语言学_Chapter1_InvitationstoLinguistics介绍.ppt

Lecture 1 Invitations to Linguistics What is Linguistics?--A broad view What is your understanding of “Linguistics” as a branch of science? -e.g. the research subject, the content, the use, the application, and so on Course Introduction--A broad view Why linguistics? A required course for English majors (seniors), one of the required specialist courses on the English major course list; 《语言学》是教育部颁发的英语专业教学大纲中规定的高年级必修课程。 A better understanding of language, from various perspectives; 《语言学》是对人类语言进行的科学研究。语言学理论的目的在于揭示语言的知识体系发现人类获得语言能力和使用语言的方式。 A better trained mind, from doing a systematic science. 增强学习者的思辨能力和逻辑思维能力 A brief definition of Linguistics Linguistics is the science of language. It is the systematic study of language, or, a discipline that describes all aspects of languages and formulates theories as to how language works. Linguistics is the study of language as a system of human communication.?(Longman Dictionary of Language teaching Applied Linguistics) Linguistics is principally concerned with the universals of the human mind. He considers linguistics as a branch of cognitive psychology (Chomsky).? 课程简介 Scope of Linguistics (a macro view) This course introduces to the ten core areas of linguistics: -Language and linguistics -Phonetics and Phonology (语音学和音系/位学) (the sounds and the sound system or patterns) -Morphology and Lexicon （形态学和词汇学）(the structure of words) -Syntax （句法学） (the structure of phrases and sentences and the constraints on well-formedness of sentences) -Semantics （语义学） (the meaning of words and sentences) -Pragmatics and Text Analysis （语用学和篇章分析）(the study of meaning in context) - Language and Social Culture （语言与社会、文化） - Language Acquisition and Thought （语言习得与思维） - Linguistics and Language Teaching （语言学与语言教学） - Language Testing （语言测试学） Scope of Linguistics Guided questions 1. What is language? 2. What are the features of language? 3. What are the functions of language? 4. How are linguistic studies done? Guided Rea