Comparative Grammar

Comparative Grammar

Comparative grammar is the grammar that aims to trace the differences of a language to other languages. It is done by comparing the elements of different languages.

Comparative Grammar

COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY

Comparative Grammar

COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS

Comparative Grammar

Comparative linguistics, formerly COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR, is the study of relationships or correspondences between two or more languages and the techniques used to discover whether the languages have a common ancestor.

Comparative Grammar

FILIPINO SPANISH

Indo-EuropeanLanguage

QUESTION:

Where did that language come from?

SOLUTION:

Comparative Grammar

Comparative Philology

Comparative Linguistics

Comparative Grammar

Comparative linguistics includes the study of the historical relationships of languages using the comparative method to search for regular (i.e. recurring) correspondences between the languages' phonology, grammar and core vocabulary, and through hypothesis testing;

Comparative Grammar

some persons with little or no specialization in the field sometimes attempt to establish historical associations between languages by noting similarities between them, in a way that is considered pseudoscientific by specialists (e.g. African/Egyptian comparisons[9]).

Comparative Grammar

Comparative grammar was the most important

branch of linguistics in the 19th century in Europe.

Also called comparative philology, the study

was originally stimulated by the discovery by Sir

William Jones in 1786 that Sanskrit was related to

Latin, Greek and German.

Brief Background

Comparative Grammar

The study of grammar began with the ancient Greeks,

who engaged in philosophical speculation about

languages and described language structure. This

grammatical tradition was passed on to the Romans,

who translated the Greek names for the parts of speech

and grammatical endings into Latin; many of these terms

(nominative, accusative, dative) are still found in modern

grammars.

Comparative Grammar

But the Greeks and Romans were unable to determine

how languages are related. This problem spurred the

development of comparative grammar, which became

the dominant approach to linguistic science in the 19th

century.

Comparative Grammar

Early grammatical study appears to have gone hand in hand with efforts to understand archaic writings. Thus, grammar was originally tied to societies with long-standing written traditions.

The Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the ancient sacred and literary language of India. The sacred scriptures of Hindus are written in Sanskrit. Sanskrit belongs to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is written in the Devanagari script, shown.

The Scriptures

In the 10th century the Jews completed a Hebrew lexicon; they also produced a study of the language of the Old Testament.

The Scriptures

The Greek grammarian Dionysius Thrax wrote the Art of Grammar, upon which many later Greek, Latin, and other European grammars were based.

Spread of Christianity and Grammar

With the spread of Christianity and the translation of the Scriptures into the languages of the new Christians, written literatures began to develop among previously nonliterate peoples.

Comparative Grammar

Comparative grammar was the most important

branch of linguistics in the 19th century in Europe.

Also called comparative philology, the study

was originally stimulated by the discovery by Sir

William Jones in 1786 that Sanskrit was related to

Latin, Greek and German.

Comparative Grammar

Comparative grammar was the most important

branch of linguistics in the 19th century in Europe.

Also called comparative philology, the study

was originally stimulated by the discovery by Sir

William Jones in 1786 that Sanskrit was related to

Latin, Greek and German.

Specifics

Comparative Grammar

Specialists in comparative grammar study sound and meaning correspondences among languages to determine their relationship to one another (see Language). By looking at similar forms in related languages, grammarians can discover how different languages may have influenced one another.

Implication

Implications

1.] Comparative Grammar helped to explain the origins of language.

Implications

2.] Comparative Grammar revealed the relationships of languages in terms of similarities and differences.

Implications

3.] Comparative Grammar helped linguists translate one language to another language with small margin of error.

Implications

4.] Comparative Grammar ignited social relations between races who have different languages.

Credits

Credits

Raimo Anttila, Historical and Comparative Linguistics (Benjamins, 1989) ISBN 90-272-3557-0

Theodora Bynon, Historical Linguistics (Cambridge University Press, 1977) ISBN 0-521-29188-7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_linguistics

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comparative_linguistics&oldid=619922351

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