English Linguistics

• cours magistral - matière potentielle : notes
• exposé

English Linguistics Page 1 1. Typological classification of languages, synthetic and analytic word forms - there are two classification systems (typological, genetic) - typological linguistics studies structural similarities between languages, regardless of their history - languages that share the same structure belong to the same type - the classification concerns ways of word formation - analytic / isolating / root languages (English, Chinese, Vietnamese) - all words are invariable - syntactic relationships are shown by word order - in order to express person, case, and other categories, the language needs single words - prepositional phrases and modal verbs are used → to the boy, did he arrive

• fall-rise
• irrelevant features - neutralization of phonemes
• symbols of communication
• european languages
• word order
• sounds
• today
• head
• system
• language