英语语言学

    语言学是一门包含多学科的学问。虽然它的历史不算太长，但在最近几十年中，对这一学科的研究取得了异乎寻常的发展，它所涵盖的范围也越来越广。对它的研究不乏详尽权威的成果，但对于将其作为必修课的初学者来说，由于其复杂性，过于详尽的叙述往往使他们产生一种一头雾水、不得要领的感觉。出于这种考虑，我们编写了这部《英语语言学》。

    

    

Unit 1 The Origin of and Design Features of Language
1 The Origin of Languge
2 The Design Features of Language
Unit 2 The Nature of Linguistics
1 Definition of Linguistics
2 Some Basic Distinctions in Linguistics
3 Major Branches of General Linguestics
4 Application of Linguistics
5 The Data of Linguistics
Unit 3 Major Modern Schools of Linguistics
1 Introduction
2 The Prague School
3 Structuralism and American Structuralism
4 Transformational-Generative Linguistics
5 Other Current Theories
6 Earlier Post-structuralist Theories
Unit 4 The History of English
Unit 5 Phonetics
Unit 6 Phonology
Unit 7 Morphology
Unit 8 Syntax
Unit 9 Introduction to Three Major Schools of Grammar
Unit 10 Semantics
Unit 11 Pragmatics
Unit 12 Stylistics
Unit 13 Second Language Acquisition
Unit 14 Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching
Unit 15 Language as Communication
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