语言学LectureOne.pptVIP

What is linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. What does ‘language’ mean? What about ‘study’? Why ‘scientific’? The Typical Process of Linguistic Study The process of linguistic study is: observe linguistic facts → find similarities → make generalizations → formulate hypotheses to account for these facts → test hypotheses → construct a linguistic theory about what language is and how it works Why do we study linguistics? Since linguistics describes language in all its aspects and formulates theories as to how it works, it certainly helps us to know our language better: how to use it correctly and appropriately, and why to use it in such and such a way. Linguistics is closely related with many other sciences and is an indispensable basis for the study of some of them. For instance, the study of artificial intelligence, computer language and machine translation would be very difficult or even impossible without the knowledge of linguistics. What is the Scope of linguistics? Macro linguistics 1. Sociolinguistics 2. Psycholinguistics 3. Anthropological linguistics 4. Mathematical linguistics 5. Computational linguistics 6. Applied linguistics Review Questions What is linguistics? Why is linguistics scientific? What is the scope of linguistics? Why should we study linguistics? Preview Questions What is language? What are design features of language? What are the functions of language? Fish Chips Chapter One Introduction To Linguistics Lection Lecture One Is the letter ‘n’ pronounced differently in “uncle” and “pin”? Why? Is the letter ‘p’ pronounced differently in “sport” and “port”? Why? What do you eat with your ghoti? Can you get the meaning of the words “synchronic”and “sympathy” ” by analysing their internal structure? Can ‘Colourless green ideas sleep furiously’ ? How do you interpret “The horse raced past the barn fell.”? Can you answer these questio