包邮语言学简明教程(第二版英文本)

Contents

Chapter 1 Language and Linguistics
1.1 Introduction
1.2 History of Linguistics
1.3 Why Study Linguistics?
1.4 Properties of Language
1.5 Body Language and Other “Languages”
1.6 Functions of Language
1.7 Branches in Linguistics
1.8 FAQ about Studying Linguistics
1.9 Summary

Chapter 2 Phonetics: Speech Sounds
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Spelling, Pronunciation and Phonetic Transcription
2.3 Speech Organs
2.4 The Phonetic Properties of Speech Sounds
2.5 Vowels
2.6 Summary

Chapter 3 Phonology: Sound Patterns
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Distinctive Sounds of a Language
3.3 Beyond the Sound Segments
3.4 Summary

Chapter 4 Lexicon
4.1 Introduction
4.2 What is Word?
4.3 Classification of Words
4.4 Morpheme and Its Types
4.5 Wordformation
4.6 Summary

Chapter 5 Grammar: Clause
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Word Classes and Word Order
5.3 Clause Types
5.4 Grammatical Categories
5.5 “Halfclauses”
5.6 Semantic Roles of Clause Elements
5.7 How Do We Play with Clauses?
5.8 Summary

Chapter 6 Grammar： Text
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Theme and Textual Function
6.3 Information Structure
6.4 Cohesion
6.5 Conversation Analysis
6.6 Summary

Chapter 7 Language and Meaning
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Word Meaning
7.3 How Are Word Meanings Related?
7.4 How Is Word Meaning Analyzed?
7.5 Sentence Meaning
7.6 Context and Implicature
7.7 Summary

Chapter 8 Pragmatics: Meaning in Use
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Deixis
8.3 Presupposition
8.4 Conversational Implicature
8.5 Linguistic Politeness
8.6 Speech Acts
8.7 Summary

Chapter 9 Cognitive Linguistics:Language and Cognition
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Language as Conceptual Metaphor
9.3 Cognitive Grammar
9.4 Construction Grammar
9.5 Cognitive Semantics
9.6 Conceptual Semantics
9.7 Summary

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