英语语言学的知识.docxVIP

实用标准文案 Chapter 1 Introduction 语言学的定义 ： Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language. 问题 ： How do you interpret the following definition of linguistics: Linguistics is the scientific study of language? → It is a scientific study because it is based on the systematic investigation of linguistic data, conducted with reference to some general theory of language structure. What the linguist has to do “first, then, but ” : ① to observe and collect language facts and generalizations are madeabout them. to formulate some hypotheses about the language structure. to chec