考研英語英語語言學(xué)

1、一、緒論語言學(xué)的定義語言學(xué)的研究范疇幾對基本概念語言的定義語言的甄別特征What is linguistics? 什么是語言學(xué)？Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language. It studies not any particular language, but languages in general. 語言學(xué)是對語言科學(xué)地進(jìn)行研究的學(xué)科。語言學(xué)所要研究的不是某一種特定的語言，而是人類所有語言的特性。The scope of linguistics 語言學(xué)研究的范疇Phonetics語音學(xué)Phonol

2、ogy音系學(xué)Morphology形態(tài)學(xué)Syntax句法學(xué)Semantics語義學(xué)Pragmatics語用學(xué)Sociolinguistics社會語言學(xué)Psycholinguistics心理語言學(xué)Applied linguistics應(yīng)用語言學(xué)Prescriptive vs. descriptive 規(guī)定性與描述性Descriptive：a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually use.Prescriptive: it aims lay down rules for correct behavior

3、.Modern linguistics is descriptive; its investigations are based on authentic, and mainly spoken data.Traditional grammar is prescriptive; it is based on high written languageSynchronic vs. diachronic 共時性與歷史性The description of a language at some point in time is a synchronic studyThe description of

4、a language as it changes through time is a diachronic studyIn modern linguistics, synchronic study seems to enjoy priority over diachronic study.Speech and writing 口頭語與書面語Speech enjoys priority over writing in modern linguistics study for the following reasons:（1） speech precedes writing in terms of

5、 evolution（2） a large amount of communication is carried out in speech tan in writing（3） speech is the form in which infants acquire their native languageLanguage and parole 語言與言語Language refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech communityParole refers to the rea

6、lization of language in actual useCompetence and performance 能力與運(yùn)用Chomsky defines competence as the ideal users knowledge of the rules of his languagePerformance: the actual realization of this knowledge in linguistic communicationWhat is language? 什么是語言？Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbo

7、ls used for human communicationCharacteristics of language: 語言的特性Language is a rule-governed systemLanguage is basically vocalLanguage is arbitrary （the fact different languages have different words for the same object is a good illustration of the arbitrary nature of language. This conventional nat

8、ure of language is well illustrated by a famous quotation from Shakespeares play Romeo and Juliet: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.）Language is used for human communicationDesign features of language 語言的甄別特征American linguist Charles Hockett specified 12 design features:1） arbitrariness

9、 武斷性2） productivity 創(chuàng)造性3） duality 二重性4） displacement移位性5） cultural transmission 文化傳遞性二、音系學(xué)語言的聲音媒介什么是語音學(xué)發(fā)音器官音標(biāo)寬式和嚴(yán)式標(biāo)音法英語語音的分類音系學(xué)和語音學(xué)語音、音位、音位變體音位對立、互補(bǔ)分部、最小對立幾條音系規(guī)則超切分特征Two major media of communication: speech and writingThe limited range of sounds which are meaningful in human communication and are of

10、 interest to linguistic studies are the phonic medium of language. 用于人類語言交際的聲音稱為語音，這些數(shù)目有限的一組語音構(gòu)成了語言的聲音媒介。Phonetics語音學(xué): is defined as the study of the phonic medium of language; it is concerned with all the sounds that occur in the worlds language.Three branches of phonetics : articulatory phonetics

11、發(fā)音語音學(xué)（most highly developed）, auditory phonetics 聽覺語音學(xué)and acoustic phonetics 聲學(xué)語音學(xué)Organs of speech 發(fā)音器官The articulatory apparatus of a human being are contained in three important areas or cavities:The pharyngeal cavity咽腔the throatThe oral cavity口腔the mouthThe nasal cavity 鼻腔the noseVibration of the

12、 vocal cords （聲帶） results in a quality of speech sounds called voicing 濁音，which is a feature of all vowels 元音 and some consonants 輔音。單詞補(bǔ)充：01） velum: The soft palate. 軟腭02） uvula: A small, conical, fleshy mass of tissue suspended from the center of the soft palate. 小舌，懸雍垂懸垂在軟腭中央的小的圓錐狀肉塊03） larynx: n.

13、 喉04） vocal cord: 聲帶05） membrane: n. A thin, pliable layer of tissue covering surfaces or separating or connecting regions, structures, or organs of an animal or a plant. 膜薄而柔軟的組織層，覆蓋在表面或分割連接各種區(qū)域、結(jié)構(gòu)或動植物器官06） the soft palate: 軟腭07） the hard palate: 硬腭08） the teeth ridge: 齒齦09） alveolus: A tooth socke

14、t in the jawbone 牙槽顎骨處的牙床10） the teeth: 牙齒11） the lips: 上下唇12） blade of tongue: 舌面13） back of tongue: 舌根14） pharyngeal cavity: 咽腔15） nasal cavity: 鼻腔16） velar: Articulated with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate, as （g） in good and （k） in cup.軟腭音的用舌頭后部掛觸或靠近軟腭清楚地發(fā)音的，如在 good中的（g）以

15、及在 cup中的（k）17） the tip of the tongue: 舌尖18） the upper front teeth: 上齒19） the roof of the mouth: 上顎20） the lower lip: 下唇音標(biāo)寬式和嚴(yán)式標(biāo)音法International Phonetic Alphabet （IPA）The vowels （monophthongs and diphthongs） 元音（單元音&雙元音）The constants 輔音Broad transcription: transcription with letter-symbols only. （in d

16、ictionaries and teaching textbooks）用一個符號來表示一個語音的標(biāo)音方式叫做寬式標(biāo)音法，這種音標(biāo)法常見于詞典和教科書。Narrow transcription: the transcription with diacritics.但實(shí)際上， 同一語音在不通的語音環(huán)境中的發(fā)音不盡相同， 比如Pit和spit中的/P/音發(fā)音就不一樣。在寬式標(biāo)音的基礎(chǔ)上， 再用變音符號表示同一語音在不同的語音環(huán)境下不同發(fā)音的標(biāo)音法叫做窄式標(biāo)音法。Classification of English speech sounds英語語音的分類The basic difference bet

17、ween a vowel and a constant is that in the pronunciation of the former the air that comes from the lungs meets with no obstruction of any kind in the throat, the nose, or the mouth, while in that of the latter it is obstructed in one way or another.Classification of English constants英語輔音分類此主題相關(guān)圖片如下：

18、Classification of English vowels:the position of the tongue in the mouth舌位高低:the openness of the mouth,口的張開程度:the shape of the lips園唇與否:length of the vowels元音的長度此主題相關(guān)圖片如下：Phonology 音系學(xué)Phonology and phonetics音系學(xué)和語音學(xué)Phonetics is of a general nature; it is interested in all the speech sounds used in al

19、l human languages.語音學(xué)研究的是人類所有語言的語音，旨在對語音進(jìn)行描述和分類。Phonology is interested in the system of sounds of a particular language; it aims to discover how speech sounds in a language form patterns and how these sounds are used to convey meaning in linguistic communication.音系學(xué)研究的重點(diǎn)是特定語言的語音體系，語音表達(dá)意義作用。Phone，ph

20、oneme and allophone語音，音位，音位變體Phones, which can be simply defined as the speech sounds we use when speaking a language.語音是語音學(xué)研究的單位， 是一個個具體的聲音。Phonology is concerned with the speech sounds which distinguish meaning.音位是音系學(xué)研究的單位，是抽象的概念， 每一個音位是一組語音特征的集合體，音位具有區(qū)別意義的作用。The different which can represent a ph

21、oneme in different phonetic environments are called the allophones of that phoneme.音位變體是一個音位在特定的語音環(huán)境力的具體體現(xiàn)， 同一音位在不同語音環(huán)境里體現(xiàn)為不同的變體，也就是語音。Phonemic contrast, complementary distribution, and minimal pair音位對立，互補(bǔ)分布，最小對立對rope and robe that /P/ and /b/ can occur in the same environments and they distinguish meaning; therefore they are in phonemic contrast.可以出現(xiàn)在不同語音組合中的同一為止， 產(chǎn)生意義差別。/P/ and /Ph/ these two allophones of the same phoneme are said to be in complementary d