内容简介
Linguistic science has developed very rapidly in the last few decades．Books on this subject number in hundreds Courses in linguistic science are very common in olleges and universities in China．Students of foreign languages and literature are now required to take a variety of courses in linguistics.
Linguistic science has a great influence on foreign language teaching and learning. No language teacher，especially no foreign language teacher，can escape linguistic theories and principles if he or she expects to do his or her teaching work effectively and on a scientific basis
There are some excellent introductions to linguistics published in recent fifty years in China，but most of them are written in Chinese. Besides，they are mostly concerned with the Chinese language. Being students of English，they should have not only some common knowledge of general linguistics，but also some linguistic knowledge of their target language．which，I am sure，will help them a lot with their further students of English AN INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS is an attempt to meet the needs of Chinese students of English who wish to do their linguistic course work in their target language.
目录
Chapter One Linguistice
1. Linguistics：Science of Language
2. Scope of Linguistics
3. Approaches to Language
4. Grammar
5. Schools of Linguistics
Exercise 1
Chapter Two Language
1. Understanding of Language
2. Defining Features of Language
3. Language，Unique to Human Beings
4. Linguistic Competence and Linguistic Performance
5. Social Functions of Language
6. Language and the Human Brain
7. Conceptual Thinking of the Deaf-mute
8. Origin of Language
9. Animal Communication Systems
Exercise 2
Chapter Three Phonatics：Sounds of Language
1. Phonetic Alphabet
2. English Consonants and Vowels
3. Study of Phonetics
4. Articulatory Phonetics
5. Natrual Classes of Speech Sounds
Exercise 3
Chapter Four Phonology：Sound Patterns of Language…
1. Phonemes：Phonological Units of Language
2. Suprasegmental Features
3. Sequences of Phonemes
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Chapter Five Morphology：Structure of Words
Chapter Six Syntax：Structrue of Sentences
Chapter Seven Semantics：Meaning of Language
Chapter Eight Pragmatics：Actual Use of Language in Context
Chapter Nine Language Acquisition
Chapter Ten Language and Society
Chapter Eleven Language，Thought and Culture
Chapter Twelve Historical-Comparative Linguistics
Chapter Thirteen Language Change
Chapter Fourteen Writing System
Reference Books
Glossory
