英语语言学介绍(精品·公开课件).pptVIP

 Introduction to Linguistics Autumn 2010 Liu Xiaoling Requirements Class attendance Take notes carefully Final examination The examination will be based on the ppt slides and the textbook. At the end of the whole classes, I will let you copy this ppt material. Introduction I. Some interesting facts about language II. What is linguistics? III. Why study linguistics? IV. Distinctive features of language V. Basic attributes of language I. Some Interesting Facts About Language Number of languages: about 6,809 languages in the world (or about 4,000 ~ 8000 languages? because it’s hard to