CONTENTS
前言
Part One
Aspects of English as a Natural Language
Unit 1 Some Preliminaries about Language
1.1 The languages of the world
1.2 The functions of language
1.3 The defining features of language
1.4 The origin of language
1.5 The acquisition of language
Unit 2 The Sounds of English
2.1 Speech organs
2.2 Speech sounds
2.3 Phones, phonemes and allophones
2.4 Classifying English vowels
2.5 Classifying English consonants
2.6 English syllables
2.7 Stress, tone and intonation in English
2.8 Rhythm in English
Unit 3 The Units of English
3.1 English morphemes
3.2 English words and idioms
3.3 English clauses and sentences
3.4 Constructions in English
Unit 4 The Structures of English (I)
4.1 Grammatical knowledge
4.2 Sentence patterns in English
4.3 The hierarchical structuring of English sentences
4.4 Surface structure and deep structure
Unit 5 The Structures of English (II)
5.1 English paragraphs
5.2 English texts
5.3 Cohesion in English texts
5.4 Turn taking in English conversations
Unit 6 The Meaning of English (I)
6.1 The notion of semantics
6.2 Semantic properties
6.3 Semantic relations
6.4 Sense and reference
Unit 7 The Meaning of English (II)
7.1 Semantic categorization
7.2 Semantic extension
7.3 Sentence semantics
7.4 Semantic roles
Unit 8 The Use of English (I)
8.1 Study of English in context
8.2 Anchoring the use of English in context
8.3 Using English as a speech act
8.4 Using English as a social act
8.5 Presuppositions in the use of English
Unit 9 The Use of English (II)
9.1 Cooperation in using English
9.2 Politeness in using English
9.3 Face considerations in using English
9.4 Using English as a rhetorical act
9.5 Using English as a cultural act
Unit 10 The Varieties of English (1)
10.1 Regional dialects of English
10.2 Social dialects of English
10.3 Styles of English
10.4 Genres of English
Unit 11 The Varieties of English (II)
11.1 African-American Vernacular English
11.2 Pidgin English and Creole
11.3 British English and American English
11.4 Bilingualism and diglossia
Unit 12 The Acquisition of English
12.1 Study of English in China
12.2 Factors in English learning
12.3 Aspects of English learning
12.4 Learners’ English errors
Part Two
Doing Linguistic Research about English
Unit 13 Empirical Studies of English
13.1 Defining linguistic research
13.2 Interview-based studies of English
13.3 Questionnaire-based studies of English
13.4 Experimental studies of English
13.5 Corpus-based studies of English
Unit 14 Conceptual Studies of English
14.1 Preliminaries of conceptual research
14.2 Defining terms
14.3 Classifying objects
14.4 Formulating rules
14.5 Constructing models
