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英语语言学教程胡壮麟版
英语语言学教程(胡壮麟版)
Chapterone.InvitationtoLinguistic.
1.Whatislanguage?
“Languageissystemofarbitraryvocalsymbolsusedforhumancommunication.Itisasystem,sincelinguisticelementsarearrangedsystematically,ratherthanrandomly.Arbitrary,inthesensethatthereisusuallynointrinsicconnectionbetweenawork(like“book”)andtheobjectitrefersto.Thisexplainsa
isexplainedbythefactthatdifferentlanguageshavedifferent“books”“:
book”inEnglish,“livrein”French,“shu”iineCseh.Itissymbolic,becausewordsareassociatedwithobjects,actions,ideasetc.bynothingbutconvention.Namely,peopleusethesoundsorvocalformstosymbolizewhattheywishtoreferto.Itisvocal,becausesoundorspeechistheprimarymediumforallhumanlanguages.Writingsystemscamemuchlaterthanthespokenforms.Thefactthatsmallchildrenlearnandcanonlylearntospeak(andlisten)beforetheywrite(andread)alsoindicatesthatlanguageisprimarilyvocal,ratherthanwritten.Theterm“human”inthedefinitionismeanttospecifythatlanguageishumanspecific.
2.DesignFeaturesofLanguage.
“Designfeatures”hererefertothedefiningpropertiesofhumanlanguagethattellthedifferencebetweenhumanlanguageandanysystemofanimalcommunication.Theyarearbitrariness,duality,productivity,displacement,culturaltransmissionandinterchangeability
(1)Arbitrariness:
By“arbitrariness”,wemeanthereisnologicalconnectionbetweenmeaningsand
sounds.
(2)Duality:
Thepropertyofhavingtwolevelsofstructures(phonologicalandgrammatical),unitsoftheprimarylevelbeingcomposedofelementsofthesecondarylevelandeachlevelhavingitsownprinciplesoforganization.
(3)Productivity:
Productivityreferstotheabilitytotheabilitytoconstructandunderstandanindefinitelylargenumberofsentencesinone?
snativelanguage,includingthosethathasneverheardbefore,butthatareappropriatetothespeakingsituation.Thepropertythatenablesnativespeakerstoconstructandunderstandanindefinitelylargenumberofutterances,includingutterancesthattheyhaveneverpreviouslyencountered.
(4)Displacement:
“Displacement”,asoneofthedesignfeaturesofthehumanlanguage,referstothefactthatonecantalkaboutthingsthatarenotpresent,aseasilyashedoesthingspresent.Inotherwords,onecanrefertorealandunrealthings,thingsofthepast,ofthepresent,ofthefuture.Languageitselfcanbetalkedabouttoo.
(5)Culturaltransmission:
Thismeansthatlanguageisnotbiologicallytransmittedfromgenerationtogeneration,butthatthedetailsofthelinguisticsystemmustbelearnedanewbyeachspeaker.
(6)Interchangeability:
Interchangeabilitymeansthatanyhumanbeingcanbebothaproducerandareceiverofmessages.
3.FunctionsofLanguage.
Languagehasatleastsevenfunctions:
phatic,directive,Informative,interrogative,expressive,evocativeandperformative.
(1)Phaticfunction:
The“phaticfunctionr”eferstolanguagebeingusedforsettingupacertainatmosphereormaintainingsocialcontacts(ratherthanforexchanginginformationorideas).Greetings,farewells,andcommentsontheweatherinEnglishandonclothinginChineseallservethisfunction.
(2)Directivefunction:
The“directivefunction”thamtlaenagnusagemaybeusedtogetthehearer
todosomething.Mostimperativesentencesperformthisfunction,e.g.,“Tellmetheres
youfinish.”
(3)Informativefunction:
Languageservesan“informationalfunction”whenusedtotellsomething,characterizedbytheuseofdeclarativesentences.Informativestatementsareoftenlabeledastrue(truth)orfalse(falsehood).
(4)Interrogativefunction:
Whenlanguageisusedtoobtaininformation,itservesan“interrogat
function”.Thisincludesallqueosntsithatexpectreplies,statements,imperativesetc.
(5)Expressivefunction:
The“expressivefunctioni”stheuseoflanguagetorevealsomethingaboutthefeelingsorattitudesofthespeaker.
(6)Evocativefunction:
The“evocativefunction”istheuseagoeflatongcrueatecertainfeelingsin
thehearer.Itsaimis,forexample,toamuse,startle,antagonize,soothe,worryorplease.
(7)Performativefunction:
Thismeanspeoplespeakto“dothings”orperformactions.
4.Whatislinguistic?
“Linguistics”isitehnetisficstudyoflanguage.Itstudiesnotjustonelanguageofanyonesociety,but
thelanguageofallhumanbeings.Inshort,linguisticsstudiesthegeneralprincipleswhereuponallhumanlanguagesareconstructedandoperateassystemsofcommunicationintheirsocietiesorcommunities.
5.Mainbranchesoflinguistics.
Thestudyoflanguageasawholeisoftencalledgenerallinguistics.Butalinguistsometimesisabletodealwithonlyoneaspectoflanguageatatime,thustheariseofvariousbranches:
phonetics,phonology,morphology,syntax,semantics,pragmatics,sociolinguistics,appliedlinguistics,psycholinguisticsetc.
6.Importantdistinctionsinlinguistic.
(1)synchronicstudyvs.diachronicstudy
Thedescriptionofalanguageatsomepointoftime(asifitstoppeddeveloping)isasynchronystudy(synchrony).Thedescriptionofalanguageasitchangesthroughtimeisadiachronicstudy(diachronic).
(2)Speechvs.writing
Speechisprimary,becauseitexistedlongbeforewritingsystemscameintobeing.Geneticallychildrenlearntospeakbeforelearningtowrite.Secondly,writtenformsjustrepresentinthiswayorthatthespeechsounds:
individualsounds,asinEnglishandFrenchasinJapanese.Incontrasttospeech,spokenformoflanguage,writingaswrittencodes,giveslanguagenewscopeandusethatspeechdoesnothave.Mostmodernlinguisticanalysisisfocusedonspeech,differentfromgrammariansofthelastcenturyandtheretofore.
(3)Descriptivevs.prescriptive
Alinguisticstudyis“descriptiveif”itonlydescribesandanalysesthefactsoflanguage,and
“prescriptive”ifittriestolaydownrulesfor“correct”languagebehavior.Linguisticstudiesbef
centurywerelargelyprescriptivebecausemanyearlygrammarswerelargelyprescriptivebecausemanyearlygrammarswerebasedon“high”(literaryorreligious)writtenrecords.Modernlinguisticsismostly
descriptive.
(4).languevs.parole
F.deSaussurerefers“langueto”theabstractlinguisticsystemsharedbyallthemembersofaspeechcommunityandrefers“parole”totheactualoractualizedlanguage,ortherealizationoflangue.Langueis
abstract,parolespecifictothespeakingsituation;languenotactuallyspokenbyanindividual,parolealwaysanaturallyoccurringevent;languerelativelystableandsystematic,paroleisamassofconfusedfacts,thusnotsuitableforsystematicinvestigation.Whatalinguistoughttodo,accordingtoSaussure,istoabstractlanguefrominstancesofparole,i.e.todiscovertheregularitiesgoverningallinstancesofparoleandmakethanthesubjectoflinguistics.Thelangue-paroledistinctionisofgreatimportance,whichcastsgreatinfluenceonlaterlinguists.
(5).competencevs.performance
AccordingtoN.Chomsky,“competenceis”theideallanguageuser?
sknowledgeoftherulesofhislanguage,and“performance”istheactualrealizationofthisknowledgeinutterances.Theformerenablesaspeakertoproduceandunderstandanindefinitenumberofsentencesandtorecognizegrammaticalmistakesandambiguities.Aspeaker?
scompetenceisstablewhilehisperformanceisofteninfluencedbypsychologicalandsocialfactors.Soaspeaker?
sperformancedoesnotalwaysmatchorequalhissupposedcompetence.Chomskybelievesthatlinguistsoughttostudycompetence,ratherthanperformance.
(6).linguisticpotentialvs.linguisticbehavior
Thesetwoterms,orthepotential-behaviordistinction,weremadebyM.A.K.Hallidayinthe1960s,fromafunctionalpointofview.Thereisawiderangeofthingsaspeakercandoinhisculture,andsimilarlytherearemanythingshecansay,forexample,tomanypeople,onmanytopics.Whatheactuallysays(i.e.his“actuallinguisticbehavior”)onaceartianinpeorcscoansiosnwthoaathcerhtas
chosenfrommanypossibleinjusticeitems,eachofwhichhecouldhavesaid(linguisticpotential).
Chapter2Phonetics
1.Whatisphonetics?
“Phoneticsis”thesciencewhichstudiesthecharacteristicsofhumansound-making,especiallythosesoundsusedinspeech,andprovidesmethodsfortheirdescription,classificationandtranscription,speechsoundsmaybestudiedindifferentways,thusbythreedifferentbranchesofphonetics.
(1)Articulatoryphonetics;thebranchofphoneticsthatexaminesthewayinwhichaspeechsoundisproducedtodiscoverwhichvocalorgansareinvolvedandhowtheycoordinateintheprocess.
(2)Auditoryphonetics,thebranchofphoneticresearchfromthehearer?
spointofview,lookingintotheimpressionwhichaspeechsoundmakesonthehearerasmediatedbytheear,theauditorynerveandthebrain.
(3)Acousticphonetics:
thestudyofthephysicalpropertiesofspeechsounds,astransmittedbetweenmouthandear.Mostphoneticians,however,areinterestedinarticulatoryphonetics.
2.TheIPA
TheIPA,abbreviationof“InternationalPhoneticAlphabet”is,acompromisesystemmakinguseofsymbolsofallsources,includingdiacriticsindicatinglength,stressandintonation,indicatingphoneticvariation.Eversinceitwasdevelopedin1888,IPAhasundergoneanumberofrevisions.
3.Placeofarticulation
Itreferstotheplaceinthemouthwhere,forexample,theobstructionoccurs,resultingintheutteranceofaconsonant.
4.Mannerofarticulation
The“mannerofarticulation”literallymeansthewayasoundisarticulated.
5.Phonology
“Phonologyis”thestudyofsoundsystems-th
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