介绍
“牛津语言学入门丛书”由外教社从牛津大学出版社引进出版。作为供语言学研究方向的学生进行深入研究之前的热身阅读,本套丛书旨在为人们理解那些学术性强的语言学专著奠定理论基础。
本套丛书采用了统一的结构模式,在“前言”之后,由“概述”、“阅读材料”、“参考书目”和“术语表”四个部分构成。
本套丛书浅显易懂,读者对象是英语专业高年级学生、语言学、应用语言学与相关专业研究生以及对相应领域感兴趣的读者。
目录
Preface
Authors Introduction
SECTION I
Survey
1 What is grammar?
What is grammar for?
Language without grammar
Problems
Solving the problems
2 From simplicity to complexity: word classes and structures
Word classes
Code and message: from words to phrases
Clauses
Subjects and objects
Mood
Analysing phrases and clauses
Clauses iide clauses
The units of language
3 Grammar In the worlds languages
Word classes
Structural types
Morphological complexity
Agreement
Meanings
Why is everything so complicated ?
4 Grammar and vocabulary
How different are grammar and vocabulary?
The grammar of words
On the frontier
Language in use: chunking
A continuum
5 Grammar In spoken and written text
Speech and writing
Building phrases, clauses, and utterances
Reference and context
Given and new: information flow and topic-maintenance
Text structuring
Face
Formal and informal language
Special kinds of text
6 Grammar and language change
1,ooo yea of change in English
Mechanisms of change
Analogy
Phonetic erosion
Grammaticalization
Speed of change
How did it all start?
7 Grammar in society: correctness and standardization
Language under attack
What do we mean by incorrect?
Mistakes
Variation
Dialect forms
Alternative usage
Authorities: descriptive and prescriptive rules
Problems with prescriptive rules
Ripples on the ocean
The desire for standardization
The price of standardization
8 Grammar In the head
Investigating language
From outside to iide
Learnability and univeal grammar
Problems with the innatist view
Usage-based associative learning
Modularity: grammar in the brain
SECTION 2
Readings
SECTION 3
References
SECTION 4
Glossary
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS