In this course, you are going to be learning about schools of Linguistics/ thought with respect to the following:Lecture one: Structuralism.Introduction to StructuralismSome definitions of StructuralismSignifier and signifiedLangue and paroleSynchronic and diachronic studiesSyntagmatic and paradigmatic relationshipsLimitations of Structuralism2. Lecture two: Behaviourism.Introduction to BehaviourismSome definitions of BehaviourismOperant conditioning theoryClassical conditioning theoryPrinciples of BehaviourismLimitations of Behaviourism3. Lecture three: Mentalism.Introduction to Mentalism (LAD)Some definitions of MentalismPrinciples of MentalismThe experiment of Nim, the apeThe experiment of GenieLimitations of Mentalism4. Lecture four: Generativism.Introduction to GenerativismSome concepts of GenerativismUniversal GrammarGenerative GrammarCompetence and performanceDescriptive GrammarPrescriptive GrammarPrinciples of GenerativismCharacteristics of GenerativismLimitations of Generativism5. Lecture five: Cognitivism.Introduction to CognitivismCharacteristics of CognitivismStages of cognitive developmentVygotsky's sociocultural theoryLimitations of Cognitivism (Piaget)In this course, you are going to be learning about schools of Linguistics/ thought with respect to the following:Lecture one: Structuralism.Introduction to StructuralismSome definitions of StructuralismSignifier and signifiedLangue and paroleSynchronic and diachronic studiesSyntagmatic and paradigmatic relationshipsLimitations of Structuralism2. Lecture two: Behaviourism.Introduction to BehaviourismSome definitions of BehaviourismOperant conditioning theoryClassical conditioning theoryPrinciples of BehaviourismLimitations of Behaviourism3. Lecture three: Mentalism.Introduction to Mentalism (LAD)Some definitions of MentalismPrinciples of MentalismThe experiment of Nim, the apeThe experiment of GenieLimitations of Mentalism4. Lecture four: Generativism.Introduction to GenerativismSome concepts of GenerativismUniversal GrammarGenerative GrammarCompetence and performanceDescriptive GrammarPrescriptive GrammarPrinciples of GenerativismCharacteristics of GenerativismLimitations of Generativism5. Lecture five: Cognitivism.Introduction to CognitivismCharacteristics of CognitivismStages of cognitive developmentVygotsky's sociocultural theoryLimitations of Cognitivism (Piaget)