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Chapter 1 Introduction Aims: ???????? To inform the students of the definition, functions and design features of language; To make the students have a general idea of the concept of linguistics and its main branches; ???????? To enable the students to have a good understanding of some important distinctions in linguistics. 1.????? What is language? 1.1? Definition of language 1.1.1??????? Charles F. Hockett’s view 1.1.2??????? Edward Sapir’s definition 1.1.3??????? David Crystal’s view 1.1.4??????? R. H. Robins’ definition 1.1.5??????? Hu Zhuanglin’s definition (P3) “Language is a system