A Course on Linguistics for Students of EnglishZhou Chan.ppt

A Course on Linguistics for Students of EnglishZhou Changming Dept. of Foreign Languages, SHUPL The Goals for this Course To get a scientific view on language; To understand some basic theories on linguistics; To understand the applications of the linguistic theories, especially in the fields of language teaching learning (SLA or TEFL), cross-cultural communication……; To prepare for the future research work. The Requirements for this course Class attendance Classroom discussion Fulfillment of the assignment Examination Reference Books 戴炜栋，何兆熊，(2002)，《新编简明英语语言学教程》，上海外语教育出版社。 胡壮麟，(2001)，《语言学教程》，北京大学出版社。 刘润清，(1995)，《西方语言学流派》，外语教学与研究出版社。 Fromkin,V. R. Rodman, (1998), An Introduction to Language the sixth edition, Orlando, Florida: Holt, Ranehart Winston, Inc. Chapter 1. Introduction 1. What is linguistics? ----Linguistics is the scientific study of language. ----A person who studies linguistics is known as a linguist. Four principles of linguistic studies Exhaustiveness/adequacy Consistency Economy Objectivity The scope or major branches of linguistics Theoretical linguistics Phonetics Phonology Morphology Syntax Semantics Use of linguistics Applied linguistics Sociolinguistics Psycholinguistics …… Theoretical linguistics Phonetics----speech sound (description, classification, transcription): articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics, auditory phonetics. Phonology----sound patterns of languages Morphology----the form of words Syntax----the rules governing the combination of words into sentence. Semantics----the meaning of language (when the meaning of language is conducted in the context of language use----Pragmatics) Use of linguistics Applied linguistics----linguistics and language teaching Sociolinguistics---- social factors (e.g. class, education) affect language use Psycholinguistics----linguistic behavior and psychological process Stylistics----linguistic and literature Some other applications Anthropological linguis