Foreword Acknowledgements Guide to Use Chapter 1 Human Language 1.1 Languages in the world 1.2 The birth of langua
Foreword Acknowledgements Guide to Use Chapter 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 research Chapter 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 research Chapter 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 research Chapter 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 research Chapter 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 Chapter 6 How Are Words and Phrases Organized into Sentences? -- Syntax Chapter 7 How Do Words and Sentences Convey Meaning?——Semantics Chapter 8 What Is the Study of Meaning by Language?——Praclmatics References Workship Key Glossary Subject Index