. English language is also called international phonemic Chart of English.
5. There are 26 alphabets in English.
6. There are 44 sounds are related with those alphabets.
7. Sounds are known as ‘phonemes’.
8. Phonology is the study of the sounds, and the combination of sounds that is, how these sounds organized.

Topic no. 10 · Morphology · 1. Morphology

is a sub-discipline of linguistics in which forms and structure of words in a language are studied.

2. Knowledge of words or fraction of words related to morphology.
3. Morphology, the word part morph –means ‘form’ and – ology means ‘the study of.’
4. In language morphology, you might study how prefixes