Chapter 1 Language and Linguistics 1
1.1 Language and the Nature of Language 2
1.2 Functions of Language 5
1.3 Linguistics by Definition 8
1.4 Some Important Distinctions in Linguistic Analysis 10
1.5 The Interdisciplinary Studies of Linguistics 15
1.6 Recent Development 18
Chapter 2 The Sounds of Language 23
2.1 Phonetics 24
2.2 Segmental Phonology 34
2.3 Suprasegmental Phonology 45
2.4 The Application 55
Chapter 3 The Words of Language 57
3.1 Morphology and Lexicology 58
3.2 Morpheme and Allomorph 61
3.3 Types of Morphemes 64
3.4 Inflectional Morphology 68
3.5 Derivational Morphology 70
3.6 Word and Lexeme 91
Chapter 4 The Sentences of Language 97
4.1 Sentence by Definition 98
4.2 Sentence Structure 102
4.3 The Traditional Grammar 104
4.4 The Structural Grammar 107
4.5 The Transformational-Generative Grammar 117
4.6 The Systemic-Functional Grammar 135
Chapter 5 The Meaning of Language 141
5.1 Lexical Meaning and Lexical Relations 142
5.2 Sentence Meaning and Sentence Relations 152
5.3 The Multi-Dimensional Aspects of Semantic Studies 163
Chapter 6 The Use of Language 177
6.1 Deixis and Reference 178
6.2 Speech Act Theory 185
6.3 The Structure of Conversation 193
6.4 The Principles in Conversation 198
6.5 Varieties of Language 204
6.6 Language and Culture 218
Chapter 7 The Change of Language 223
7.1 Phonological Change 224
7.2 Morphological Change 230
7.3 Syntactic Change 236
7.4 Lexical and Semantic Changes 240
7.5 The Causes of Change 250
7.6 Language Families 252
Chapter 8 The Study of Language and the Teaching and Learning of Foreign Languages 265
8.1 Major Views of Language and Foreign Language Teaching and Learning 267
8.2 Approaches and Methods of Foreign Language Teaching 270
8.3 Syllabus Design 276
8.4 Materials Development 283
8.5 Teacher Roles and Learner Roles 287
8.6 Techniques,Activities and Tasks 290
8.7 Treatment of Errors 293
8.8 Assessment and Testing 298
8.9 Language Learning 303