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CHAPTER I Language and Linguistics: an Overview
1.1 What is language?
1.2 Features of human language
1.3 Functions of language
1.4 Types of language
1.4.1 Natural languages and artificial languages
1.4.2 Genetic classification of languages
1.4.3 The typological classification of languages
1.5 The myth of language: language origin
1.6 Linguistics: the scientific study of language
1.6.1 Linguistics as a science
1.6.2 Branches of linguistics
1.6.3 Features of modern linguistics
TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES / QUESTIONS
MINI-PROJECTS
CHAPTER 2 Phonetics: the Study of Speech Sounds
2.1 The study of speech sounds
2.2 The sound-producing mechanism
2.3 Phonetic transcription of speech sounds
2.3.1 Unit of representation
2.3.2 Phonetic features and natural casses
2.4 Description of English consonants
2.5 Description of English vowels
2.6 phonetic features and natural classes
TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES/QUESTIONS
MINI-PROJECTS
CHAPTER 3 Phonology: the Study of Sound Systems and Patterns
3.1 The study of sound systems and patterns
3.2 Phonemes and allophones
3.3 Discovering phonemes
3.3.1 Contrastive distribution
3.3.2 Complementary distribution
3.3.3 Free variation
3.3.4 The discovery procedure
3.4 Distinctive features and non-distinctive features
3.5 Phonological rules
3.6 Syllable structure
3.7 Sequence of phonemes
3.8 Features above segments
3.8.1 Stress
3.8.2 Intonation
3.8.3 Tone
3.8.4 The functioning of stress and intonation in English
TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES/QUESTIONS
MINI-PROJECTS
CHAPTER 4 Morphology: the Study of Word Structure
4.1 Words and word structure
4.2 Morpheme: the minimal meaningful unit of language
4.3 Classification of morphemes
4.3.1 Free and bound morphemes
4.3.2 Inflectional and derivational morphemes
4.4 Formation of English words
4.4.1 Derivation
4.4.2 Compounding
4.4.3 Other types of English word formation
TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES/QUESTIONS
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CHAPTER 5 Syntax: the Analysis of Sentence Structure
5.1 Grammaticality
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CHAPTER 6 Semantics:the Analysis of Meaning
CHAPTER 7 Pragmatics:the Analysis of Meaning in Context
CHAPTER 8 Language in Social Contexts
CHAPTER 9 Second Language Acquisition
CHAPTER 10 Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching
Appendix 1 Families/Groups of Languages
Appendix 2 The Indo-Europena Language Family
Bibligraphy
Suggested Solutions to Tutrial Questions
An English-Chinese Glossary

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