Sec 1 Formalist And Functionalist Of Linguistics
FORMALIST
FUNCTIONALIS
T OF
LINGUISTICS
Siti Rabiatul Noorjan bt M. Saadom
Aida Zukrina bt Zulkefly
FORMALIST
Also known as generative linguistics
“Language as a system of rules”
Language is a set of sentences
Description shows which sentences are in the set and which out
REF ; martin 1992,3
NOAM CHOMSKY
Chomsky Linguistic Theory
Structure
of language
formalism concentrates on the set of rules a language has (competence), and not on the usage of this set when producing phrases (performance)
Moreover, humans are supposed to be genetically predetermined to learn language because of the language acquisition device
REF ; http://www.chomsky.info/
FUNCTIONALIST
“Functionalist maintain that the communicative situation motivates constrain or otherwise determines grammatical structure”
“The forms of natural languages are created and used for communicative functions.” REF : Bates and Mc Winney 1982, Mc Winney; Bates & Kliegl
MICHAEL HALLIDAY
Halliday’s function of language
-To express feelings
-Solving problems
-Following directions
-Giving instructions
REF ; http://www.slideshare.net/julyllantenc/michael-halliday-
Strength of Functionalist
Focuses on communicative competence so the need of communication is achieved give more freedom and less stress to the learners
Weakness of Functionalist
Not suitable for writing
Learners can communicate fluently but not accurately Learners will have trouble if they move to another country
Learners will not understand language used in journals accurately.
REF ; http://www.slideshare.net/AjaanRobCMU/functionalism-frameworkin-language-acquisition
EASY UNDERSTANDING
ANALOGY
FUNCTI0NALISM(F
UNCTION) :
ORGAN EX,
KIDNEY
FORMALISM
(FORM):
ORGAN
BETWEEN
ORGAN
EX: LUNG TO
KIDNEY
REF ; http://www.slideshare.net/AjaanRobCMU/functionalismframework-in-language-acquisition
FUNCTIONALISM VS
FORMALISM
INACCURATE LANGUAGE
ACCURATE
USAGE
USAGE
NOT SUITABLE FOR
WRITING
WRITING
FUNCTIONALIS
T OF
LINGUISTICS
Siti Rabiatul Noorjan bt M. Saadom
Aida Zukrina bt Zulkefly
FORMALIST
Also known as generative linguistics
“Language as a system of rules”
Language is a set of sentences
Description shows which sentences are in the set and which out
REF ; martin 1992,3
NOAM CHOMSKY
Chomsky Linguistic Theory
Structure
of language
formalism concentrates on the set of rules a language has (competence), and not on the usage of this set when producing phrases (performance)
Moreover, humans are supposed to be genetically predetermined to learn language because of the language acquisition device
REF ; http://www.chomsky.info/
FUNCTIONALIST
“Functionalist maintain that the communicative situation motivates constrain or otherwise determines grammatical structure”
“The forms of natural languages are created and used for communicative functions.” REF : Bates and Mc Winney 1982, Mc Winney; Bates & Kliegl
MICHAEL HALLIDAY
Halliday’s function of language
-To express feelings
-Solving problems
-Following directions
-Giving instructions
REF ; http://www.slideshare.net/julyllantenc/michael-halliday-
Strength of Functionalist
Focuses on communicative competence so the need of communication is achieved give more freedom and less stress to the learners
Weakness of Functionalist
Not suitable for writing
Learners can communicate fluently but not accurately Learners will have trouble if they move to another country
Learners will not understand language used in journals accurately.
REF ; http://www.slideshare.net/AjaanRobCMU/functionalism-frameworkin-language-acquisition
EASY UNDERSTANDING
ANALOGY
FUNCTI0NALISM(F
UNCTION) :
ORGAN EX,
KIDNEY
FORMALISM
(FORM):
ORGAN
BETWEEN
ORGAN
EX: LUNG TO
KIDNEY
REF ; http://www.slideshare.net/AjaanRobCMU/functionalismframework-in-language-acquisition
FUNCTIONALISM VS
FORMALISM
INACCURATE LANGUAGE
ACCURATE
USAGE
USAGE
NOT SUITABLE FOR
WRITING
WRITING