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胡壮麟《语言学教程》（修订版）
第一部分 各章节提纲笔记
Chapter 1 Invitations to Linguistics
1.1 Why study language?
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Language is very essential to human beings.
In language there are many things we should know.
For further understanding, we need to study language scientifically.
1.2 What is language?
Language is a means of verbal communication. It is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human
communication.
1.3 Design features of language
The features that define our human languages can be called design features which can distinguish human
1.3.1 Arbitrariness
Arbitrariness refers to the fact that the forms of linguistic signs bear no natural relationship to their
meanings.
1.3.2 Duality
Duality refers to the property of having two levels of structures, such that units of the primary level are
composed of elements of the secondary level and each of the two levels has its own principles of organization.
1.3.3 Creativity
Creativity means that language is resourceful because of its duality and its recursiveness.
Recursiveness refers to the rule which can be applied repeatedly without any definite limit. The recursive
nature of language provides a theoretical basis for the possibility of creating endless sentences.
1.3.4 Displacement
Displacement means that human languages enable their users to symbolize objects, events and
concepts which are not present (in time and space) at the moment of conversation.
1.4 Origin of language
1. The bow-wow theory
In primitive times people imitated the sounds of the animal calls in the wild environment they lived and speech
developed from that.
2. The pooh-pooh theory
In the hard life of our primitive ancestors, they utter instinctive sounds of pains, anger and joy which gradually
developed into language.
3. The “yo-he-ho” theory
As primitive people worked together, they produced some rhythmic grunts which gradually developed into
chants and then into language.
1.5 Functions of language
As is proposed by Jacobson, language has six functions:
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Referential: to convey message and information;
Poetic: to indulge in language for its own sake;
language from any animal system of communication.
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Emotive: to express attitudes, feelings and emotions;
Conative: to persuade and influence others through commands and entreaties;
Phatic: to establish communion with others;
Metalingual: to clear up intentions, words and meanings.
Ideational function: to convey new information, to communicate a content that is unknown to the hearer;
Interpersonal function: embodying all use of language to express social and personal relationships;
Textual function: referring to the fact that language has mechanisms to make any stretch of spoken and written
discourse into a coherent and unified text and make a living passage different from a random list of sentences.
Halliday (1994) proposes a theory of metafunctions of language. It means that language has three metafunctions:
According to Hu Zhuanglin, language has at least seven functions:
1.5.1 Informative
The informative function means language is the instrument of thought and people often use it to
communicate new information.
1.5.2 Interpersonal function
The interpersonal function means people can use language to establish and maintain their status in a
society.
1.5.3 Performative
The performative function of language is primarily to change the social status of persons, as in marriage
ceremonies, the sentencing of criminals, the blessing of children, the naming of a ship at a launching
ceremony, and the cursing of enemies.
1.5.4 Emotive function
The emotive function is one of the most powerful uses of language because it is so crucial in changing
the emotional status of an audience for or against someone or something.
1.5.5 Phatic communion
The phatic communion means people always use some small, seemingly meaningless expressions such
as Good morning, God bless you, Nice day, etc., to maintain a comfortable relationship between people
without any factual content.
1.5.6 Recreational function
The recreational function means people use language for the sheer joy of using it, such as a baby’s
babbling or a chanter’s chanting.
1.5.7 Metalingual function
The metalingual function means people can use language to talk about itself. E.g. I can use the word
“book” to talk about a book, and I can also use the expression “the word book” to talk about the sign “b-o-o-k”
itself.
1.6 What is linguistics?
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It studies not just one language of any one community, but the
language of all human beings.
1.7 Main branches of linguistics
1.7.1 Phonetics
Phonetics is the study of speech sounds, it includes three main areas: articulatory phonetics, acoustic
phonetics, and auditory phonetics.
1.7.2 Phonology
Phonology studies the rules governing the structure, distribution, and sequencing of speech sounds and
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