英语语言学教学大纲 (函授)

《英语语言学概论》教学指南

总学时：21

一、教学目的和要求

语言学导论是英语专业本科生专业限定选修课程，属英语专业知识课程之一，为语言学方向首选必修课程，是选修其它语言学分支课程的先决条件。本课程旨在通过系统地阐释语言和语言学领域中各个方面的基础理论，为学生今后的英语学习和理论研究奠定基础。通过语言学课程的学习，要求学生达到：1）了解语言学领域中的一些基本概念和专有名词的内涵；2）了解语言学传统分支领域的基础理论知识；3）能基本了解各个语言学流派的观点和主张；4）激发学生学习语言学的兴趣，能运用所学理论解释一些基本语言现象。

二、教学内容、要点和学时安排

第一章绪论

（讲授3学时研讨1学时自学12学时）

教学内容、要点：语言的定义、特征及功能；语言学的分类。

教学方法：教学中采用教师为主导，学生为主题的教学模式; 采用启发式、讨论式的教学方法。

自学要求：预习第二章，自学语言学中的几对重要区分。

自学测试题：

Ⅰ.Define the following terms

design features arbitrariness duality displacement Ⅱ. Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the four choices best completes the statement and put the letter A, B, C or D in the bracket s.

1.The feature that the details of the linguistic system must be learned anew by

each speaker refers to ______ .

A. displacement

B. cultural transmission

C. schooling

D. education

nguage is used to establish and maintain people’s status in a society is

referred to as ______ function.

A.emotive

B.performative

C.interpersonal

rmative

3. The fact that the forms of linguistic signs bear no natural relationship to their

meaning is referred to as _____ of human language.

A. Duality

B. arbitrariness

C. displacement

D. cultural transmission

4. The concept of competence is first put forward by ___ .

A. Hymes

B.Chomsky

C. Halliday

D. Saussure

5. A linguistic study is ________ if it describes and analyses facts observed.

A. prescriptive

B. synchronic

C. diachronic

D. descriptive

Ⅲ.Questions for discussion

ment on the merits and weakness of descriptive grammar and prescriptive

grammar. .

2. What kind of evident supports the idea that language is culturally transmitted ?

3. Explain the primacy of speech over writing.

4. What distinguishes prescriptive studies of language from descrip tive studies of

language ?

第二章语音

（讲授4学时研讨学时自学 12学时）

教学内容、要点：语音学的定义及分类；语音的分类及描述；音位学及其与语音学的关系；语音、音位和音位变体；音位理论；超切分音位特征。

教学方法：教学中采用教师为主导，学生为主题的教学模式; 采用启发式、讨论式的教学方法。

自学要求：预习第三章，自学音位过程和区别性特征。

自学测试题：

Ⅰ.Define the following terms

phoneme vowel consonant broad and narrow transcription Ⅱ.Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the

four choices best completes the statement and put the letter A, B, C or D in the brackets.

1. The sounds in the production of which there is an obstruction of the air-stream

at some point of the vocal tract are known as _______ .

A. consonants

B. places of articulation

C. vowels

D. manners of articulation

2. [f] is a ________ .

A. voiced bilabial stop

B. voiceless bilabial fricative

C. voiceless labiodental fricative

D. voiced labiodental fricative

3.The soft palate is also called _____ .

A. V elum

B. uvula

C.alveolus

D.vocal cord

4. ____ studies how speech sounds are produced, transmitted and perceived.

A. Phonology

B. Phonetics

C. Morphonology

D. Syntax

5.The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in

communication is _____ .

A. morphology

B. general linguistics

C. phonology

D. semantics

6. _______ is the smallest unit of sound in a language which can distinguish two

words and the number of which varies from one langue to another.

A. Phone

B. phoneme

C. allophone

D. morpheme

7. ______ is one of the suprasegmental features.

A. Stop

B.V oicing

C. Deletion

D.Tone

Ⅲ.Questions for discussion