14-15-1 Chapter 1 Invitations.ppt

Welcome to General Modern Linguistics ---- An IntroductionHu Min 胡 敏 What is linguistics about? Questions What is language? What are the defining properties of language? How did language come into existence? What are the functions of language? How to study language? What are the main branches of language study? Course Description An elective course offered to English majors. It is intended to develop the students’ analytical ability in examining various linguistic phenomena, and investigating rules governing language structures and human linguistic behaviours through a brief but system