Linguistics: a practical course

ForewordAcknowledgementsGuide to UseChapter 1 Human Language 1.1 Languages in the world 1.2 The birth of language--from Babel to babble 1.3 Definitions of language 1.4 Design features of human language 1.5 Animal commtmication and human language 1.6 Language as endowment and/or accomplishment Summary Workshop Appreciation of linguistic researchChapter 2 Linguistics as a Science 2.1 A brief history of linguistics 2.2 Focus of linguistic study 2.3 Branches of theoretical linguistics 2.4 Interdisciplinary studies Summary Workshop Appreciation of linguistic researchChapter 3 What Are the Sounds of Language？ Phonetics 3.1 The relationship between sounds and spellings 3.2 The definition of phonetics 3.3 The IPA system 3.4 The production of speech sounds 3.5 Classifications of speech sounds Summary Workshop Appreciation of linguistic researchChapter 4 What Are the Sound Systems of Language？-- Phonology 4.1 Phone, phoneme and allophone 4.2 Minimal pairs 4.3 Phonological rules 4.4 Suprasegmental features Summary Workshop Appreciation of linguistic researchChapter 5 How Do Sounds Make up Words？——Morphology 5.1 The definition of "word" 5.2 The definition of morphology 5.3 Classification of morphemes　5.4 Derivational morphology　5.5 Inflectional morphology 5.6 The interaction between morphology and phonology" Summary Workshop Appreciation of linguistic researchChapter 6 How Are Words and Phrases Organized into Sentences? -- Syntax 6.1 Sentence, syntactic category and constituent 6.2 Tree diagrams 6.3 Heads and complements 6.4 Phrase structure rules 6.5 Surface structures and deep structures 6.6 Universal Grammar Summary Workshop Appreciation of linguistic researchChapter 7 How Do Words and Sentences Convey Meaning? -- Semantics 7.1 The classification of meaning 7.2 Componential analysis 7.3 Sense relation 7.4 Collocations 7.5 Metaphors 7.6 Metonymy Summary Workshop Appreciation of linguistic researchChapter 8 What Is the Study of Meaning by Language? --Pragmatics 8.1 Distinction of pmgmatics 8.2 Pragmatic meaning 8.3 Speech act 8.4 Conversation and interaction Summary Workshop Appreciation of linguistic researchReferencesWorkshop KeyGlossarySubject Index