我们同样知道,“英语语言学概论”是高校英语专业课程设置中的一门必修课,其目的在于揭示语言的基本规律,系统描述英语的结构层次、构成规则、使用原则、社会变异、文化属性、认知属性等,从而深化学生对语言的认识,提高英语学习效率。
众所周知,国内为“英语语言学概论”课程编写的教材有多种版本。总体来看,这些教材采用典型的理论课程教材编写思路,理论性、系统性强。然而,过强的理论性容易引发“一言堂”“填鸭式”的教学程式,容易让课堂陷入沉闷,学生提不起兴趣,教师难以获得教学成就感。为此,笔者多年前广泛、深入研究了国内外大量语言学入门教材,研读了一些理论课程的教学研究成果,另辟蹊径,引入先进的研究型教学理念,以学生需求为导向,以师生互动为手段,以促进英语学习和培养学生的研究性思维和能力为目标,博采众长,推陈出新,从内容组织到编排方式都进行了大胆的革新,为英语专业学生和教师提供了一个全新的选择——《英语语言学实用教程》。
此次第二版增加了3个单元,将第1版*后有关语言学研究方法的2个单元改为供学习者自学用的附录。调整后的15个单元布局如下:第1单元为绪论,介绍自然语言的属性、功能、谱系、习得等;第2单元

Unit 1 Some Preliminaries about Language
Pre-Class Reading
1.1The languages of the world
1.2 The functions oflanguage
1.3 The defining features oflanguage
1.4 The origin oflanguage
1.5 The acquisition oflanguage
1.6 Linguistics: The science oflanguage
In-Class ActMties
Exercises

Unit 2 The Sounds of English
Pre-Class Reading
2.1 Speech organs
2.2 Speech sounds
2.3 Phones, phonemes and allophones
2.4 Classifying English vowels
2.5 Classifying English consonants
2.6 English syllables
2.7 Stress, tone and intonation in English
2.8 Phonological rules in English
2.9 Rhythm in English
In-ClassActivities
Exercises

Unit 3 The Units of English
Pre-Class Reading
3.1 English morphemes
3.2 English words and idioms
3.3 English clauses and sentences
3.4 Constructions in English
In-ClassActivities
Presentation Topics
Exercises
Recommended Readings

Unit 4 The Structures of English (I)
Pre-Class Reading
4.1 Grammatical knowledge
4.2 Sentence patternsin English
4.3 The hierarchical structuring of English sentences
4.4 Surface structure and deep structure
In-ClassActMties
Presentation Topics
Exercises
Recommended Readings

Unit 5 The Structures of English (II)
Pre-Class Reading
5.1 English paragraphs
5.2 English texts
5.3 Cohesion in English texts
5.4 Thematic progression in English texts
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Unit 6 The Meaning of English (I)
Unit 7 The Meaning of English (II)
Unit 8 The Use of English (I)
Unit 9 The Use of English (II)
Unit 10 The Use of English (III)
Unit 11 The Use of English (IV)
Unit 12 The Cognitive Study of English
Unit 13 The Varieties of English (I)
Unit 14 The Varieties of English (II)
Unit 15 The Acquisition of English

Appendix I Empirical Studies of English
Appendix II Conceptual Studies of English
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