General Linguistics

Course

General Linguistics

Course code

S211E037

Teacher’s name

Jianing Chen

Title

Associate Professor

School

Liberal Arts and Law

Semester

1

Hours

32

Credit

2

Teaching method

Lecture (24 hours), Seminar (8 hours)

Course Introduction

General Linguistics focuses on the common problems of human languages in general. It mainly studies the following basic questions: the nature of language, the structure of language, the origin of language, language development and change of its principles, language acquisition, the relationship between the various branches of linguistics and the status in the scientific system, and so on.

By studying this course, undergraduate students are supposed to master the basic theories and research methods of this discipline, comparing at least one foreign language with their natives, in order to strengthen their general understanding of the rules of language. It will benefit their progressing analysis ability for future in-depth study of each specific problems that may be found. Learning contents includes discipline theory lectures, references reading, seminar discussion, and research papers writing.

Examination:

Quiz (30%); Research paper (70%)

Teaching Materials

Andrew Radford,Linguistics: An Introduction, FLTRP, 2000.

Bibligraphy

1. Ferdinand de Saussure.Course in General Linguistics, Commercial Press, 1999.

2. Sapir, Edward.Language: An introduction to the study of speech. Harcourt, Brace and company, 1921.

3. Leonard Bloomfield,Language, Commercial Press, 1980.

4. Dwight Bolinger，Language—The Loaded Weapon, FLTRP, 1999.

5. Stuart C. Poole,An Introduction to Linguistics, FLTRP, 2009.

6. George Yule,The Study of Language, FLTRP，2000.

7. Yuanren Zhao,On Language, Commercial Press, 1980.

8. Fuxiang Wang, Hanying Wu,Modern Linguistic and its Branches, FLTRP, 2007.