本教材以生動(dòng)的表述，風(fēng)趣的舉例，明快的文筆將當(dāng)代語(yǔ)言學(xué)各個(gè)領(lǐng)域的理論奧妙娓娓道來(lái)，旨在讓：學(xué)生熟悉這門(mén)學(xué)科的研究對(duì)象、方法和成就，及其哲學(xué)淵源、文化底蘊(yùn)和科學(xué)走向。全書(shū)共分15章，每章后面編有兩類(lèi)練習(xí)題，第一類(lèi)側(cè)重復(fù)習(xí)基本理念，第二類(lèi)具有一定挑戰(zhàn)性，啟發(fā)獨(dú)立思考，培養(yǎng)科研能力。練習(xí)之后介紹一位有突出貢獻(xiàn)的語(yǔ)言學(xué)家，并推薦一批有影響的書(shū)籍。全書(shū)后面附有術(shù)語(yǔ)解釋與漢譯，方便學(xué)習(xí)與復(fù)習(xí)。
《高等學(xué)校英語(yǔ)專業(yè)系列教材：當(dāng)代語(yǔ)言學(xué)導(dǎo)論》配有專門(mén)設(shè)計(jì)的學(xué)習(xí)網(wǎng)站，作為與讀者交流互動(dòng)的平臺(tái)和與時(shí)俱進(jìn)的信息源。本教材適用于大學(xué)英語(yǔ)專業(yè)本科或研究生階段的語(yǔ)言學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程，可供一個(gè)學(xué)期的教學(xué)。
Chapter 1 Human Language
1.1 Language and languages
1.2 Language and human beings
1.3 Knowledge of language： endowed or conventional?
1.4 A marvelous scope to explore
Linguistic Stars： F. de Saussure
Chapter2 Linguistics as a Science
2.1 Speculation
2.2 Starting from observation
2.3 Doing your own research
2.4 Three adequacies
2.5 Testing a theory
2.6 The "tourist map" of linguistics
Linguistic Stars ： O. Jespersen】
Chapter3 Speech Sounds and Their System
3.1 IPA
3.2 Articulation
3.3 Consonants
3.4 Vowels
3.5 Phonemes and allophones
3.6 Stress and pitch
Linguistic Stars： YR Chao
Chapter 4 Word-making and Word-marking
4.1 Morphemes
4.2 Morphemes in Chinese
4.3 Compounding
4.4 Idiomatic power
Linguistic Stars ： L. Bloomfield
Chapter 5 Phrase Hierarchy
5.1 Trees
5.2 Merging
5.3 Functional categories
5.4 X-bar trees
5.5 A universal skeleton
5.6 From IP to CP
Linguistic Stars ： N. Chomsky
Chapter 6 From Form to Meaning
6.1 Proposition
6.2 Theta roles
Linguistic Stars ： C. Fillmore
Chapter 7 From Meaning to Function
7.1 Structurizing meaning
7.2 Signifier vs. signified
7.3 Denotation vs. connotation
7.4 Meaning vs. function
Linguistic Stars ： R. Montague
Chapter 8 Functional Structures in Communication
8.1 Given and New
8.2 Theme and Rheme
8.3 Topic-comment and end focus
8.4 A "meaning potential"
Linguistic Stars ： M. Halliday
Chapter 9 Meaning and Use
9.1 Language games
9.2 Act in words
9.3 What does the speaker mean by saying that?
9.4 Flouting maxims enjoyably
Linguistic Stars ： L. Wittgenstein
Chapter 10 Language Instinct
10.1 The modularity of language
10.2 Clinical evidence
10.3 Species uniqueness
Linguistic Stars ： S. Pinker
Chapter 11 Language Convention
11.1 Noah Websters oath
11.2 Stretching the grammar
11，3 Social imprint
11.4 Tongue and face
11.5 Magic kaleidoscopes
Linguistic Stars ： W. Labov
Chapter 12 Language Acquisition
12.1 Babbling
12.2 Prosodic bootstrapping
12.3 Error-marked creation
12.4 Triggering and choosing
12.5 Critical period
Linguistic Stars ： EH Lenneberg
Chapter 13 Second Language
13.1 Defining L2 acquisition
13.2 Fundamentally different?
13.3 Are you fed up?
13.4 Lado and Corder
13.5 Krashen and Swain
13.6 Interlanguage
13.7 Is UG Still awake?
Linguistic Stars ： S. Krashen
Chapter 14 Universals and Diversities
14.1 Language universals
14.2 Language diversities
14.3 Implications in Translation
Linguistic Stars： JH Greenberg
Chapter 15 Global Language
15.1 Rebuilding the Babel
15.2 Why is it English?
15.3 Teaching English as a foreign language
15.4 Globalized uncertainties
Epilogue
Linguistic Stars ： H. Widdowson
Glossary
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