Introduction to Language and Linguistics

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1、IntroductiontoLanguageandLinguistics--ACourseDescriptionandAssessmentLanChunSchoolofEnglishandInternationalStudiesBFSU1.BackgroundoftheCourseAnobligatorycourseforYear3Englishmajorssincelate1980s.Begantoteachthiscoursein2005.Questionnairesandinterviewsatthebeginningandendofeveryterm.2.Desc

2、riptionoftheCourse2.1ObjectivesArousestudents’interestinlanguageandlinguistics.Dispelanumberofmythsaboutthenatureoflanguage.Discussvariousaspectsoflanguagefrombothahistoricalandcurrentpointofview.2.2TopicsCoveredTopic1:FactsandfantasiesaboutlanguageTopic2:ThephysicalaspectsoflanguageTopic

3、3:ThewordsoflanguageTopic4:ThemeaningsoflanguageTopic5:ThesentencepatternsoflanguageTopic6:LanguageinsocietyTopic7:DoingsthingswithlanguageTopic8:ChildlanguageacquisitionTopic9:AcognitivereadingofclassicalChinesepoems2.3SupplementaryReadingPoole,StuartC.,2000.AnIntroductiontoLinguistics.B

4、eijing:FLTRP.Radford,Andrew,etal.,2000.Linguistics:AnIntroduction.Beijing:FLTRP.Yaguello,Marina,1998.LanguageThroughtheLookingGlass.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Yule,George.2000.TheStudyofLanguage.Beijing:FLTRP.2.4AssessmentTermpaper70%Classroomcontribution15%Classroomattendance15%3.Atthe

5、BeginningoftheCourse:Questionnaire1Time:10:10a.m.Date:5thMarch,2006Sentout:48Returned:47Question1Whatdoyouthinklinguisticsisabout?NoideaSomeideaNo.ofstudents1037Percentage21.3%78.7%1)Linguisticshassomethingtodowiththesounds,vocabulary,grammar,meaningandhistoricaldevelopmentoflanguage.Exam

6、ple1语言学对语言有从微观到宏观的研究，从词源、词语构成、发音等基本元素，到语言的美感、逻辑性以及文化背景，逐步培养我们批判性思维与分析能力。）2)Linguisticshassomethingtodowithfindingouttheessenceoflanguageandthesimilaritiesanddifferencesacrosslanguages.Example2与各语言的学习不同，语言学并不要求学生掌握并会运用某种语言，而是将语言作为一个整体来研究其在历史上的起源、演变和发展。Example3语言学顾名思义一定与语言有关。从广义上来讲，语言学包括语言的

7、历史演变，语言与文化的关系，方言以及语言的地理特征，不同语言、不同语系之间的关系等等。所以语言学不单单是一门研究语言本身的学问，而是一个范围极其广泛的人文学科。3)Linguisticshassomethingtodowithinvestigatingtheusesoflanguage.Example4语言学应该是研究语言在生活中的作用，分析各种语言现象，在不同环境中语言的不同用法，等等。Question2DoyouthinkitisnecessarytoofferthiscoursetoEnglishmajorstudent