學(xué)英語，要學(xué)點(diǎn)語言學(xué)

語言學(xué)是對語言的`系統(tǒng)研究，對于一個(gè)學(xué)習(xí)英語的人來說，應(yīng)該懂一點(diǎn)語言學(xué)的知識(shí)，它可以在理論上對學(xué)習(xí)語言有指導(dǎo)作用。

I. Introduction

1. What is Language

Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication.

2. What is Linguistics(語言學(xué))

Linguistics is the scientific study of language.

3.Some Basic Distinctions(區(qū)分) in Linguistics.

3.1 Speech and Writing

One general principle(原則) of linguistic analysis is the primacy of speech over writing. Writing gives language new scope(范疇) and uses that speech does not have.

3.2 Deive(描述性) or Preive(說明性)

A linguistic study is deive if it describes and analyses facts observed; it is preive if it tries to lay down rules for "correct" behavior.

3.3 Synchronic(共時(shí)) and Diachronic(歷時(shí)) Studies

The deion of a language at some point in time is a synchronic study and The deion of a language as it changes through time is a diachronic study.

3.4 Langue(語言) and Parole(言語)

This is a distinction made by the Swiss linguist F.De Saussure (索緒爾)early last century. langue refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community and parole refers to the actualized(實(shí)際的) language, or realization of langue.

3.5 Competence(能力)and Performance(行為)

Competence is the ideal language user's knowledge of the rules of his language. Performance is the actual realization of this knowledge in utterances(發(fā)聲).

4.The Scope of Linguistics

General linguistics is the study of language as a whole.

Phonetics(語音學(xué)) is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their deion, classification and tranion.

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