普通语言学问题 2013-10精选.docVIP

Questions for the Passages Passage 1 Language Defined Questions: What is the difference between speech and other forms of functions of man like walking? Has language evolved out of the interjection? Bottom of p5 What about onomatopoeia? P6 What is Sapir’s definition of language? P6 What is the relationship between language and thought? P10 Are some languages better than some other languages according to the author? What is your opinion? Passage 2 Language: An Introduction Questions: Do animals have language according to the author? Do you agree? In what way? What are the properties of language? How do you understand them? How do you understand the faminine and masculine in English and French words? p27 Is there any language that is to difficult or specially simple to it native speakers? p28 What is the relationship between the vocabulary of a language and culture? p28 Passage 3 The Origin of Language Questions: 1. What is the origin of language according to the author? p31 2. What are the important barriers that must be surmounted in animal language? 3. How did the humans physically evolved to the stage of spoken communication? p35 4. Comment on the statement that originally human language was gestural rather than spoken. p 36 5. What is the difference between language and the use of tools according to the author? How is that related with brain lateralization? Bottom of p37 6. If we look ahead, what will be the trend of language development? Do you think it possible for all the people to speak one and same language, one existing now like English or Chinese, or a newly invented one like Esperanto? Passage 4 The Indo-European Language Family Questions: What is the relationship between English, French and German? French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese are modern evolution of ancient Latin. p46 How did people come to the conclusion that there is the proto-Indo-European? Bottom of p 48 Passage 5 A Brief History of Englis