语言学笔记
陈银2014/2/28
Teaching Goal of 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 teaching & learning (SLA or TEFL), cross-cultural communication……;
⏹To prepare for the future research work.
Teaching Plan Introduction:
⏹18-week academic term (including a 2-week holiday, one week revision )
⏹Each week: 2-hour teaching
⏹Main teaching material
《语言学教程》第四版胡壮麟北京大学出版社
⏹Auxiliary teaching materials
《语言学概论》蓝纯外语教学与研究出版社
PPT & handouts
Distribution of Grades
⏹10 % Attendance
⏹10 % Classroom Behavior
⏹10 % Assignment and oral presentation
⏹70 % Examination
⏹The final examination paper will cover all the materials used and all works done during
class time and after class time.
Requirements:
⏹Attendance is a “must”for every student.
⏹Complete all the tasks required.
⏹Self-discipline is necessary.
⏹Be attentive and interactive in classroom discussion and presentation.
⏹Self-study is desirable.
⏹Preview and review the lessons or do some further reading.
Group Work
Group work requirements:
1.Oral English (30%)
2.PPT design (30%)
3.Key points coverage (40%)
Lecture 1
Objectives:
Students are to know the following:
1.Why study language
2.What is language
3.Design features of language
1. 1 Why study language
Some myths about language
⏹Language is only a means of communication.
⏹Language has a form-meaning correspondence.
⏹The function of language is to exchange information.
⏹English is more difficult to learn than Chinese.
⏹Black English is not standard and should be reformed.
⏹Children learn their native language swiftly, efficiently and without instruction.
⏹Language operates by rules.
⏹All languages have three major components: a sound system, a system of
lexicogrammar and a system of semantics.
⏹Everyone speaks a dialect.
⏹Language slowly changes
⏹Speakers of all languages employ a range of styles and a set of jargons.
⏹Languages are intimately related to the societies and individuals who use them.
⏹Writing is derivative of speech.
1. Why study language
⏹People know very little about language
❑Stereotypical opinions about language
⏹“English is for commerce, German for warfare, French for women,
Italian for friends, Spanish for worship of God.”(Charles V, the
Spanish Emperor)
⏹Language A is superior to language B.
❑Superstitions about language: curses and swears
❑People know perfectly where and when and how to say what
⏹Language is an integral part of our life and humanity.
Yet we know little or even have wrong ideas about it.
Where does language come from? How? When?
Why is language human-specific?
Why can a child learn his/her mother tongue so easily?
How can we say one thing but mean another?
Language has a form-meaning correspondence.
The function of language is to exchange information.
Future Career Goals may include:
In the field of Academia:
⏹Research and Teaching specializing in one or more of the many inter-disciplinary fields of
Linguistics
