Language & Linguistics- Basic Grammar | Part 02

Language & Linguistics- Basic Grammar | Part 02

Basic Grammar Disccusion Part 02
Subject: Language & Linguistics

Language & Linguistics (ভাষা ও ভাষাতত্ত্ব)

1. The first language means – the natural language

Note: Natural না থাকলে main দিতে হবে।

2. Bangla is our first language. But English is our second language.

Note: মাতৃভাষার পরে যে ভাষার বলার বা শেখার জন্য বেশি চেষ্টা করে তাকে Second Language বলে। মনে রাখতে হবে যে, সকল Second Language-ই Foreign Language কিন্তু সকল Foreign Language-ই Second Language নয়।

3. Lingua Franca means – the common language or mixed language/shared language

4. The term ‘Lingua Franca’ is related to – language

5. Lingua Franca means – language of communication

6. Lingua Franca means – a common language spoken by different people

7. There are two ways of developing communicative competence in a language.

a. Acquisition

b. Learning

8. First language, also known as mother tongue, is generally the language a person learns first.

9. There are four skills in a language.

a. Listening

b. Speaking

c. Reading

d. Writing

10. The ability to read and write is – literacy

11. Linguistics means – the scientific study of languages/particular languages.

12. Linguist means – a person who knows many foreign languages.

13. Polyglot means – a person who knows many languages.

Note: Linguist and Polyglot দুটিই সমজাতীয় শব্দ। তবে দুটিই অপশনে থাকেলে Linguist হবে।

14. Philology means – the study of language.

15. Dialect/Vernacular (উপভাষা) means – the language spoken by a particular group or in a particular area.

16. Phonetics means – the study and classification of speech sounds.

17. Phonology means – the study of the sounds of a particular language.

18. Phonetics is concerned with – pronunciation.

19. Morphology means – the study of the forms of things.

20. Etymology means – the study of the origin and history of words.

21. Syntax means/denotes – sentence building/rules of building sentence/ sentence construction

22. Syntax is concerned with – sentence

23. Grammar means – the rules in a language/ a set of rules that are needed for the accuracy of a language

24. Solecism (ভাষার অপব্যবহার) means – the violation of correct grammatical structure/a mistake in the use of language.

25. The first dictionary was compiled by – Samuel Johnson

26. Lexicographer means – a person who writes/complies dictionaries

27. The synonym of the dictionary is – lexicon

28. The word ‘Lexicography’ relates – dictionary

29. Grammar is needed to – correct the language

30. Homonym means – a word with same pronunciation as another but with a different meaning.

Written by:

Tohiduzzaman Shohel

Head Teacher (36th BCS Non Cadre)

Jhenaidah Sadar, Jhenaidah