DOI: https://doi.org/10.36719/2706-6185/50/45-51
Konul Mammadova
Baku State University
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7283-6948
konul.memmedova-bdu@mail.ru
Unit and Arrangement, Unit and Process, Word and Paradigm
Models in Descriptive Linguistics
Abstract
The development of modern linguistics necessitated the emergence of structural linguistics, turning it into one of the contemporary trends in logical linguistics. It should be noted that, along with functional linguistics and glossematics, one of the branches of structural linguistics is also descriptive linguistics. This article investigates several models of descriptive linguistics in detail, including classical, linguistic, unit and arrangement, unit and process, word and paradigm models, as well as research models such as encryption and experimental models.
As it is known, the Item and Arrangement (IA) model focuses on identifying the components of compound words, reconstructing wholes from parts and conducting morphological analysis. Hockett’s second model, the Item and Process (IP) model, does not break words into parts based on meaning or position, but instead uses processes to create complex words. Both models approach word formation from simple components. The purpose in linguistic description is to manage roots and processes while avoiding reduction and simplification. In this case, the organization of words within paradigms does not play a proper role in morphology, nor does it create potential relevance. These models remain isolated in the formation or non-formation of specific words and the relationships between words fall outside the scope of descriptive coverage.
Keywards: item and process, item and arrangement, word and paradigm, descriptive linguistics, F.Boas, E.Sapir, classical morphological model