新编简明英语语言学教程 第二版 整理.docVIP

PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 1 Chapter 1: Introduction 1.Linguistics: 语言学It is generally defined as the scientific study of language. ( Linguistics studies not any particular language ,but it studies language in general) 2.General linguistics:普通语言学 The study of language as a whole is called general linguistics. (language is a complicated entity with multiple layers and facets ) 3.Language: Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication. 4.descriptive (描述性):A linguistic study aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use. 5.pre