Grammar, Language, Linguistics & Sociolinguists

Grammar and the mother tongue. Disclaimer on the music this video is non profit and the rights of the music all souly the owner of the record company and the artist and anybody else.

Language teaching

Using the mother tongue, we have learned to think, learned to communicate and acquired an intuitive understanding of grammar. However teaching Grammar is NOT a means of teaching langauage. It is only one element of language learning among a number of others (Ofsted: 2007)

Ofsted (2008): [Viewed Online] http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/ [Viewed 1/8/ 08]

Conveying meaning is not a matter of vocabulary, but concerns the text, i.e. it takes place simultaneously on a lexical, grammatical and pragmatic level. The pupil first wants to understand not what an individual word is saying, but what the text is saying, as accurately and completely as possible. An oral utterance equivalent in the mother tongue is the best and fastest way to fulfil this basic need.

The mother tongue has a role in explaining vocabulary

English originally arose from Germanic branch of indo-European languages and other languages are German, Dutch and Scandinavian languages. The English language is has developed and in some ways improved through the passage of time plus the more negative influence of war and invasion (according to Christian belief.) The history of this study is called Etymology.

The study of English grammar is the study of the rules that govern a mother tongue determined by culture, traditions, customs and rules. Many of these rules came in during the 18th century which has been called the time of Enlightenment. The Enlightenment was basically a shortening of ideas and it is a time of when simplified explanations were requested.

Grammar is a quarter of what is taught within language in this country so it only represents 25% of communication.

Within grammar there are eight definitive classes that all contribute to the parts of speech. This divisions are nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, Preposition, Conjunctions and finally Interjections.

The noun is a naming word, the verbs are slightly more difficult to explain but basically it assets what a thing or person does, so its a doing word. The best example of this is love. The Latin word verbum means word. The Latin word copula means link or bond. Which reinforces the influence Latin has had on English Language.

Adjectives are what modifies nouns oe pronouns by description. A describing word that originates from the Latin adjectus which means that can add to. A good example of proper changing nouns is the geographical descriptions of Britain (noun) to British (adjective) or Eygpt to Eygptian.

What is important within the adjective in congruence with the question and the history of English language is within Langauge formalities between peers and the monitored change throughout ages it shows a decline of official communication. The change is noted in introductions to acquaintances, new friends, superiors and rank or aristocracy. This has been monitored in English texts showing the influential decline of Anglo Saxon to the French to the decline of middle English words of thy / thee when speaking to children, to the ye, your or you of someone in superiority. The most noticeable however is ye, thou and thy.

Conjunctions are words that link up phrases ie and but and so. (Linda Bryson: 1997)

Bryson, L (1997): English Conjunctions. [Viewed Online] http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/bryson.htm [Internet 1/8/08]

Greenbaum, S. and Quirk, R. (1990). A Student's Grammar of the English Language. Essex, England: Longman.

Interjections are words that are used to stress emotion they are used in times of excitement or enthusiasm these relatively new words are like oh! Or Wow! And more popularly Cool! Many forums are online ther to assist teachers of English in finding what is correct or the majorities acceptable consensus about new phenomena such as these. For example the grammar logs.

Capital Community College Foundation (2008): [Viewed online] http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/grammarlogs.htm
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lest we forget the adverb: Adverbs are considered a part of speech in traditional English grammar and are still included as a part of speech in grammar taught in schools and used in dictionaries. However, modern grammarians recognize that words traditionally grouped together as adverbs serve a number of different functions. Some would go so far as to call adverbs a "catch-all" category that includes all words that don't belong to one of the other parts of speech.

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Your description BuzzCoastin pointing towards the adverb is lexical. Thanks buddy I have a presentation tomorrow and your educational musing on the phonology reading of speech is totally valid. Thanks for highlighting this point. What expands constantly is the adjective's and the words, dictionaries pick up on this and then discuss, finely tune with linguistics and sociolinguistics then if it makes the grade, and impress's the panel then it makes the dictionary.

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