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1、A Course on Linguistics for Students of EnglishZhou Changming Dept.of Foreign Languages,SHUPL,The Goals for this Course,To get a scientific view on language;To understand some basic theories on linguistics;To understand the applications of the linguistic theories,especially in the fields of language

2、 teaching To prepare for the future research work.,The Requirements for this course,Class attendanceClassroom discussionFulfillment of the assignmentExamination,Reference Books,戴炜栋，何兆熊，(2002)，新编简明英语语言学教程，上海外语教育出版社。胡壮麟，(2001)，语言学教程，北京大学出版社。刘润清，(1995)，西方语言学流派，外语教学与研究出版社。Fromkin,V.&R.Rodman,(1998),An I

3、ntroduction to Language the sixth edition,Orlando,Florida:Holt,Ranehart&Winston,Inc.,Chapter 1.Introduction,1.What is linguistics?,-Linguistics is the scientific study of language.-A person who studies linguistics is known as a linguist.,Four principles of linguistic studies,Exhaustiveness/adequacy

4、Consistency Economy Objectivity,The scope or major branches of linguistics,Theoretical linguisticsPhoneticsPhonologyMorphologySyntaxSemanticsUse of linguisticsApplied linguisticsSociolinguisticsPsycholinguistics,Theoretical linguistics,Phonetics-speech sound(description,classification,transcription)

5、:articulatory phonetics,acoustic phonetics,auditory phonetics.Phonology-sound patterns of languagesMorphology-the form of wordsSyntax-the rules governing the combination of words into sentence.Semantics-the meaning of language(when the meaning of language is conducted in the context of language use-

6、Pragmatics),Use of linguistics,Applied linguistics-linguistics and language teaching Sociolinguistics-social factors(e.g.class,education)affect language use Psycholinguistics-linguistic behavior and psychological process Stylistics-linguistic and literature,Some other applications,Anthropological li

7、nguisticsNeurolinguisticsComputational linguistics(e.g.machine translation),Some important distinctions in linguistics,Descriptive vs prescriptive,Descriptive-describe/analyze linguistic facts observed or language people actually use(modern linguistic)Prescriptive-lay down rules for“correct”linguist

8、ic behavior in using language(traditional grammar),Synchronic vs diachronic,Synchronic study-description of a language at some point of time(modern linguistics)Diachronic study-description of a language through time(historical development of language over a period of time),Speech vs writing,Speech-p

9、rimary medium of languageWriting-later developed,Langue vs parole(F.de Saussure),Langue-the abstract linguistic system shared by all members of the speech community.Parole-the realization of langue in actual use.Saussure takes a sociological view of language and his notion of langue is a matter of s

10、ocial conventions.,Competence and performance(Chomsky),Competence-the ideal users knowledge of the rules of his language Performance-the actual realization of this knowledge in linguistic communication Chomsky looks at language from a psychological point of view and to him competence is a property o

11、f the mind of each individual.,Traditional grammar vs modern linguistics,Traditional grammar-prescriptive,written,Latin-based framework Modern linguistics-descriptive,spoken,not necessarily Latin-based framework,2.What is language?,Language can mean,what a person says(e.g.bad language,expressions)th

12、e way of speaking or writing(e.g.Shakespeares language,Luxuns language)a particular variety or level of speech or writing(e.g.language for special purpose,colloquial language)the abstract system underlying the totality of the speech/writing behavior of a community(e.g.Chinese language,first language

13、)the common features of all human languages(e.g.He studies language)a tool for human communication.(social function)a set of rules.(rule-governed),Sapirs definition(1921),“Language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas,emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produc

14、ed symbols.”,Halls definition(1968),Language is“the institution whereby humans communicate and interact with each other by means of habitually used oral-auditory arbitrary symbols.”,Chomskys definition(1957),“From now on I will consider language to be a set of(finite or infinite)sentences,each finit

15、e in length and constructed out of a finite set of elements.”,Language can be generally defined as,a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication.,Language is a system,Systematic-rule-governed,elements in it are arranged according to certain rules;cant be combined at will.e.g.*bkli

16、,*I apple eat.,Language is arbitrary,Arbitrary-no intrinsic connection between the word and the thing it denotes,e.g.“pen”by any other name is the thing we use to write with.,Language is symbolic in nature,Symbolic-words are associated with objects,actions ideas by convention.“A rose by any other na

17、me would smell as sweet”-Shakespeare,Language is primarily vocal,Vocal-the primary medium is sound for all languages;writing system came much later than spoken form.,Language is human-specific,Human-specific-different from the communication systems other forms of life possess,e.g.bird songs,bee danc

18、e,animal cries.,The design/defining features of human language(Charles Hockett),ArbitrarinessProductivity/CreativityDualityDisplacementCultural transmission,Arbitrariness,-No logical(motivated or intrinsic)connection between sounds and meanings.Onomatopoeic words(which imitate natural sounds)are som

19、ewhat motivated(English:rumble,crackle,bang,.Chinese:putong,shasha,dingdang)Some compound words are not entirely arbitrary,e.g.type-writer,shoe-maker,air-conditioner,photocopy,Productivity/creativity,-Peculiar to human languages，users of language can understand and produce sentences they have never

20、heard before,e.g.we can understand sentence like“A red-eyed elephant is dancing on the hotel bed”,though it does not describe a common happening in the world.A gibbon call system is not productive for gibbon draw all their calls from a fixed repertoire which is rapidly exhausted,making any novelty i

21、mpossible.The bee dance does have a limited productivity,as it is used to communicate about food sources in any direction.But food sources are the only kind of messages that can be sent through the bee dance;bees do not“talk”about themselves,the hives,or wind,let alone about people,animals,hopes or

22、desires,Duality(double articulation),Lower level-sounds(meaningless)Higher level-meaning(larger units of meaning)A communication system with duality is considered more flexible than one without it,for a far greater number of messages can be sent.A small number of sounds can be grouped and regrouped

23、into a large number of units of meaning(words),and the units of meaning can be arranged and rearranged into an infinite number of sentences.(we make dictionary of a language,but we cannot make a dictionary of sentences of that language.,Displacement,-Language can be used to refer to things,which are

24、 not present:real or imagined matters in the past,present or future,or in far-away places.A gibbon never utters a call about something he ate last yearThere is something special about the bee dance though.Bees communicate with other bees about the food sources they have found when they are no longer

25、 in the presence of the food.In this sense,the bee dance has a component of displacement.But this component is very insignificant.For the bees must communicate about the food immediately on returning to the hive.They do not dance about the food they discovered last month nor do they speculate about

26、future discoveries.,Cultural transmission,-Language is culturally transmitted(through teaching and learning;rather than by instinct).Animal call systems are genetically transmitted.All cats,gibbons and bees have systems which are almost identical to those of all other cats,gibbons and bees.A Chinese

27、 speaker and an English speaker are not mutually intelligible.This shows that language is culturally transmitted.That is,it is pass on from one generation to the next by teaching and learning,rather than by instinct.The story of a wolf child,a pig child shows that a human being brought up in isolati

28、on simply does not acquire human language.,Functions of language,Phatic:establishing an atmosphere or maintaining social contact.Directive:get the hearer to do something.Informative:give information about facts.Interrogative:get information from others.Expressive:express feelings and attitudes of th

29、e speaker.Evocative:create certain feelings in the hearer(amuse,startle,soothe,worry or please)Performative:language is used to do things,to perform actions.,The origin of language,The divine-origin theory-Language is a gift of God to mankind.The invention theory-imitative,cries of nature,the grunts

30、 of men working together.The evolutionary theory-the result of physical and psychological development.,许国璋先生认为把语言定义成交际工具不够科学,至少不够严谨.他对语言的定义做了如下概括:语言是一种符号系统.,当它作用于人与人之间的关系的时候,它是表达相互反应的中介;当它作用于人与客观世界的关系的时候,它是认知事物的工具;当它作用于文化的时候,它是文化的载体.,Chapter 2 Phonology,Language is primarily vocal.The primary medium

31、 of human language is sound.Linguists are not interested in all sounds,but in speech sounds-sounds that convey meaning in human communication.,Phonetics,-A branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description,classification and transcrip

32、tion,e.g.p bilabial,stop.,Three branches of phonetics,Articulatory phonetics-from the speakers point of view,“how speakers produce speech sounds”Auditory phonetics-from the hearers point of view,“how sounds are perceived”Acoustic phonetics-from the physical way or means by which sounds are transmitt

33、ed from one to another.,Articulatory phonetics,It has the longest history.It studies the sounds from the speakers point of view,i.e.how a speaker uses his speech organ to articulate the sounds.,Acoustic phonetics,It tries to describe the physical properties of the stream of sounds which a speaker is

34、sues.Spectrograph(频谱仪）：to record sound waves,Speech organs:three important areas,Pharyngeal cavity(咽腔）-the throat;The oral cavity（口腔）-the mouth;Nasal cavity（鼻腔）-the nose.,The diagram of speech organs,LipsTeethTeeth ridge(alveolar)Hard palateSoft palate(velum)UvulaTip of tongueBlade of tongueBack of

35、tongueVocal cordsPharyngeal cavityNasal cavity,Orthographic representation of speech sounds,-A standardized and internationally accepted system of phonetic transcription is the International Phonetic Alphabet(IPA).The basic principle of the IPA is using one letter to represent one speech sound.Broad

36、 transcription-used in dictionary and textbook for general purpose,without diacritics,e.g.clear l pit Narrow transcription-used by phonetician for careful study,with diacritics,e.g.dark l,aspirated p,Some major articulatory variables,-dimensions on which speech sounds may vary:Voicing-voiced&voicele

37、ssNasality-nasal&non-nasal Aspiration-aspirated&unaspirated,Classification of English speech sounds,-English speech sounds are generally classified into two large categories:Vowels Consonants Note:The essential difference between these two classes is that in the production of the former the airstrea

38、m meets with no obstruction of any kind in the throat,the nose or the mouth,while in that of the latter it is somehow obstructed.,“Vowels are modifications of the voice-sound that involve no closure,friction,or contact of the tongue or lips(Bloomfield)A vowel is defined as a voiced sound in forming

39、which the air issues in a continuous stream through the pharynx and mouth,there being no audible friction.”(Jones),Classification of consonants,-English consonants may be classified according to two dimensions:The manner of articulation The place of articulation,The manner of articulation,stops/plos

40、ives(闭塞音）:p,b,t,d,k,g;Fricatives（摩擦音）:f v,s,z,h;Affricates（塞擦音）:t,d;Liquids（流音）:l(lateral),r;Nasals（鼻音）:m,n,;glides/semivowels（滑音）:w,j.,The place of articulation,Bilabial（双唇音）:p,b,m,w;Labiodental（唇齿音）:f,v;Dental（齿音）:,Alveolar（齿龈音）:t,d,s,z,n,l,r;Palatal（腭音）:,t,d,j;Velar（软腭音）:k,g,;Glottal（喉音）:h.,The p

41、lace of articulation,Bilabial;Labiodental;Dental or interdental;Alveolar;Palatoalveolar;Palatal;Velar;Uvular;Glottal.,The description of English consonants,Classification of vowels,-English vowels can be divided into two large categories:Monophthongs or pure/single vowelsDiphthongs or gliding vowels

42、,Monophthongs or pure/single vowels,-According to which part of the tongue is held highest in the process of production,the vowels can be distinguished as:front vowels:i:,i,e acentral vowels:,;back vowels:,.,According to the openness of the mouth,Close:,.Semi-close:,;Semi-open:,;Open:,;,The diagram

43、of single vowel classification by applying the two criteria so far mentioned:,According to the shape of the lips orthe degree of lip rounding,rounded:,;unrounded:,.,According to the length of the vowels,long:,short:,.,Diphthongs/gliding vowels,.,Exercises:underline the words that begin with a sound

44、as required.,A bilabial consonant:mad sad bad cad pad had ladA velar consonant:nod god cod pod rodLabiodental consonant:rat fat sat mat chat vat patAn alveolar consonant:nick lick sick tick kick quickA palato-alveolar consonant:sip ship tip chip lip zipA dental consonant:lie buy thigh thy tie ryeA g

45、lide:one war yolk rush,Underline the words that end with a sound as required:,A fricative pay horse tough rice breath push sing wreathe hang cave messageA nasal train bang leaf limbA stop drill pipe fit crab fog ride laugh rack through tipAn affricate:rack such ridge booze,Underline the words that c

46、ontain the sound as required:,A central vowel:mad lot but boot wordA front vowel:reed pad load fate bit bed cook A rounded vowel:who he bus her hit true boss bar walkA back vowel:paid reap fool top good father,Describe the underlined consonants according to three dimensions:,vd/vl place manner Lette

47、rBrotherSunnyHopperItchingLodgerCallingSingingRobbereither,Phonology,Phonology studies the patterning of speech sounds,that is,the ways in which speech sounds form systems and patterns in human languages.,Phonetics&phonology,Both are concerned with the same aspect of language-the speech sounds.But t

48、hey differ in their approach and focus.Phonetics is of general nature;it is interested in all the speech sounds used in all human languages;it aims to answer questions like:how they are produced,how they differ from each other,what phonetic features they have,how they can be classified,etc.Phonology

49、 aims to discover how speech sounds in a language form patterns and how these sounds are used to convey meaning in linguistic communication.,Phone,phoneme,allophone,Phone,A phone-a phonetic unit or segment.The speech sounds we hear and produce during linguistic communication are all phones.Phones do

50、 not necessarily distinguish meaning,some do,some dont,e.g.&,&.,Phoneme,A phoneme-is a phonological unit;it is a unit of distinctive value;an abstract unit,not a particular sound,but it is represented by a certain phone in certain phonetic context,e.g.the phoneme/p/can be represented differently in