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A Concise Course on Linguistics Hu Chunmei SES, XISU Spring, 2011 Lecture One Introduction Course Objectives • To introduce basic theories and principles of linguistics, as well as the best known issues and discoveries of language studies • To enable students to implement these theories and principles to analyze language phenomena, solve language problems and improve their own language competence Course Schedule • 1. Language and linguistics (4 hours) • 2. Phonetics and phonology (4 hours) • 3. Morphology (2 hours) • 4. Syntax (4 hours) • 5. Semantics (4 hours) • 6. Pragmatics (6 hours) • 7. Language and Society (2 hours) • 8. Language Acquisition (2 hours) • 9. Second Language Acquisition (2 hours) • 10. Psycholinguistics (2 hours) • 11. Cognitive linguistics (2 hours) Textbook • 戴炜栋 何兆熊，2002，新编简明英语语言 学教程，上海外语教育出版社 Reference Books Strongly recommended: 胡壮麟主编，2006，语言学教程，北京大学出版社 Yule, George. 2000. The Study of Language. Beijing: FLTRP. Additional reading: 布龙菲尔德[美]，1985，语言论，商务印书馆 费尔迪南·德·索绪尔[瑞士]，1985，普通语言学教 程，商务印书馆 刘润清，1995，西方语言学流派，外语教学与研究 出版社 Assessment • Attendance participation: 10% • Quizzes: 30% • Final: 60% • Total: 100% Some myths about language • The function of language is to exchange information. • English is more difficult to learn than Chinese. • Black English is not standard and should be reformed. Why we study language These prejudices are based on our linguistic ignorance and wrong ideas about Language. Hopefully, by the end of this course when you look back on them, you may find these widely established views not so truthful a