《英语语言学基础读本》

Contents1

Unit One1

Text：The Nature of Linguistics1

S．R．：The Study of Language12

Unit Two16

Text：The Origin of Language16

S．R．：The origin of the First Language25

Unit Three28

Text：The Definition of Language28

S．R．：The Nature of Language35

Unit Four40

Text：The History of Linguistics40

S．R．：History of Linguistics50

Text：The History of English53

Unit Five53

S．R．：The Importance of Knowing the History of English62

Unit Six65

Text：The Mechanism of Speech65

S．R．：Phonetics75

Unit Seven77

Text：English Vowels and Their Classification77

S．R．：More Than Vowels88

Unit Eight90

Text：English Consonants and Their Classification90

S．R．：Manners of Articulation97

Unit Nine100

Text：Distinctive Sounds100

S．R．：Phonology：The Sound Patterns of Language106

Text：Morphology：The Words of Language109

Unit Ten109

S．R．：Morphology116

Unit Eleven120

Text：Traditional Grammar120

S．R．：Parts ofSpeech128

Unit Twelve134

Text：Structural Grammar134

S．R．：Structural Analysis of English Syntax140

Unit Thirteen146

Text：Transformational Grammar146

S．R．：Another Way：Theorizing About Language162

Unit Fourteen168

Text：Semantics（Ⅰ）168

S．R．：Semantics（A）175

Text：Semantics（Ⅱ）180

Unit Fifteen180

S．R．：Semantics（B）189

Unit Sixteen195

Text：Pragmatics：The Study of Language Use and Communication195

S．R．：Problems with the Message Model206

Unit Seventeen212

Text：Human Communication：Three Systems212

S．R．：A Glance at Some Other Communication Systems218

Unit Eighteen222

Text：Style as Choice222

S．R．：The Styles ofthe Five Clocks232

Appendix Ⅰ Linguists243

Appendix Ⅱ Glossary251