新编简明英语语言学知识点汇总.docx
- 文档编号:7400991
- 上传时间:2023-01-23
- 格式:DOCX
- 页数:13
- 大小:184.05KB
新编简明英语语言学知识点汇总.docx
《新编简明英语语言学知识点汇总.docx》由会员分享,可在线阅读,更多相关《新编简明英语语言学知识点汇总.docx(13页珍藏版)》请在冰豆网上搜索。
新编简明英语语言学知识点汇总
新编简明英语语言学知识点汇总
1Introduction
1.1Whatislinguistics?
Scientificstudyoflanguage.
Interpretation:
trytoanswerthebasicquestionsandprobeintovariousproblemsrelatedtolanguage;
linguisticsstudiesnotanyparticularlanguagebutlanguageingeneral;
scientificstudybecausebasedonsystematicinvestigationoflinguisticdata.
1.1.2Thescopeoflinguistics
Thestudyoflanguageasawholeisoftencalledgenerallinguistic.
phonetics
Studythesoundsusedinlinguisticstudy
phonology
Howsoundsputtogetherandconveymeaning
morphology
Thewaysymbolsrepresentingsoundsarearrangedandcombinedtoformwords
syntax
Rulesgoverningthecombinationofwords
semantics
Thestudyofmeaning
pragmatics
Studythemeaningincontext
Abovearemajororcorebranchesoflinguistics;
Followingarelinguisticslinkwithotherdisciplines.
sociolinguistics
languageandsociety
psycholinguistics
Howinfantacquiremothertongue,processinformation……(languageandbrain)
Appliedlinguistics
Appliedtotherecoveryoflanguage,languageacquisition
1.1.3Someimportantdistinctionsinlinguistics
prescriptive
descriptive
Aimstolaydownrulesfor“correct&standard”;i.e.totellpeoplewhattheyshouldsayornot
Describeandanalyzethelanguageactuallyuse(modernlinguistsbelievethatwhateveroccursinthelanguagepeopleuseshouldbedescribedandanalyzed)
synchronic
diachronic
Thedescriptionofalanguageatsomepointoftime
Thedescriptionofalanguageasitchangesthroughtime
Modernlinguisticsaremostsynchronic:
Difficulttodescribethechangesthathavetakenplaceinitshistoricaldevelopment;
Synchronicdescriptionareoftenthoughtofasbeingdescriptionsofalanguageinitscurrentexistence.
speech
writing
Speechispriortowriting:
writingsystemisalways“invented”bytheuserstorecordthespeechwhentheneedarises;
speechplaysagreaterroleintermsofamountofconveyinginformation;
speechisalwaysthewaynativespeakeracquiretheirmothertonguewhilewritingislearnandtaughtinschool;
spokenlanguagerevealsmorefeatureofhumanspeech,whichisauthenticwhilewrittenlanguageisonlytherevisedrecordofspeech.
Langue语言
Parole言语
Abstractlinguisticsystem;
Relativelystable
Therealizationoflanguageinactualuse;Concrete;
Varyfrompersontoperson&situationtosituation
ProposedbySwisslinguistF.deSaussureintheearly20thcentury:
paroleisamassoflinguisticfacts,toabstractlanguefromparole.
competence
performance
Theidealuser’sknowledgeoftherulesofhislanguage
Theactualrealizationofthisknowledgeinlinguisticcommunication.
proposedbyAmericanlinguistN.Chomsky,SimilartoSaussure,whatlinguistsshouldstudyistheidealspeaker’scompetence,nottheperformance.
Difference:
Saussuretooksociologicalviewoflanguageandhisnotionoflangueisamatterofsocialconvention;whileChomskylooksatpsychologicalpointandtohimcompetenceisapropertyofthemindofeachindividual.
Traditionalgrammar
Modernlinguistics
Prescriptive;
writtenlanguageisprimary;
ForcelanguageintoaLatin-basedframework;
Descriptive;
Spokenlanguageisprimary;
Tryingtosetupauniversalframework
ModernlinguisticsbeginfromthepublicationofF.deSassure’sbookcourseingenerallinguistics
1.2Whatislanguage
1.2.1Definitionsoflanguage
Languageisasystemofarbitraryvocalsymbolsusedforhumancommunication.
Characteristics:
languageissystem,elementsoflanguagearecombinedaccordingtotherules;
languageisarbitraryinthesensethatthereisnointrinsicconnectionbetweenalinguisticsymbolandwhatitstandsfor,Arosebyanyothernamewouldsmellaswell;
languageisvocalbecausetheprimarymediumforalllanguageissound;
languageishuman-specific,differentfromanimalcommunication.
1.2.2Designfeaturesoflanguage
ProposedbyAmericanlinguistCharlesHockett:
comparingtheanimal&humancommunicationsystems.Followingarefivemajordesignfeaturesofhumanlanguage:
arbitrariness
Nologicalconnectionbetweenmeaningandsounds(exceptonomatopoeticandcompoundwords)
productivity
Itmakestopossibletoconstructionandinterpretationofnewsignalbyitsusers.
duality
Languageisasystemwhichconsistsoftwostructures.Atthelowerlevelthereisastructureofsounds,whicharemeaninglessbythemselves.Butthesoundscangroupedorregroupedtogetherintoalargernumbersofunitsofmeaningsuchasmorphemeorwords,whicharefoundatthehigherlevelofsystem(carp&park).Thenthehigherlevelcanbearrangedandrearrangedintoaninfinitenumbersofsentences;
Displacement
Languagecanbeusedtorefertocontextsremovedfromtheimmediatesituationsofthespeakers;
culturaltransmission
Whilehumancapacityforlanguagehasageneticbasis,thedetailsofanylanguagesystemsarenotgeneticallytransmitted,butinsteadhavetobetaughtandlearned.(languageisculturaltransmitted[languagenotmutuallyintelligible]whileanimalcallsystemisgeneticallytransmitted)
1.2.3Functionsoflanguage
Threemainfunctionsoflanguagewhichdistinctfromeachotherbutactuallyoverlappingtosomedegree:
descriptivefunction
Theprimaryfunctionoflanguage;
Thefunctiontoconveyfactualinformation,whichcanbeassertedordenial,andinsomecaseevenverified.e.g:
TheSichuanearthquakeisthemostseriousoneChinahaseversuffered.
expressivefunction
Supplyinformationabouttheuser’sfeeling,preference,prejudicesandvalue,etc.Iwillnevercometothiscoffeeshopagain.
socialfunction
Servestoestablishandmaintainsocialrelationsbetweenpeople.HowcanIhelpyou,Sir?
Others:
Russian-bornstructurallinguistRomanJakobson:
sixelemens(function)ofaspeech:
Addresser-emotive(动机)addressee-conative(意动)context-referentialmessage-poeticcontact-phaticcommunion
code-metalinguistic
BritishlinguisticM.A.KHalliday:
ideationalfunction(语篇功能)[includeddescriptive&expressivefunctin]istoorganizethespeaker’sexperienceoftherealorimaginaryworld.
interpersonalfunctionistoindicate,establish,ormaintainsocialrelationshipbetweenpeople.[socialfunction]
textualfunctionistoorganizewrittenorspokentextstocoherewithinthemselvesandfittotheparticularsituationinwhichtheyareused.
2.Phonology
2.1Thephonicmediumoflanguage
Speechsoundsproducedbyhumanspeechorgan
Twomajormediaofcommunication:
speechandwriting;
2.2phonetics
2.2.1whatisphonetics?
Thestudyofphonicmediumoflanguage;itisconcernedwithallthesoundsthatoccursintheworld’slanguage.
Articulatoryphonetics(发音语言学)
ThreebranchesAuditoryphonetics(听觉语言学)
Acousticphonetics(声学语言学)
2.2.2organsofspeech
Pharyngealcavity(咽喉)
Nasalcavity(鼻腔)
Oralcavity(口腔)
Voicing:
vibrationofthevocalcords
2.2.3orthgraphicrepresentationofspeechsounds:
broad&narrow
Internationalphoneticalphabet:
letter→sounds
Broad(usedintextbook):
lettersymbols[p]
Narrow:
lettersymbols+diacritics(变音符)[phit][spit]
h→aspiration[phoneticianmoreinterestedin]
2.2.4classificationofEnglishspeechsounds
2.2.4.1classificationofEnglishconsonant
Totalobstruction
Passingout
Bilabial
(双唇音)
Labio-dental
(唇齿音)
Dental
(齿音)
Alveloar
(齿龈音)
Palatal
(腭音)
Velar
(软腭)
Glottal
(喉音)
Stops
Partialobstruction
(闭塞音)
VL
p
f
t
k
VD
b
v
d
g
Fricative
Completeatfirst
Releaseslowlywithpartialobstruction
(摩擦音)
VL
o
s
f
h
VD
d
z
g
Affricates
(塞擦音)
VL
tf
tf
VD
dg
dg
Nasals
(鼻音)
VD
m
n
n
Liquids
(流音)
VD
L,r
Glides
(滑音)
VD
w
j
2.2.4.2classificationofEnglishvowels
Monophthongs:
front
central
back
close
I:
I
U:
u
Semi-close
e
e:
Semi-open
e
C:
open
aea
^
Da:
2.3phonology
2.3.1phonology&phonetics
2.3.2phonephonemeallophone
Differentphonesrepresentingaphonemeindifferentphoneticenvironment
2.3.3phonemiccontrastcomplementarydistributionminimalpair
2.3.4somerulesinphonology
Sequentialrulesassimilationruledeletionrule
2.3.5suprasegmentalfeatures(phonemicfeaturesthatoccurabovethelevelofsegments)
Stress:
N&v
Tone:
四声
Intonation:
differentmayconveydifferentmeaningeventhesentencesunchanged
3.Morphology
Grammarthatisconcernedwithwordformationandwordstructure
Word:
thesmallestfreeformfoundinlanguage
Morpheme:
thesmallestunitofmeaning
Rootstembase
Root:
believe
Stem:
believable(除掉所有的语法成份,留下词根和派生成份)
Base:
unbelievable(un的词基)
Derivationalmorpheme:
changecategorygrammaticalclassofwords
Prefix:
changemeaning
Suffix:
changemeaningandpartsofspeech
Inflectionalmorpheme:
signifytensenumbercase
Wordformation:
Clipping(shortening&abbreviation)
[nochangeofpartofspeech]
I.egymexpomemodiscoburgerquakefridgescript
back-formation
[changeofpartofspeech]
I.eeditor-edithawker-hawkbeggar-begbaby-sister--baby-sit
Butcher-butchdonation-donateorientation-orient(ate)
conversion(functionalshift)
I.e:
N-vv-na-va-n
acronyms
[pronouncedaswords]
CEOB2BITCPIIADWTOBBS(FORBULLETINBOARDSYSTEM)
APECAIDSUNESCOUCLAIDD
initialism
[producedasletters]
C.O.DFBIEEC
blending
Smoke+fog=smog
Taikong+astronaut=taikonaut
compounding
Bittersweetlandlady
onomatopoeia
Blastrustle
5.Semantics
Someviewsconcerningthestudyofmeaning:
1)thenamingtheory,plato,words→objects
Limitations:
√N×ADJADVV
√Concrete×abstract
2)theconceptualistview
Semantictriangle,ogden&richa
- 配套讲稿:
如PPT文件的首页显示word图标,表示该PPT已包含配套word讲稿。双击word图标可打开word文档。
- 特殊限制:
部分文档作品中含有的国旗、国徽等图片,仅作为作品整体效果示例展示,禁止商用。设计者仅对作品中独创性部分享有著作权。
- 关 键 词:
- 新编 简明 英语 语言学 知识点 汇总
![提示](https://static.bdocx.com/images/bang_tan.gif)