(课堂用)Chapter 1 Invitation to Linguistics.pptVIP

Class attendance (10％) Classroom performance (10％) Fulfillment of the assignment (10％) Final examination (70％) Chapter I Introduction Why study language? What is language? What is linguistics? Chapter I Introduction Why study language Language 2.1 Definition 2.2 Design features 2.3 Origin 2.4 Functions 2.5 Typology 1. Why study language 1. Why study language The importance of language study Language plays a central role in our lives as individuals and social beings. If we are not fully aware of the nature and mechanism of our language, we will be ignorant of what constitutes our essential humanity. 2. Language 2. Language 2. Language What makes our language advantageous over  animal “ languages”? 2. Language Objections VS. Responses Objections VS. Responses For example: Primary units ‘words’ (meaningful) consist of secondary units ‘sounds’ (meaningless). Hierarchy of language: stratification as “the infinite use of finite means”. Sounds syllables morphemes words phrases clauses sentences/utterances texts/discourses Cultural transmission is the process of passing on culturally relevant knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values from person to person or from culture to culture 05-09专八人文知识语言学真题 1. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human language? A. Arbitrariness. B. Productivity. C. Cultural transmission. D. Finiteness. D 专八语言学真题 2.The famous quotation from Shakespeares play “Romeo and Juliet” ‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet’ well illustrates _______. ? A.the conventional nature of language? B.the creative nature of language ? C.the universality of language? D.the big difference between human language and animal communication 历年专八语言学真题 3. One of the properties of language is that a language user can understand and produce sentences he/she has never heard before. This property of language is called ________. A.