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The idea of language as a linguistic system appears in the linguistic theory of Ferdinand de Saussure, J.R. Firth, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Louis Hjelmslev, and Michael Halliday.
The paradigmatic principle - the idea that the process of using language involves choosing from a specifiable set of options - was established in semiotics by Saussure, whose concept of value (viz. “valeur”), and of signs as terms in a system, “showed up paradigmatic organization as the most abstract dimension of meaning” [1]
^Halliday, M.A.K. 2004. Introduction: How Big is a Language? On the Power of Language. In The Language of Science: Volume 5 in the Collected Works of M.A.K. Edited by J.J.Webster. London and New York: Continuum. p. xi.
The idea of language as a linguisticsystem appears in the linguistic theory of Ferdinand de Saussure, J.R. Firth, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Louis Hjelmslev...
The idea of linguistic relativity, known also as the Whorf hypothesis, the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis (/səˌpɪər ˈhwɔːrf/ sə-PEER WHORF), or Whorfianism, is...
tradition of linguistic research considers language a sign system which arises from the interaction of meaning and form. The organisation of linguistic levels...
linguistics. As an object of linguistic study, "language" has two primary meanings: an abstract concept, and a specific linguisticsystem, e.g. "French". The Swiss...
LinguisticSystems, Inc., also known as LSI, provides language translation services (conversion) for all media in over 115 languages. LSI focuses on the...
g. a student, must first learn the theory i.e. properties of the linguisticsystem, or what Ferdinand de Saussure called internal linguistics. This is...
can differ by language: it conforms to some extent to the broader linguisticsystem. Hence, the sound of a clock may be expressed variously across languages:...
The following is a partial list of linguistic example sentences illustrating various linguistic phenomena. Different types of ambiguity which are possible...
in linguistic form, including spoken and written messages as well as sign language. Non-verbal communication happens without the use of a linguistic system...
this sense, linguisticsystems are a background for formal features, i.e. features of structure. Here, the most general linguisticsystem is human adult...
Linguistic anthropology is the interdisciplinary study of how language influences social life. It is a branch of anthropology that originated from the...
multilingualism. It can describe the way bilinguals and multilinguals use their linguistic resources to make sense of and interact with the world around them. It...
convey an identical meaning. This comparison suggests a separate linguisticsystem, which can be observed in the utterances of a learner attempting to...
integrate theoretical linguistics with neuroanatomy. It views the linguisticsystem of individual speakers, responsible for language comprehension and...
Linguistic determinism is the concept that language and its structures limit and determine human knowledge or thought, as well as thought processes such...
varieties of these territories constitute a language, that is, a "linguisticsystem" [...] From this group of varieties, Valencian has the same hierarchy...
sounds that existed before the linguisticsystem, but only conceptual and phonic differences that have issued from the system. The idea or phonic substance...
linguistics, linguistic competence is the system of unconscious knowledge that one knows when they know a language. It is distinguished from linguistic performance...
Linguistic distance is the measure of how different one language (or dialect) is from another. Although they lack a uniform approach to quantifying linguistic...
practical system. The linguisticsystem uses a raised dot ⟨·⟩ to indicate vowel length. Although stress is mostly predictable, the linguisticsystem uses the...
discover the development of phonological, morphological and other linguisticsystems and to confirm or to refute hypothesised relationships between languages...
Linguistic typology (or language typology) is a field of linguistics that studies and classifies languages according to their structural features to allow...
theories regard language as a mainly cultural system—learned through social interaction. A majority of linguistic scholars as of 2024[update] favour continuity-based...
and different types of elicitation methods. Linguistic description is often contrasted with linguistic prescription, which is found especially in education...
Linguistic prescription, also called prescriptivism or prescriptive grammar, is the establishment of rules defining preferred usage of language. These...
Linguistic discrimination (also called glottophobia, linguicism and languagism) is unfair treatment of people which is based on their use of language and...
signs are structured to convey linguistic meaning. Sign languages have a phonological system equivalent to the system of sounds in spoken languages. The...
signification: the "language-object", a first order linguisticsystem; and the "metalanguage", the second-order system transmitting the myth. The former pertains...
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