语言学简明教程Chapter(2)

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1、Linguistics:AnIntroductionSchoolofForeignLanguagesGuTongqing1Linguistics:coursedescriptionEnglishlinguisticsisabasiccourseonthesystematicexplanationofthelinguistictheoriesmainlyaboutEnglishlanguage.ItisarequiredcourseforstudentsmajoringinEnglisheducation.Onlywhenstudentslearnling

2、uisticswell,cantheygrasptheEnglishlinguisticskillssystematically,haveasolidbasicfoundationofEnglishteachingmethodology,studyEnglishliteratureandpracticetranslationwellenough.Inotherwords,linguisticsisthesystematicstudyoflanguage.Itaimstoanswerthebasicquestionsof“whatislanguage”an

3、d“howdoeslanguagework”.Whatwearegoingtodiscussinthiscourseincludes:-thesoundoflanguage-thelexiconandgrammaroflanguage-themeaningoflanguage-thewritingsystemoflanguage-languagechange……2Courseobjectives-tointroducethebasicknowledgeabout(mainlyEnglish)linguistics-tohelpstudentssystem

4、aticallyunderstandthesounds,words,grammar,meaningoflanguages(especiallyEnglishlanguage)-tohelpstudentsunderstandtherelationshipbetweenlanguageandcontext,languageandculture,languageandsocietyetc..3CourseassessmentClassattendance&participation(10%)Amini-paperonlanguage&linguistics(

5、10%)Finalexamination(80%)4Questions1.Whatislinguistics?2.Whydowestudylinguistics?53.Tobeaqualifiedteacherofalanguage2.Tolearnalanguagebetter(forexampleEnglish)1.Toknowmoreaboutlanguage4.TogethighermarksinTEM85.Totaketheentranceexamtobeapostgraduateofalanguage6.TodoresearchWhydowe

6、needtostudylinguistics?7.…6Theuseoflinguistics:-Whydoweusuallyadd“im-”infrontofwordsbeginningwith/p/or/m/and“in-”beforewordsbeginningwith/t/or/d/?-Whydowepronounce/l/differentlywhenitoccursindifferentpositionsofwords?/li:d/,/fi:l/,/helθ/,/plei/-Whyisitpossibleforustomeanmorethano

7、reventheoppositeofwhatisactuallysaid?......7Chapter1LanguageandLinguistics1.1IntroductiontoLinguistics(definition,scope&history)1.2 Whatislanguage?1.3Propertiesoflanguage1.4BodyLanguagesandOther‘Languages’1.5FunctionsofLanguage1.6SomeDistinctionsinLinguistics(FAQ)8Itisamajorbranc

8、hofsocialscience.Linguisticsstudiesnotju