1 The Nature of Language
1.1 Definition of Language
1.2 Popular Ideas about Language
1.3 The Properties of Language
1.4 Functions of Language
1.5 Nonverbal Communication
2 A Brief Introduction to Linguistics
2.1 What Is Linguistics?
2.2 The Scope of Linguistics
2.3 The Impact of Linguistics on Other Fields
2.4 Basic Distinctions in Linguistics
3 Phonetics and Phonology
3.1 Phonetics
3.2 Phonology
4 Morphology
4.1 Morphemes
4.2 Types of Morphemes
4.3 Morphs, Morphemes and Allomorphs
4.4 Wordformation Process
5 Syntax
5.1 What Is Syntax?
5.2 Syntactic Relations
5.3 Phrase Structure Rules
5.4 Sentences (The S Rule)
5.5 Transformations
6 Semantics
6.1 Kinds of Meaning
6.2 Some Important Assumptions
6.3 Some Views on Semantics
6.4 Approaches to Semantics
6.5 Lexical Relationship
6.6 Sentence Meaning
7 Pragmatics
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Context, Implicature and Reference
7.3 Speech Acts
7.4 Conversational Analysis
8 Language and Culture
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Linguistic Relativity
8.3 Meaning as Sign, Meaning as Action
8.4 Spoken Language, Oral Culture; Print Language, Literate Culture
8.5 Language and Cultural Identity
8.6 Current Issues
9 Language and Society
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The MicroMacro Distinction
9.3 Social Differentiation of Language
9.4 Regional Differentiation of Language
9.5 Mixed Languages
9.6 Speech Situations
10 Language Acquisition
10.1 The Nature of Language Acquisition
10.2 Stages in First Language Acquisition
10.3 Theories of Child Language Acquisition
10.4 Background to Current Second Language Acquisition Research
10.5 Developmental Stages of Second Language Acquisition
10.6 Factors Affecting SLA
10.7 Theories in Second Language Learning
11 Language and Psychology
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Language Comprehension
11.3 Language Production
11.4 Language Acquisition
Key to Questions and Exercises
练习答案
Index索引
Bibliography 参考书目