课程概述

    本课程名为“魅力语言学”，实为语言研究入门，旨在为学生在大学阶段学习语言、研究语言打下初步的基础。

     通过本课程的学习，学生能够了解语言学的基础知识（基本概念、基础理论）；对英语语言学产生兴趣；培养语言意识（对语言本身和语言使用的敏感性）；提高英语语言运用能力。

    本门课程主要涉及语言的起源、语言的本质特征、语音学、词汇学、语法学、语义学、语用学、语言的变体、标点符号等方面的基本知识和主要概念。通过一些并非完全学术的问题，引出一些语言现象，结合这些现象探讨语言的本质、规律和语言的使用。

课程大纲

01语言究竟是什么？

1.1 What is language?

1.2 Why do people use language?

1.3 Where did language come from?

02语言有哪些主要特征？

2.1 Is language really arbitrary?

2.2 Do animals use language?

2.3 Features of the human language

03声音也是有意义的

3.1 Are there principles or rules for the pronunciation of English words?

3.2 How do sounds make meanings?

3.3 Why are sounds not always so clear?

04形形色色的英语词汇

4.1 Why do words usually have more than one meaning?

4.2 Why is it so difficult to spell the words?

4.3 Where do new words come from?

05为我所用的句子结构

5.1 Why is there word order?

5.2 Why are there so many complex sentences in English?

06英语为什有这么多时态和语态

6.1 Why are there so many tenses in English?

6.2 The tenses often mean more than what we say

6.3 What tense should we use when we speak or write?

6.4 How do we divide time into past, present, and future?

6.5 Misunderstandings in the traditional explanations of passive voice

6.6 Differences between active voice and passive voice

07我们总是有话直说吗？

7.1 How do we use language to express meaning?

7.2 Do we always mean what we say?

7.3 Why are we sometimes misled by words?

08我们赖以生存的隐喻

8.1 What is metaphor?

8.2 Metaphors are everywhere

09谁的英语是标准英语？

9.1 Is my English standard?

9.2 Is China English acceptable?

10作为思维工具的语言

10.1 What is the relation between language and thought?

10.2 How do we perceive the world?

参考资料

The Study of Language, Cambridge University Press. George Yule.

语言学教程，胡壮麟主编，北京大学出版社

北京师范大学授课老师：程晓堂教授、王德亮副教授