英语语言学实用教程课件13unit教材课程.pptVIP

Discuss PP. 13-14: No. 7, 8, 9 Assignments 1. Review the major points of this lecture. 2. For the various functions of language discussed in class, use one example of your own to illustrate each. [Submit your assignment to the e-class] Form “ study and research” groups (4-5 persons for 1 group). Each group draws a topic out of the following: a. Word formation in English [Week 3] b. Interrogative sentences in English [Week 4] c. Phatic communion in English and Chinese [寒暄] [Week 5] d. The naming of people in English [Week 6] e. Metonymy in English [Week 7] f. Complimenting and responding to compliments in English [Week 8] g. Strategies for doing face-threatening acts in English [Week 9] h. Euphemisms in English [Week 10] i. The change of English [Week 11] j. Chinglish [Week 12] The members of each group must work together when collecting materials, preparing the PPT, and presenting the report. Each presentation is to last about 20 minutes. Each PPT must be sent to the teacher for comments and advice ONE weak prior to the report. Lecture 3 The sounds of English Review What are the major defining features that natural languages possess? Major contents 3.1 Linguistics and its branches 3.2 Vowels and consonants 3.3 Phones, phonemes, and allophones 3.4 Phonological rules 3.5 English syllables 3.6 Stress, tone, and intonation 3.1 Linguistics and its branches In 1916, Ferdinand de Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics was published, which marked the beginning of modern linguistics. Summary Traditional linguistics Modern linguistics parole langue written language spoken language diachronic synchronic prescriptive descriptive atomism structuralism particularity universality individuality Branches of linguistics Core branches: phonetics, pho