《语言学导论》语言与语言学.pptx

王莹莹;教材：;《语言学教程》目录;第一章：语言与语言学;1.1 语言是什么？;1.2 为什么研究语言？; “why study language? … One reason for studying language – and for me personally the most compelling reason – is that it is tempting to regard language, in the traditional phrase, as ‘a mirror of mind’. I do not mean by this simply that the concepts expressed and distinctions developed in normal language use give us insight into the patterns of thought and the world of ‘common sense’ constructed by the human mind. More intriguing, to me at least, is the possibility that by studying language we may discover abstract principles that govern it