Generative linguistics

Linguistic competence

In linguistics, linguistic competence is the system of unconscious knowledge that one knows when they know a language. It is distinguished from linguistic performance, which includes all other factors that allow one to use one's language in practice. In approaches to linguistics which adopt this distinction, competence would normally be considered responsible for the fact that "I like ice cream" is a possible sentence of English, the particular proposition that it denotes, and the particular sequence of phones that it consists of. Performance, on the other hand, would be responsible for the real-time processing required to produce or comprehend it, for the particular role it plays in a discourse, and for the particular sound wave one might produce while uttering it. The distinction is widely adopted in formal linguistics, where competence and performance are typically studied independently. However, it is not used in other approaches including functional linguistics and cognitive linguistics, and it has been criticized in particular for turning performance into a wastebasket for hard-to-handle phenomena. (Wikipedia).

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What is Language? (Part 1)

This is the first part of a series of videos on the nature of language. The aim of the series is to convey research findings to the general public. The next episodes will be made available soon. Illustrated by Lydia Alexkartadjaja (https://www.instagram.com/lydialexdesign/)

From playlist What is Language?

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In the fourth installment of this series, I provide more information about interactional competence (IC) and provide an overview of a framework which consists of several aspects of IC such as speech acts, speech events, etc.

From playlist Interactional Competence

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Linguistic Engineering - Computers and Linguistics

This introductory E-Lecture about Linguistic Engineering discusses the role of the computer in linguistics. Furthermore, it defines Artificial Intelligence and Computational Linguistics from a theoretical and a practical point of view. Numerous examples illustrate Handke's main points.

From playlist Linguistic Engineering

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Spoken and Interactional Competence | Part 1

In this video, I provide an introduction to Spoken and Interactional Competence.

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While we can’t explore every cultural trait in the world, language is an important system of spoken, signed, or written symbols humans use to express themselves. It’s a major marker of identity that often unites members of the same nation, or people with similar cultural identity. And it’

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Writing & Assessment (6)

In this series of videos, I will discuss some of the fundamental principles writing and writing assessment.

From playlist What is Writing?

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GEN108 - Is linguistics a science?

In this video, Prof. Martin Hilpert discusses three parallels between linguistics and natural sciences such as biology and physics. It also highlights three differences.

From playlist Linguistics - A First Encounter

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SYN104 - Generative Grammar

This E-Lecture discusses the fundamental ideas of generative grammar, the most influential grammar model in linguistic theory. In particular we exemplfy the main principles that account for the non-finite character of natural language as well as the phenonemon of native speaker competence.

From playlist VLC206 - Morphology and Syntax

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Educ 151. Lec 17. Language and Literacy: Applying Linguistic Theory to Practice, Part II

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From playlist Education 151: Language and Literacy

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I this video, I will demonstrate how to sort output by groups in Pearson's Correlations. Data used in this demonstration is from the CORE2016 project (ID: OER29/15 CCY), the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

From playlist Pearson Correlation in SPSS

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In the third installment of this series, I provide more information about spoken language. I discuss the differences between declarative and procedural knowledge in language learning and provide examples of activities that engage students in the development of these knowledge bases.

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From playlist IIT Guwahati: English Language and Literature | CosmoLearning.org English Language

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This lesson was video-recorded on the 22nd of September, 2021.

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When you learn a new language, like French or German or even English, you first learn how to read. Then you learn how to write. When you learn a new *programming* language, you first learn how to write. And that’s it. Imagine that you were never formally taught how to read. And that you w

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Writing & Assessment (5)

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