Chapter1Introduction
1.1WhatIsLinguistics?
1.1.1Definition
1.1.2TheScopeOfLinguistics
1.1.3SomeImportantDistinctionsInLinguistics
1.2WhatIsLanguage?
1.2.1DefinitionsOfLanguage
1.2.2DesignFeaturesOfLanguage
1.2.3FunctionsOfLanguage
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Chapter2Phonology
2.1ThePhonicMediumOfLanguage
2.2Phoics
2.2.1WhatIsPhoics?
2.2.2OrgansOfSpeech
2.2.3OrthographicRepresentationOfSpeechSoundsBroadAndNarrowTran*ions
2.2.4ClassificationOfEnglishSpeechSounds
2.3Phonology
2.3.1PhonologyAndPhoics
2.3.2Phone,Phoneme,AndAllophone
2.3.3PhonemicContrast,ComplementaryDistribution,AndMinimalPair
2.3.4SomeRulesInPhonology
2.3.5SuprasegmentalFeatures——Stress,Tone,Intonation
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Chapter3Morphology
3.1Introduction
3.2OpenClassAndClosedClass
3.3Morphemes——TheMinimalUnitsOfMeaning
3.4AnalyzingWordStructures
3.5Derivationa!AndinflectionalMorphemes
3.6MorphologicalRulesOfWordFormation
3.7Derivation
3.8Compounds
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Chapter4Syntax
4.1WhatIsSyfitax?
4.2Categories
4.2.1Word-LevelCategories
4.2.2PhraseCategoriesAndTheirStructures
4.3PhraseStructureRule
4.3.1Xprule
4.3.2CoordinationRule
4.4PhraseElements
4.4.1Specifiers
4.4.2Complements
4.4.3Modifiers
4.5Sentences(TheSRule)
4.6Transformations
4.6.1AuxiliaryMovement
4.6.2DoInsertion
4.6.3DeepStructureAndSurfaceStructure
4.6.4WhMovement
4.6.5MoveAAndConstraintsOnTransformations
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Chapter5Semantics
5.1WhatIsSemantics?
5.2SomeViewsConcerningTheStudyOfMeaning
5.2.1TheNamingTheory
5.2.2TheConceptualistView
5.2.3Contextualism
5.2.4Behaviorism
5.3LexicalMeaning
5.3.1SenseandReference
5.3.2MajorSenseRelations
5.4SenseRelationsBetweenSentences
5.5AnalysisOfMeaning
5.5.1ComponentialAnalysis——AWayToAnalyzeLexicalMeaning
5.5.2PredicationAnalysis——AWayToAnalyzeSentenceMeaning
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Chapter6Pragmatics
6.1SomeBasicNotions
6.1.1Definition
6.1.2PragmaticsVs.Semantics
6.1.3Context
6.1.4SentenceMeaningVs.UtteranceMeaning
6.2SpeechActTheory
6.2.1AustinsModelOfSpeechActs
6.2.2SearlesClassificationOfSpeechActs
6.2.3IndirectSpeechActs
6.3PrincipleOfConversation
6.4Cross-CulturalPragmaticFailure
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Chapter7LanguageChange
7.1Introduction
7.2PhonologicalChanges
7.3MorphologicalAndSyntacticChange
7.3.1AdclitionOfAffixes
7.3.2LossOfAffixes
7.3.3ChangeOfWordOrder
7.3.4ChangeInNegationRule
7.4LexicalandSemanticChange
7.4.1AdditionOfNewWords
7.4.2LossOfWords
7.4.3SemanticChanges
7.5SomeRecentTrends
7.5.1MovingTowardsGreaterInformality
7.5.2TheInfluenceOfAmericanEnglish
7.5.3TheInfluenceOfSci.EnceAndTechnology
7.6TheCausesOfLanguageChange
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Chapter8LanguageAndSociety
8.1TheScopeOfSociolinguistics
8.1.1TheRelatednessBetweenLanguageAndSociety
8.1.2SpeechCommunityAndSpeechVariety
8.1.3TwoApproachesToSociolinguisticStudies
8.2VarietiesOfLanguage
8.2.1DialectalVarieties
8.2.2Register
8.2.3DegreeOfFormality
8.3StandardDialect
8.4PidginAndCreole
8.5BilingualismAndDiglosia
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Chapter9LanguageAndCulture
9.1Introduction
9.2WhatIsCulture?
9.3TheRelationshipBetweenLanguageAndCulture
9.4Sapir-WhorfHypothesis
9.5LinguisticEvidenceOfCulturalDifferences
9.5,1GreetingsAndTermsOfAddress
9.5.2GratitudeAndCompliments
9.5.3ColourWords
9.5.4PrivacyAndTaboos
9.5.5RoundingOffNumbers
9.5.6WordsAndCultural-SpecificConnotations
9.5.7Cultural-RelatedIdioms,ProverbsAndMetaphors
9.6CultureContact,CulturalOverlapAndDiffusion
9.7TheSignificanceOfCulturalTeachingAndLearning
9.8InterculturalCommunication
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Chapter10LanguageAcquisition
10.1Introduction
10.2TheoriesOfChildLanguageAcquisition
10.2.1ABehaviouristViewOfLanguageAcquisition
10.2.2AnInnatistViewOfLanguageAcquisition
10.2.3AnIriteractionistViewOfLanguageAcquisition
10.3CognitiveDevelopmentInChildLanguageDevelopment
10.4LanguageEnvironmentAndTheCriticalPeriodHypo-Thesis
10.5StagesInChildLanguageDevelopment
10.5.1PhonologicalDevelopment
10.5.2VocabularyDevelopment
10.5.3GrammaticalDevelopment
10.5.4PragmaticDevelopment
10.6AtypicalDevelopment
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Chapter11SecondLanguageAcquisition
11.1Introduction
11.2ConnectionsBetweenFirstLanguageAcquisitionAndSecondLanguageAcquisition
11.3ContrastiveAnalysis
11.4ErrorAnalysis
11.5Interlanguage
11.6TheRoleOfTheNativeLanguageInSecondLanguageLearning
11.7SecondLanguageLearningModelsAndInputHypothesis
11.8IndividualDifferences
11.9SecondLanguageAcquisitionAndItsPedagogicalImplications
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Chapter12LanguageAndTheBrain
12.1Introduction
12.2Neurolinguistics
12.2.1WhatIsNeurolinguistics?
12.2.2TheStructureAndFunctionOfTheHumanBrain
12.2.3MethodsForTheStudyOfTheBrainAndEvidencesForLateralization
12.2.4Aphasia
12.3Psycholinguistics
12.3.1WhatIsPsycholinguistics?
12.3.2PsycholinguisticResearchMethods
12.3.3LinguisticsAndLanguageProcessing
12.3.4PsycholinguisticModeling
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AGlossaryInEnglishAndChinese
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