Chapter 1 Language and Linguistics 1.1 What is Language 1.2 The Design Features of Language 1.3 The Origin of Language 1.4 What is Linguistics 1.5 The Scope of Linguistics 1.6 A Brief History of Linguistics 1.6.1 Saussure as the Father of Modern Linguistics 1.6.2 American Structuralism 1.6.3 Generative Linguistics 1.6.4 Functional Linguistics Chapter 2 Phonetics and Phonology: The Sounds and Sound Patterns of Language 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Phonetics 2.2.1 Speech Organs 2.2.2 Consonants 2.2.3 Vowels 2.2.4 Transcription of Speech Sounds 2.3 Phonology 2.3.1 Phoneme 2.3.2 Phone and Allophone 2.3.3 Phonotactics 2.3.4 Prosodic Features: Stress, Tone and Intonation 2.3.5 Co-articulation Effects 2.4 Summary Chapter 3 Morphology: The Word Structure of Language 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Words of Language 3.3 The Structure of Words 3.4 Morpheme, Morph and Allomorph 3.5 Classification of Morphemes 3.5.1 Free Morphemes and Bound Morphemes 3.5.2 Roots and Affixes 3.5.3 Inflectional Morphemes and Derivational Morphemes 3.6 Word Formation Processes 3.6.1 Derivation 3.6.2 Compounding 3.6.3 Conversion 3.6.4 Blending 3.6.5 Backformation 3.6.6 Abbreviation or Shortening 3.7 Summary Chapter 4 Syntax: The Sentence Structure of Language 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Sentence Structure 4.2.1 Definition of Sentence 4.2.2 The Linear Structure of Sentence 4.2.3 The Hierarchical Structure of Sentence 4.3 The Traditional Approach 4.4 The Structural Approach
4.4.1 Immediate Constituent Analysis 4.4.2 Endocentric and Exocentric Constructions 4.5 The Transformational-generative Approach 4.5.1 The TG Model of Grammar …… Chapter 5 Semantics: The Meaning of Language Chapter 6 Pragmatics: The Use of Language in Context Chapter 7 Discourse Analysis: Language Above the Sentence Chapter 8 Historical Linguistics: Language through Time Chapter 9 Stylistics: Language and Literature Chapter 10 Sociolinguistics: Language and Society Chapter 11 Intercultural Communication: Language and Culture Chapter 12 Psycholinguistics: Language and Psychology Chapter 13 Cognitive Linguistics: Language and Cognition Chapter 14 Applied Linguistics: Language Teaching and Learning References Glossary
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