Preface by Halliday 10
王宗炎序 11
Preface by Chomsky 14
PREFACE 20
Ⅰ．Introductory：Language Defined 20
Ⅱ．The Elements of Speech 20
沈家煊序 21
导读 24
Ⅲ．The Sounds of Language 35
Ⅳ．Form in Language：Grammatical Processes 47
Ⅴ．Form in Language：Grammatical concepts 67
Ⅵ．Types of Linguistic Structure 98
Ⅶ．Language as a Historical Product：Drift 121
Ⅷ．Language as a Historical Product：Phonetic Law 141
Ⅸ．How Languages Influence Each Other 159
Ⅹ．Language，Race and Culture 171
Ⅺ．Language and literature 182
文库索引 191