The Linguistic Structure of Modern English

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1、TheLinguisticStructureofModernEnglishTheLinguisticStructureofModernEnglishLaurelJ.BrintonUniversityofBritishColumbiaDonnaM.BrintonUniversityofSouthernCaliforniaJohnBenjaminsPublishingCompanyAmsterdam/PhiladelphiaTM8Thepaperusedinthispublicationmeetsthemin

2、imumrequirementsofAmericanNationalStandardforInformationSciences—PermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibraryMaterials,ANSIZ39.48-1984.LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataBrinton,LaurelJ.ThelinguisticstructureofmodernEnglish/LaurelJ.Brinton,DonnaM.Brinton

3、.--Rev.ed.p.cm.Previouslypublishedas:ThestructureofmodernEnglish:alinguisticintroduction,c2000.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.1.Englishlanguage--Grammar.2.Englishlanguage--Phonology.3.Englishlanguage--Syntax.I.Brinton,Donna.II.Brinton,LaurelJ.S

4、tructureofmodernEnglish.III. Title.PE1106.B732010425--dc222010007276isbn9789027211712(Hb;alk.paper)isbn9789027211729(Pb;alk.paper)isbn9789027288240(Eb)©2010–JohnBenjaminsB.V.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyform,byprint,photoprint,microfilm,oranyotherm

5、eans,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher.JohnBenjaminsPublishingCompany•P.O.Box36224•1020meAmsterdam•TheNetherlandsJohnBenjaminsNorthAmerica•P.O.Box27519•PhiladelphiaPA19118-0519•USATableofcontentsListoftablesxiListoffiguresxiiiAcknowledgmentsxvPrefa

6、cetothesecondeditionxvii1.Anotetothestudentonpunctuationxix2.Anoteontheuseofcorpusexamplesxxchapter1Thenatureoflanguageandlinguistics11.Thenatureofhumanlanguage11.1Fundamentalbeliefsaboutlanguage21.2Linguisticsigns31.3Therule-governednatureoflanguage41.4L

7、anguageuniversals,innateness,andcreativity51.5Animalcommunicationcodes72.Thenatureofgrammar72.1Definitionsofgrammar72.2Fallaciesconcerninggrammar83.Linguisticsandthecomponentsoflanguage114.Organizationofthebook13chapter2Consonantsandvowels161.Thespokenver

8、susthewrittenformoflanguage171.1Englishspelling171.2Theadvantagesofspeechandwriting182.Theproductionofspeechsounds203.Consonantsounds233.1Classificationofconsonants233.2ConsonantsofEnglishandtheirphoneticnotation264