Introduction to the Study of General Linguistics

Author: Guo Xi, Sheng Lin (editors)
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: This book is a new teaching material for the undergraduate course Introduction to Linguistics. Its characteristics are research-oriented and participatory. It aims to guide learners to gain a relatively comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the research status of the discipline of general linguistics and master the learning and research methods of this discipline through systematic reading of classic papers and observation of linguistic life. The book is divided into five parts: Introduction, Nature and Characteristics of Language, Elements of Language, Origin and Development of Language, Research Methods of Linguistics, and Linguistic Schools. This textbook is divided into five parts: (1) Introduction; (2) Nature and Characteristics of Language; (3) Structure of Language; (4) Development and Change of Language; (5) Research Methods of Linguistics and Linguistic Schools. The main contents include: the disciplinary status and research objects of linguistics, the nature and characteristics of language, the internal structure of language, the origin and development of language, the relationship between language and society, research methods of language, and linguistic schools, etc.