Rosario, 2012

Prof. Silvia Rivero, M.A., M.Phil.

Instituto de Enseanza Superior No 2 !"l#a $ossettini! %radu&torado 'iterario ( %)&ni&o*$ient+fi&o en In#l)s LINGUISTICS (TURNO TARDE)

TOPICS FOR SECOND TERM EXAM %hese are the topi& for our se&ond Mid%er,. Please, develop ea&h topi& thorou#hl(, usin# and &o,-inin# all the ,aterial. Re,e,-er to al.a(s provide lin#uisti& e/a,ples .hen developin# ea&h point. 0ou ,a( use so,e e/a,ples fro, the te/ts anal(zed -ut, ver( i,portantl(, &ontri-ute .ith (our o.n e/a,ples. 1. E/plain1 2A&&ordin# to 3enveniste, lan#ua#e should not -e &onsidered a tool for &o,,uni&ation, -ut &onstitutive of hu,an nature4. 2. E/plain the differen&e -et.een #ra,,ar5s and enun&iation theor(6s a&&ount on &ate#ories su&h as pronouns, ti,e7tense, spatial and te,poral adver-s. 8. E/plain the follo.in# state,ent1 23ilin#ualis, &an -e approa&hed to fro, either a politi&al, a so&ial or an individual perspe&tive4. 9. E/plain the follo.in# state,ent fro, the perspe&tive of Austin:s theoreti&al fra,e.or;1 2'an#ua#e is not onl( representation -ut also a&tion4. <. E/plain1 2$onversation is a &o,ple/ pheno,enon .hose d(na,i&s involves a nu,-er of intert.ined &on&epts.4 =hi&h ones> ?o. .ould (ou des&ri-e the,> @. %he topi& of 2referen&e4 is treated in different .a(s in the theories dis&ussed throu#hout the se&ond part of our &ourse. E/plain su&h approa&hes to the pro-le,. A. Bis&uss and e/plain different pheno,ena related to lin#uisti& diversit( fro, a so&iolin#uisti&7&ultural perspe&tive. 3e e/haustive. . ?o. does ?allida(:s Cun&tional Dra,,ar atte,pt to a&&ount for the lan#ua#e7&ulture*so&iet( relationship>
E. =h( &an 3enveniste:s FBu&rot, Main#ueneau, et&.G, Austin5s and Dri&e6s and ?allida(:s theories -e &onsidered 2,odels of use of lan#ua#e4> 10. =hat:s the 2for,al s(ste, of enun&iation4 and .hi&h for,s &onstitute it, a&&ordin# to 3enveniste and the other lin#uistis .ho have treated the topi& FBu&rot, Main#ueneau, HerInG>

%he Mid%er, .ill also in&lude a part in .hi&h (ou:ll -e #iven so,e spe&ifi& e/a,ples for (ou to anal(ze ,orpholo#i&all(, in parti&ular *-ut not e/&lusivel(* in relation to .ord for,ation pro&esses.