英语语言学概论(一)-An-Introduction-to-Linguistics.

英語語言學概論（一）AnIntroductiontoLinguisticsSep.15,2008AimTheaimofthiscourseistoenablestudentstogaininsightandunderstandingaboutthenatureofhumanlanguageandlinguisticissues.Outline/ScheduleofCourse第一週:Introduction第二週:Chapter1,Whatislanguage?Linguisticknowledgeandperformance,WhatisGrammar?第三週:Chapter1,LanguageUniversals,AnimalLanguages,WhatWeKnowAboutLanguage,Summary.第四週:Chapter2,BrainandLanguage.TheHumanBrain,TheAutonomyofLanguage.第五週:Chapter2,LanguageandBrainDevelopment,TheEvolutionofLanguage,Summary.第六週:Chapter3,Morphology:TheWordsofLanguage.Dictionaries,ContentWordsandFunctionWords,Morphemes:TheMinimalUnitsofMeaning,RulesofWordFormation,SignLanguageMorphology.第七週:Chapter3,WordCoinage,GrammaticalMorphemes,MorphologicalAnalysis:IdentifyingMorphemes,Summary.第八週:Review第九週:Midtermexamination第十週:Chapter4,Syntax:TheSentencePatternsofLanguage.WhattheSyntaxrulesdo.第十一週:Chapter4,SentenceStructure,Sentencerelatedness第十二週:Chapter4,SentenceRelatedness,Summary.第十三週:Chapter5,TheMeaningsofLanguage.Whatspeakersknowaboutsentencemeaning,CompositionalSemantics第十四週:Chapter5,Lexicalsemantics,pragmatics,Summary.第十五週:Chapter6,Phonetics:TheSoundsofLanguage,pp.221-341.第十六週:Chapter6,ProsodicFeatures,pp.242-250第十七週:Review第十八週:FinalexaminationLearningOutcomeAttheendofthecourse,studentsshouldhavethebasicunderstatingandknowledgeontheissuesofthenatureofhumanlanguage,grammaticalaspectsoflanguage,thepsychologyoflanguage,andlanguageandsociety.TextbooksorReferencesFromkin,Victoria,RobertRodman&NinaHyams.IntroductiontoLanguage.8thedition.Boston:ThomsonWadsworth,2007.Requirementofthiscourse1.Supplementstothetextbookwillbeprovidedeitherontheclasswebsiteorinclass.2.Studentsshouldgiveashortoralsummarytotheclassoftheassignedreadingeachweekinclass.3.Allstudentswillbeexpectedtobringquestionsontheassignedreadingtoclass.4.Popquizzesmaybegivenatanytimetotestyourunderstandingoftheassignedreading.5.Nolatehomeworkwillbeaccpeted.6.Nomake-uptestsScoring1.Attendanceandparticipation10%2.Oralpresentation10%3.MidtermExam30%4.Finalexam30%5.Quizzes20%Thisisatentativecourseschedule;itwillberevisedifnecessary.GoodLuck!