1 The Nature of Language 1.1 Definition of Language 1.2 Popular Ideas about Language 1.3 The Properties of Language 1.4 Functions of Language 1.5 Nonverbal Communication 2 A Brief Introduction to Linguistics 2.1 What Is Linguistics? 2.2 The Scope of Linguistics 2.3 The Impact of Linguistics on Other Fields 2.4 Basic Distinctions in Linguistics 3 Phonetics and Phonology 3.1 Phonetics 3.2 Phonology 4 Morphology 4.1 Morphemes 4.2 Types of Morphemes 4.3 Morphs, Morphemes and Allomorphs 4.4 Wordformation Process 5 Syntax 5.1 What Is Syntax? 5.2 Syntactic Relations 5.3 Phrase Structure Rules 5.4 Sentences (The S Rule) 5.5 Transformations 6 Semantics 6.1 Kinds of Meaning 6.2 Some Important Assumptions 6.3 Some Views on Semantics 6.4 Approaches to Semantics 6.5 Lexical Relationship 6.6 Sentence Meaning 7 Pragmatics 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Context, Implicature and Reference 7.3 Speech Acts 7.4 Conversational Analysis 8 Language and Culture 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Linguistic Relativity 8.3 Meaning as Sign, Meaning as Action 8.4 Spoken Language, Oral Culture; Print Language, Literate Culture 8.5 Language and Cultural Identity 8.6 Current Issues 9 Language and Society 9.1 Introduction 9.2 The MicroMacro Distinction 9.3 Social Differentiation of Language 9.4 Regional Differentiation of Language 9.5 Mixed Languages 9.6 Speech Situations 10 Language Acquisition 10.1 The Nature of Language Acquisition 10.2 Stages in First Language Acquisition 10.3 Theories of Child Language Acquisition 10.4 Background to Current Second Language Acquisition Research 10.5 Developmental Stages of Second Language Acquisition 10.6 Factors Affecting SLA 10.7 Theories in Second Language Learning 11 Language and Psychology 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Language Comprehension 11.3 Language Production 11.4 Language Acquisition Key to Questions and Exercises 練習(xí)答案 Index索引 Bibliography 參考書目