Language Descriptions

Structural Linguistics Was founded in 1930 th By Leonardo Bloomfield

In the language there must be two levels of meaning: A deep level A surface level

The Type of ESP The Concept of Language Variation Register Analysis

Functions Notions Concerned with social behaviour and represent the intention of the speaker or writer. Reflect the way in which the other man thinks Functional/Notional Grammar

The student of German The gender/case endings of articles, nouns and adjectives. The learner of English The spelling, the simple/continious tense distinction or the countable/uncountable distinction.

Text-diagramming type of exercise Example: Generalizing and Exemplifying

properties … against the material properties Figure 8: Text-diagramming When suitable Materials are available… Complete the following table to summarize the paragraph

The approach establishes patterns, but does not account for how these patterns create meaning