应用语言学重点知识选读.doc

Chapter one: The Nature of Applied Linguistics (特点) 1) It has an independent discipline (独立性) a) it has its own object of study; b) it has its own scientific system of theories and methodology; c) it has its own researchers. 2) It is an interdisciplinary science(跨学科) 3) It is an applied science(应用性) 应用语言学包含着具有内在联系的三个方面：语言理论，语言描写和语言教学。 语言理论的作用是为语言教师提供关于一般语言系统的结构和功能运用得知识； 语言描写的作用是使语言教师了解英语的结构特点、获得语言洞察力。这两部分是语言教学的基础。 4) It is an empirical science(试验性) Like natural science, applied linguistics uses experiments as its basic way of research, emphasizing objectivity, systematicness, explici