Unit 1 The Origin of and Design Features of Language
1.1 The Origin of Language
1.2 The Design Features of Language
Unit 2 The Nature of Linguistics
2.1 Definition of Linguistics
2.2 Some Basic Distinctions in Linguistics
2.3 Major Branches of General Linguistics
2.4 Application of Linguistics
2.5 The Data of Linguistics
Unit 3 Major Modern Schools of Linguistics
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Prague School
3.3 Structuralism and American Structuralism
3.4 Trans formational-Generative Linguistics
3.5 Other Current Theories
3.6 Earlier Post-structuralist Theories
Unit 4 The History of English
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Ancestry of English
4.3 Old English
4.4 Middle English
4.5 Early Modern English (1500~1650)
4.6 Late Modern English (1650~1800)
4.7 Present-day English (1800~)
Unit 5 Phonetics
5.1 The Phonic Medium of Language
5.2 What Is Phonetics?
5.3 The Speech Organs
5.4 Consonants
5.5 Vowels
5.6 Transcription of Speech Sounds
Unit 6 Phonology
6.1
6.2 Phonemes and Allophones
6.3 Recognition of a Phoneme
6.4 Sounds Distribution
6.5 Phonological Rules
6.6 Supresegmental Phonemes
Unit 7 Morphology
7.1 Definition
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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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