Part Ⅰ Language Chapter 1 Importance of Language 1．1 Importance of Language 1．2 Functions of Language Exercises Chapter 2 Definition of Language and Its Classifications 2．1 Definition of Language 2．2 Classifications of Language Exercises Chapter 3 Properties of Language 3．1 Arbitrariness of Language 3．2 Duality of Language 3．3 Creativity of Language 3．4 Displacement of Language Exercises
Part Ⅱ Linguistics Chapter 4 A Brief Introduction to Linguistics 4．1 Definition of Linguistics 4．2 A Brief History of Linguistics Exercises Chapter 5 Micro-Iinguistics and Macro-Iinguistics 5．1 Micro-Iinguistics and Its Main Branches 5．2 Macrolinguistics and Its Main Branches Exercises Chapter 6 Schools of Linguistics 6．1 Ancient Indian Grammarians 6．2 Analogists and Anomalists 6．3 Speculative Grammarians （Modistae） 6．4 Port Royal Grammarians 6．5 Historical Linguistics and Comparative Philology 6．6 Structuralism 6．7 Transformational-Generative Grammar Exercises
Part Ⅲ Pragmatics Chapter 7 A GeneraI View of Pragmatics 7．1 Wastebasket of Pragmatics 7．2 Context in Pragmatics 7．3 History and Definition of Pragmatics 7．4 Why the Necessity of Pragmatics Study? Exercises Chapter 8 Some Important Terms in Pragmatics 8．1 Proposition， Truth Conditions and Propositional Logic 8．2 Deixis and Reference 8．3 Anaphora， Cataphora and Principle of Economy 8．4 Presupposition 8．5 Inference 8．6 Salient Meaning Exercises …… Part Ⅳ Language Tipe Bibliography Glossary
