BiographyWilhelm von Humboldt (June 22，1767 - April 8，1835) ，government functionary，diplomat，philosopher，founder of Humboldt Universtit?t in Berlin，friend of Goethe and in particular of Schiller，is especially remembered as a linguist who made important co...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    The Prague Linguistic Circle or“Prague school”was an influential group of literary criticsand linguists in Prague. Its proponents developed methods of structuralist literary analysis during the years 1928-1939. It has had significant continuing influence ...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    1. Sociolinguistics in general2. Varieties related to the user: Dialectal varieties(region，class，sex，age，idiosyncrasy，ethnic)3. Varieties related to use: Register (standard dialect，pidgin，Creole，bilingualism，diglossia)4. Evidence for the relation of langu...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    The London School was founded in England by John Rupert Firth (1890-1960) ，the firstgeneral linguistics anthropologist. As a teacher in the University of London for more than 20years，Firth influenced a generation of British linguists. The popularity of hi...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    The Copenhagen School was a centre of structural linguistics founded by Louis Hjelmslev(1899-1965) and Viggo Brondal (1887-1942) . The school was one of the most important centres of structuralism together with the Geneva School and the Prague School.Bron...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Ⅰ. Slot-filling1. verbal 2. objectivity 3. productivity4. metalingual function 5. yo-he-ho 6. syllabic7. pooh-pooh 8. Morphology 9. contact10. language 11. descriptive 12. speech13. Diachronic linguistic 14. Langue 15. competenceⅡ. Multiple Choice16. B 17...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    1. MorphologyFigure 12. MorphemeFigure 2Figure 3...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Directions: There are five parts in this exercise. Read the directions in each part carefullyand finish the tasks concerned.Ⅰ. Slot-fillingDirections: Fill in the blanks with the most suitable words.1. Psychological research suggests that the two hemisphe...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Cook，V. 2000. Chomsky’s universal grammar: An introduction ［M］. Beijing: ForeignLanguage Teaching ＆ Research Press.Robins，R. H. 2000. General linguistics ［M］. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching ＆ Research Press.Radford，A. 2000. Transformational grammar ［M...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Directions: There are five parts in this exercise. Read the directions in each part carefullyand finish the tasks concerned.Ⅰ. Slot-fillingDirections: Fill in the blanks with the most suitable words.1. The sound ［b］can be described as “ _________，bilabial...[繼續(xù)閱讀]