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1、认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 1 Introduction认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目Preliminaries:What is language?What is language used for?认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目(1)about language 1.A

2、generally accepted definition:Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication.Language must be a system.Language is arbitrary.Language is symbolic.Language is primarily vocal.Language is human-specific.认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目许国璋先生对许国璋先

3、生对语言语言的定义做了如下概括的定义做了如下概括:语言是人类特有的一种符号系统语言是人类特有的一种符号系统,当它作用于人与人的关系的时候当它作用于人与人的关系的时候,它是表达相互它是表达相互反应的中介反应的中介;当它作用于人与客观世界的关系的时候当它作用于人与客观世界的关系的时候,它是认它是认知事物的工具知事物的工具;当它作用于文化的时候当它作用于文化的时候,它是文化的载体和容器它是文化的载体和容器。认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目What are the features of human language

4、s?In what ways are human languages different from the communicative system of other animals?认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目2.design features of human language arbitrariness(任意性):There is no logical connection between meanings and sounds.e.g.书(汉)-book(英)A rose by any other

5、 name would smell as sweet(Shakespeare).认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目Find some cases in which the language we use is not arbitrary.*onomatopoeia(拟声):quack-quack bangcrashroar cuckoo ding dongka chapu tong*compounds:rainbowbittersweetpickpocket*pictograph(象形文字)/hieroglyp

6、h(象形符号)休从北认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目Arbitrariness and convention认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目productivity/creativity(创造性):We can produce and understand an infinitely large number of sentences,including sentences we have never heard befor

7、e.We can create endless sentences.e.g.He bought a book which was written by a teacher who taught in a school which was known for its graduates who认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目duality of structure(结构的二重性):Human language is a system consisting of two sets of structures or

8、 two levels.the higher level:a structure of meaningful units(morphemes or words)the lower level:a structure of sounds,which are meaningless by themselvese.g.pencakep e n k ei k认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目Is it significant for human languages to have duality of structur

9、e?What would happen if human language had only one system of structure?Does the traffic light system have duality,why?认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目displacement(不受时空限制的特征):Language can be used to refer to things which are present or absent,real or imagined matters in the

10、 past,present,or future,or in far-away places.e.g.A:When are you moving to America?B:Im not sure yet.Maybe next month.认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目cultural transmission:Language is culturally transmitted.It is passed on from one generation to the next through teaching a

11、nd learning,rather than by instinct.e.g.the story of a wolf child认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目What are the functions of human languages?认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目3.functions of languagephatic:Hello.Good morning.Lovely weather,isnt it?吃饭了

12、吗?去哪里呀?directive:Pass me the salt,please.Dont do that any more.Youd better do it yourself.认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目informative:Water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit.interrogative:What time is it now?performative:e.g.(the chairman):Now I dec

13、lare the meeting open.(the judge):I sentence you to 10 years in prison.认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目expressive:Im sorry to hear that.Im glad to meet you.Thank you very much!Congratulations!evocative:The use of language to create certain feeling in the hearer.Its aim is

14、to amuse,startle,anger or please.e.g.jokes,threat,warningmetalingual:Words like“I,you,he”are pronouns.认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目*other classifications:A.descriptive functionexpressive functionsocial functionB.ideational function概念功能interpersonal function人际功能textual f

15、unction语篇功能认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目C.addresser-emotive情感的addressee-conative意动的context-referential所指的message-poetic诗学的contact-phatic交感的code-metalinguistic元语言的认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目4.the origin of languagethe divine-origin theory:

16、According to Christian belief,God gave Adam the power to name all things.“So he(God)took some soil from the ground and formed all the animals and all the birds.Then he brought them to the man to see what he would name them,and that is how they got their names.认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工

17、作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目the invention theory:Many people think that man invented language.Some people believe that language at its earliest stage consisted of“cries of nature”.Others suggest that language arose out of the grunts of men working together.认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“

18、精准扶贫”项目the evolutionary theory:In the long process of evolution,men gradually stood up.Free use of the lungs and the vocal cords made it possible for men to articulate sounds.Some believe that it is labor that created the necessity for language.认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶

19、贫”项目(2)about linguisticsLinguistics can be defined as the scientific or systematic study of language.A person who studies linguistics is usually referred to as a linguist.认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目1.main branches of linguistics1.main branches of linguisticsphonetics,

20、phonologyphonetics,phonologymorphologymorphologysyntaxsyntaxsemanticssemanticspragmaticspragmaticsstylistics stylistics sociolinguisticssociolinguisticsneurolinguistics neurolinguistics psycholinguisticspsycholinguisticsapplied linguisticsapplied linguisticscomputational linguisticscomputational lin

21、guistics认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目Can you think of some fields to which linguistic knowledge can be applied?认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目2.some important distinctions:descriptive vs.prescriptive:If a linguistic study aims to describe and

22、 analyze the language people actually use,it is said to be descriptive(描述性的);if the linguistic study aims to lay down rules for“correct and standard”behavior in using language,it is said to be prescriptive(规定性的).People say X.Dont say X,say Y.认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项

23、目synchronic(共时的)vs.diachronic(历时的):The description of a language at some point of time in history is a synchronic study;the description of a language as it changes through time is a diachronic study.Old Englishs Middle English s Modern English sd认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准

24、扶贫”项目langue and parole(Saussure)Langue(语言系统)refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community,and parole(言语)refers to the realization of langue in actual petence and performance(Chomsky)Chomsky defines competence(语言能力)as the ideal users knowledge of the rules o

25、f his language,and performance(语言运用)the actual realization of this knowledge in linguistic communication.认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目traditional grammar and modern linguistics:1.Modern linguistics is descriptive while traditional grammar is prescriptive.2.Modern lingui

26、stics regards the spoken language as primary,not the written.3.Modern linguistics differs from traditional grammar also in that it does not force languages into a Latin-based framework.认识到了贫困户贫困的根本原因，才能开始对症下药，然后药到病除。近年来国家对扶贫工作高度重视，已经展开了“精准扶贫”项目Further reading:Fromkin,V.,R.Robert&N.Hyams.2010.An introduction to language(9th edition).Widdowson,H.G.，2000，语言学M，上海外语教育出版社。桂诗春，1988，应用语言学M，湖南教育出版社。胡壮麟，2006，语言学教程M（第三版），北京大学出版社。