CognitiveLinguistics---NewApproachtoLanguageStudy.ppt

Cognitive Linguistics---New Approach to Language Study 张征 zhangzhengclaire44@126.com Tel:QQ:741924794 Main Contents Self-Introduction Three Approaches in Linguistic Study An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics References and Requirements Self-Introduction Education Master Degree Linguistics (Specifically in Pragmatics) Hunan Normal University (1994-1997) Doctor Degree Linguistics (Pragmatics) Beijing Normal University (2004-2007) Research Interests Pragmatics History of Linguistics Cognitive Linguistics Functional Linguistics Linguistic philosophy Language teaching Initial questions What is linguistics? What is language for? How many linguistic schools do you know (have you ever encountered)? What features do they have? What’s the relationship between the “form” and the “function”? What do you think cognitive linguists are mainly concerned with? What’s your expectation about this course? Three Approaches in Language Study Structural Approach Functional Approach Cognitive Approach Structural Approach To Study the inner structure of language itself, the relationship between the elements in language---Syntagmatic Paradigmatic To conduct the linguistic study by stressing on the structure of language Saussure: Father of the Modern Linguistics The central task for the scholars after Saussure: to study the structure of language The beginning of modern linguistics What is linguistics? The scientific study of language How to study language? Historically: how languages change Comparatively: similarities and differences Philosophically: how language expresses thought Socially: how language is affected by social environments Psychologically: how people actually use language … But: what is language? Ferdinand de Saussure (索绪尔） 1857-1913 Swiss linguist Famous for his book Course in General Linguistics Published in 1916, after his death Based on lecture notes taken by students Father of modern linguistics Drew several very important distinctions