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新编语言学教程主要内容13
新编语言学教程主要内容
Chapter1Introduction
I.Definitionoflinguistics
Thescientificorsystemicstudyoflanguage,whichisalwaysguidedbythethreecanonsofscience:
exhaustiveness,consistencyandeconomy.
II.Linguisticsvs.traditionalgrammar
Linguisticsdiffersfromtraditionalgrammaratleastinthreebasicways.
1.Linguisticsdescribeslanguagesanddoesnotlaydownrulesofcorrectness.
2.Linguisticsregardsthespokenlanguageasprimary,notthewritten.
3.Linguisticsdescribeseachlanguageonitsownmerits.
III.Scopeoflinguistics
Microlinguistics:
Phonetics;Phonology;Morphology;Syntax;Semantics;Pragmatics
Macrolinguistics:
Sociolinguitics;Psycholinguistics;Neurolinguistics;Stylistics;Discourseanalysis;Computationallinguistics;Cognitivelinguistics;Appliedlinguistics
IV.Definitionoflanguage
Languageisasystemofarbitraryvocalsymbolsusedforhumancommunication.
V.Originoflanguage
Ding-DongTheory:
Humanspeechdevelopedfromprimitivemangivingvocalexpressiontotheobjectsheencountered.
Sing-SongTheory:
Languagedevelopedfromprimitiveritualsongsofpraise.
Pooh-PoohTheory:
Languagecamefrominterjections,whichexpressthespeaker’semotions.
Yo-He-HoTheory:
Languagecamefromthecriesuttered,duringstrainofwork.
Ta-TaTheory:
Languagecamefromthecombinationofcertaingesturesandtonguemovements.
Bow-WowTheory:
Languagecamefromimitationofanimalcriesandothersoundsheardinnature.
VI.Designfeaturesoflanguage
1.Arbitrariness:
Thisreferstothefactthatthereisnologicalorintrinsicconnectionbetweenaparticularsoundandthemeaningitisassociatedwith.
2.Duality:
Languageoperatesontwolevelsofstructure.Atonelevelareelementswhichhavenomeaninginthemselvesbutwhichcombinetoformunitsatanotherlevelwhichdohavemeaning.
3.Productivity:
Productivityorcreativityreferstoman’slinguisticabilitywhichenableshimtoproduceandunderstandaninfinitelylargenumberofsentencesinournativelanguage.
4.Interchangeability:
Interchangeabilityorreciprocityreferstothefactthatmancanbothproduceandreceivemessage,andhisrolesasaspeakerandahearercanbeexchangedatease.
5.Displacement:
Displacementisapropertyoflanguageenablingpeopletotalkaboutthingsremoteeitherinspaceorintime.
6.Specialization:
Specializationreferstothefactthatmandoesnothaveatotalphysicalinvolvementintheactofcommunication.
7.Culturaltransmission:
Languageisculturallytransmitted.Itcannotbetransmittedthroughheredity.
VII.Functionsoflanguage
1.Phaticfunction/communion:
Languageisusedtoestablishanatmosphereormaintainsocialcontactbetweenthespeakerandthehearer.Greetings,farewellsandcommentsontheweatherservethisfunction.
2.Directivefunction:
Languageisusedtogetthehearertodosomething.Mostimperativesentencesareofthisfunction.
3.Informativefunction:
Languageisusedtotellsomething,togiveinformation,ortoreasonthingsout.Declarativesentencesservethisfunction.
4.Interrogative:
Languageisusedtoaskforinformationfromothers.Allquestionsexpectingrepliesservethisfunction.
5.Expressivefunction:
Languageisusedtorevealthespeaker’sattitudesandfeelings.Ejaculationsservethisfunction.
6.Evocativefunction:
Languageisusedtocreatecertainfeelingsinthehearers.Jokes,advertising,andpropagandaservethisfunction.
7.Performativefunction:
Languageisusedtodothingsortoperformacts.Thejudge’simprisonmentsentences,thepresident’sdeclarationofwarortheQueen’snamingofaship,etc.,servethisfunction.
VIII.Somemajorconceptsinlinguistics
1.Descriptiveandprescriptivegrammar
(1)Descriptivegrammarsattempttotellwhatisinthelanguage;whileprescriptivegrammarstellpeoplewhatshouldbeinthelanguage.
(2)Astraditionalgrammarstriedtolaydownrules,theyareoftencalledprescriptive.Mostmodernlinguisticsisdescriptive.
2.Synchronicanddiachroniclinguistics
Whenwestudylanguageatoneparticulartime,itiscalledsynchroniclinguistics.Whenwestudylanguagedevelopmentsthroughtime,itiscalleddiachronicorhistoricallinguistics.
Synchroniclinguisticsfocusesonthestateoflanguageatanypointinhistorywhilediachroniclinguisticsfocusesonthedifferencesintwoormorethantwostatesoflanguageoverdecadesorcenturies.
3.Langeandparole
F.deSaussuremadeanimportantdistinctionbetweenlangueandparole:
Languereferstotheabstractlinguisticsystemsharedbyallthemembersofaspeechcommunity.Parolerefertoparticularrealizationsoflangue.Langueisthesocial,conventionalsideoflanguage,whileparoleisindividualizedspeech.
4.Competenceandperformance
AccordingtoChomsky,competencereferstotheknowledgethatnativespeakershavetheirlanguageasasystemofabstractformalrelations,whileperformancereferstotheiractuallinguisticbehavior,thatis,theactualuseofthisknowledge.
5.Syntagmaticandparadigmaticrelations
Saussurehasputforwardanotherpairofconcepts:
syntagmaticandparadigmaticrelations.Theformerreferstothehorizontalrelationshipbetweenlinguisticelements,whichformlinearsequences.Thelatermeanstheverticalrelationshipbetweenforms,whichmightoccupythesameparticularplaceinastructure.
6.Functionalismandformalism
Functionalismorfunctionallinguisticsreferstothestudyoftheformsoflanguageinreferencetotheirsocialfunctionincommunication.
Formalismorformallinguisticsisthestudyoftheabstractformsoflanguageandtheirinternalrelations.
Chapter2Soundsinlanguage
I.Phonetics
1.Phonetics:
Thestudyofthespeechsoundsthatoccurinallhumanlanguagesiscalledphonetics.
2.ThreemajorresearchfieldsofPhonetics
Articulatoryphonetics:
Itisthestudyofhowspeechsoundsareproduced,orarticulated.
Acousticphonetics:
Itdealswiththetransmissionofspeechsoundsthroughtheair.
Auditoryphonetics:
Itdealswithhowspeechsoundsareperceivedbythelistener.
II.Articulators
1.Sevenmajorarticulators:
pharynx,velumorsoftpalate,hardpalate,alveolarridgeoralveolum,tongue,teethandlips
2.Voicedandvoicelesssounds
Whenthevocalcordsarespreadapart,theairstreamfromthelungisnotobstructedatthespacebetweenvocalcordsandpassesfreely.Thesoundsproducedinthiswayaredescribedasvoicelesssounds.
Whenthevocalcordsaredrawntogether,theairstreamforcesitswaythroughandcausesthemtovibrate.Soundsproducedinthiswayaredescribedasvoicedsounds.
3.Nasalandoralsounds
Whenthevelumislowered,airescapesthroughthenoseaswellasthemouth;soundsproducedthiswayarecallednasalsounds.
Whenthevelumisraisedallthewaytotouchthebackofthethroat,thepassagethroughthenoseiscutoff,theaircanescapeonlythroughthemouth.Soundsproducedthiswayarecalledoralsounds.
III.ClassificationofEnglishspeechsounds
1.Consonants
(1)Consonants:
consonantsaresoundsproducedbyconstrictingorobstructingthevocaltractatsomeplacestodivert,impedeorcompletelyshutofftheflowofairintheoralcavity.
(2)Mannerofarticulationandplaceofarticulation
Mannerofarticulationreferstothetypeofstrictureinvolvedintheproductionofaconsonant(theparticularwaytheairstreamisobstructed).
Placeofarticulationreferstotheinvolvementofthearticulatorsintheproductionofaparticularconsonant(wheretheairstreamismostobstructed).
(3)Classificationofconsonants
Intermsofmannersofarticulation,consonantscanbegroupedintostops,fricatives,affricated,liquids,nasalsandglides.
Intermsofplaceofarticulation,theconsonantscanbegroupedintobilabials,labiodentals,dentals,alveolars,palatals,velarsandglottal.
2.Vowel
(1)Vowels:
vowelsaresoundsproducedwithoutobstruction,sonoturbulenceoratotalstoppingoftheaircanbeperceived.
(2)Theheightofthetongue:
frontvowel;centralvowels;backvowels
(3)Theshapeofthelips:
roundedvowels;unroundedvowels
(4)Thewidthofthemouth:
openvowels;closevowels;semi-openvowels
(5)Monophthongsanddiphthongs
Monophthongs:
Theyarethosepurevowelsthathaveanunchangingquality,eitherfromthenumberortheconstantquality.
Diphthongs:
Asequenceoftwosoundsproducedfromonevowelpositiontoanther.
IV.Variationsofsounds
1.Liaison:
Thephenomenonofthelinkingoftwowordsinspeech,inparticularwhenthesecondwordbeginswithavowel,iscalledliaison.
2.Elision:
Thelossofasoundorsoundsinspeechiscalledelision.
3.Assimilation:
Thewaythatsoundsbelongingtoonewordoronesyllablecancausechangeinsoundsbelongingtoneighboringwordsorsyllablesiscalledassimilation.
V.Phonology
1.Phonology:
phonologyisthedescriptionofthesystemsandpatternsofspeechsoundsinalanguage.
2.Phoneme:
phonemeisabasicunitofphonologicalstudy,anditisanabstractcollectionofphoneticfeatureswhichcandistinguishmeaning.
3.Minimalpairsandsets
Minimalpairsarepairsofwordswhichdifferfromeachotheronlybyonesound.
Whenagroupofwordscanbedifferentiatedeachonefromtheothers,bychangingonephoneme(alwaysinthesameposition),thenwehaveaminimalset.
4.Freevariation:
Whentwoormoresoundsoccurinthesamepositionwithoutanyapparentchangeofmeaning,theyaresaidtobeinfreevariation.
5.Distinctivefeatures:
Whenafeaturedistinguishesonephonemefromanotheritisadistinctivefeature(oraphonemicfeature).
VI.Syllablesandconsonantcluster
1.Syllables:
TheEnglishwordbeautifulconsistsofthreespeechunits:
beau-ti-f
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