语言学7.pptVIP

Chapter 7:What Is Language?– On the Outlook of Language When we study human language, we are approaching what some might call the “human essence,” the distinctive qualities of mind that are, so far as we know, unique to man. -- NOAM CHOMSKY, Language and Mind, 1968 Linguistic Knowledge Knowledge of sound: the sound system, the sequential constraints, the prosodic system Knowledge of word: combination of sound and meaning or concept the relationship between speech sounds and the meanings is, an arbitrary one House, maison, dom There is some sound symbolism in language—that is, words who