Chapter One Language and Linguistics 1
1 Key Points 1
2 Important Terms 5
3 Exercises 10
4 Keys to Exercises 18
Chapter Two Phonetics and Phonology 28
1 Key Points 28
2 Important Terms 30
3 Exercises 33
4 Keys to Exercises 43
Chapter Three Morphology and Lexicon 49
1 Key Points 49
2 Important Terms 51
3 Exercises 55
4 Keys to Exercises 68
Chapter Four Syntax 77
1 Key Points 77
2 Important Terms 79
3 Exercises 82
4 Keys to Exercises 89
Chapter Five Semantics 100
1 Key Points 100
2 Important Terms 104
3 Exercises 107
4 Keys to Exercises 114
Chapter Six Pragmatics and Text Analysis 128
1 Key Points 128
2 Important Terms 133
3 Exercises 137
4 Keys to Exercises 148
Chapter Seven Language and Social Culture 161
1 Key Points 161
2 Important Terms 165
3 Exercises 168
4 Keys to Exercises 180
Chapter Eight Language Acquisition and Thought 188
1 Key Points 188
2 Important Terms 191
3 Exercises 193
4 Keys to Exercises 207
Chapter Nine Linguistics and Language Teaching 213
1 Key Points 213
2 Important Terms 217
3 Exercises 220
4 Keys to Exercises 231
Chapter Ten Distinguished Linguists and Main School of Linguistics 239
1 Distinguished Linguists 239
2 Main Schools of Linguistics 250
Websites on Linguistics 260
Glossary 262
References 278