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1、AnIntroduction to Linguistics 《語言學(xué)概論》AboutthecourseLinguisticsisauniversitycourseforEnglishmajorsintheir3rdor4thyearanditinvolvesmanyfieldsofresearch(e.g.psychology,sociology,philosophy),soit’snotsurprisingifyoufinditdifficultatthebeginning.It’samustforlanguagestudentst
2、olearnsomethingaboutlinguisticsandveryimportantforthosewhowanttodofurtherstudyaftergraduation.ThecoursewillbegivenmainlyinEnglish,butinChinesewhennecessary.Afewrequests:Attendthecourseregularlysinceit’sacompulsorycourse.Notanoptionalone.Noabsencefromclasswithoutreasonabl
3、ereasons.Takenotes,remembertheterminalwordsandfacts,anddotherevision.Continuousassessmentwillbegivenforthecourse,sofulfillalltheassignmentssatisfactorilyincludingthe“FurtherReading”partatthebackofthetextbook(P.275-298).Alistofreferencebooks:1.《語言學(xué)教程》(英語版),胡壯麟,北京大學(xué)出版社。2.《
4、語言學(xué)概論》王德春，上海外語教育出版社。3.《現(xiàn)代英語語言學(xué)概論（英語版）戴煒棟,上海外語教育出版社。4.《現(xiàn)代語言學(xué)》何兆熊梅德明，外語教學(xué)與研究出版社5.《簡明英語語言學(xué)教程》（英語版）戴煒棟等，上海外語教育出版社6.《語言學(xué)和語言的應(yīng)用》王宗炎，上海外語教育出版社7.《語言學(xué)》H.G.Widdowson，上海外語教育出版社8.《語言學(xué)入門》（英語版）StuartC.Poole外語教學(xué)與研究出版社Chapter1LanguageandLinguisticsTheNatureofLanguage(P.1~P.13)Whatislang
5、uage?Ashumanbeings,wecanfeeltheexistenceoflanguageeverywhere.However,veryfewofusknowthetruenatureoflanguage.Thereisremarkableuncertaintyashowlanguagereallyfunctionsinhumancommunication.Greateffortshavebeenmadetodefinethenatureoflanguagefromdifferentpointsofview(Seethe4on
6、esonP.1).Someadditionalones:Languageisthemostfrequentlyusedandmosthighlydevelopedformofhumancommunicationwepossess.──DavidCrystal語言是音義結(jié)合的詞匯和語法的體系，是人類最重要的工具，是人類思維的工具，也是社會(huì)上傳遞信息的工具。──王德春Unfortunately,aperfectandsatisfactorydefinitionhasyettocome.Despitethedifferencesintheir
7、views,manylinguistshaveagreedtoaccepttheviewthat“Languageis,inessence,asystemofsymbolsdesignedforthepurposeofhumancommunication.”（就其本質(zhì)而言，語言是人類以交際為目的而設(shè)計(jì)的一套符號(hào)系統(tǒng)）.Theyhavecometoageneralagreementaboutthefollowingimportantfeaturesthataretypicalofthenatureofhumanlanguages.Thed
8、efiningpropertiesofhumanlanguage(語言的特性)Designfeatures（識(shí)別特征）:Thepossessionoflanguagemostclearlydistingui
