Linguistic approaches & paradigms

The 20th century
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Parameters

How are these approaches different from one another?

Focus of attention

What do the approaches focus on?

Modular or non-modular

Why go for a non-modular approach?

example?

Lexicon vs. Grammar

Traditional view and more recent view

compositional approach?

Predictability (Generative or not?)

Generative theories are linguistic theories or models which are based on the idea that....can explain how all the.... .

Relevance of co(n)text

what's co-text? what's context?

Relevance of co(n)text

Generative grammar

Who?

Language as?

Quick facts

Functional approaches

Who?

Language as?

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Cognitive approaches

Who?

Language as?

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Construction grammar

Who?

Language as?

Quick facts

What is a construction?

For example, not only words have their own fixed meaning, but also: