Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Reasons for studying
English
- WHY?
- Can shed light on a particular
worldview
- Language and Cognition
- Language and perception of
reality
- Language -> inherent in human begins
- Reflects its speakers' development
- It's a cultural construct
- Some Reasons
- Unserstand social and cultural
developments
- Trace the origins of our language
- Become familiar with
linguistics
- Explain the many seeming "irregularities" (remants of
earlier regular pattern)
- Greater consciousness (about the
language)
- Understand the importance of English
today
- Help us better understand:
- Who we are
- Literature written in
earlier periods