Chapter 1 Language 1 Introduction 2 What Is Language? 3 Design Features ofLanguage 4 Functions ofLanguage 5 OriginsofLanguage"' Chapter 2 Linguistics 1 What Is Linguistics? 2 Scopes ofLinguistics 3 Some Basic Distinctions in Linguistics 4 Linguistics and Language Teaching and Learning Chapter 3 Phonetics 1 What Is Phonetics? 2 Speech Organs 3 Description of Vowels 4 Descriptionof Consonants 5 Phonetic Transcription Chapter 4 Phonology 1 What Is Phonology? 2 Phone, Phoneme and Allophone 3 Complementary Distribution and Minimal Pairs 4 Some Phonological Rules 5 Distinctive Features 6 Beyond the Sound Segments Chapter 5 Lexicology 1 Introduction 2 Morpheme and Allomorph 3 ClassificationofMorpheme 4 Features ofMorpheme 5 Characteristics of Word 6 Classification ofWords 7 Word Formation Chapter 6 Syntax 1 Basic Concepts 2 TraditionalApproach 3 StructuralApproach 4 Generative Approach 5 Functional Approach Chapter 7 Semantics 1 What Is Semantics? 2 Some Semantic Theories 3 Sense and Reference 4 Sense Relation Between Words 5 Sense Relation Between Sentences 6 Analysis ofMeaning Chapter 8 Pragmatics 1 What Is Pragmatics? 2 Context and Meaning 3 Sentence Meaning and Utterance Meaning 4 Speech Act Theory 5 Principle ofConversation 6 Principle ofPoliteness Chapter 9 Language and Culture 1 Introduction 2 What Is Culture? 3 Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis 4 Language and Culture in Language Teaching 5 Language and Culture in Language Learning 6 Language and Culture in Translation Chapter 10 Language Acquisition 1 Introduction 2 First Language Acquisition …… Appendix References