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英语语言学笔记
第一章Chapter1InvitationstoLinguisticsTeachingaims:letthestudentshavethegeneralideaaboutlanguageandlinguistics.Teachingdifficulties:designfeaturesoflanguage;someimportantdistinctionsinlinguisticsTeachingprocedures1.language1.1Whystudylanguage?为什么学习语言Atoolforcommunication交流的工具Anintegralpartofourlifeandhumanity人类生活和人性中不可或缺的一部分.Ifwearenotfullyawareofthenatureandmechanismofourlanguage,wewillbeignorantofwhatconstitutesouressentialhumanity.如果不能完全理解语言的本质和结构,我们就会对人类的本质一无所知.1.2Whatislanguage?什么是语言1.2.1differentsensesoflanguage语言的不同意义1.whatapersonsays(concreteactofspeech)aperson’sconsistentwayofspeakingorwritingaparticularlevelofspeakingorwritinge.g.colloquiallanguageanabstractsystem2.Awebster’sNewDictionraryoffersafrequentlyusedsenseoftheword“language”:a.humanspeech人类的言语b.theabilitytocommunicatebythismeans通过言语来交流的能力c.asystemofvocalsoundsandcombinationsofsuchsoundstowhichmeaningisattributed,usedfortheexpressionorcommunicationofthoughtsandfeelings;用来表达或交流思想和感觉的一套声音及这些声音互相结合的系统d.thewrittenrepresentationofsuchasystem系统的文字表达3.thebarestofdefinition,languageisameansofverbalcommunication.最简洁的定义:语言是言语交流的一种方式.Languageisinstrumentalinthatcommunicatingbyspeakingorwritingisapurposefulact.Itissocialandconventionalinthatlanguageisasocialsemiosticandcommunicationcanonlytakeplaceeffectivelyifalltheusersshareabroadunderstandingofhumaninteractionincludingsuchassociatedfactorsasnonverbalcues,motivation,andsocio-culturalroles.Languagedistinguishesusfromanimals.因为说和写的交流方式是一种有目的的行为,所以语言是实用性的;因为语言是社会符号,语言的交流只能在所有参与者广泛理解了人类的那些非言语的暗示,动机,社会文化角色等等互相关联的因素之后才能有效进行,因此语言又是社会的,约定俗成的.语言使人类区别于动物.1.2.2definitionsLanguageisasystemofarbitraryvocalsymbolsusedforhumancommunication.Whatiscommunication?Aprocessinwhichinformationistransmittedfromasource(senderorspeaker)toagoal(receiverorlistener).Asystem----sinceelementsinitarearrangedaccordingtocertainrulessystematically,ratherthanrandomly.Theycannotbearrangedatwill.e.g.Hethetablecleaned.(×)bkli(×)Whydowesaylanguageisarbitrary?Arbitrary----thereisnointrinsic(logic)connectionbetweenalinguisticformanditsmeaning,betweenthesoundsthatpeopleuseandtheobjectstowhichthesesoundsrefer.Thisexplainsandisexplainedbythefactthatdifferentlanguagehavedifferentwordsforthesameobject,itisgoodillustrationofthearbitrarynatureoflanguage.itisonlyourtacit\nagreementofutteranceandconceptatworkandnotanyinnaterelationshipboundupintheutterance.Atypicalexampletoillustratethearbitraryoflanguageisafamousquotationfromshakepeare’splay:”RomeoandJuliet:Arosebyanyothernamewouldsmellassweet.一朵玫瑰不管它叫什么名字,闻起来都是一样香的.Symbols----wordsarejustthesymbolsassociatedwithobjects,actions,andideasbynothingbutconvention.Namely,peopleusethesoundsorvovalformstosymbolizewhattheywishtoreferto.Vocal--------theprimarymediumforalllanguagesissound,nomatterhowwelldevelopedtheirwritingsystemsare.Writingsystemscamemuchlaterthanthespokenforms.Thefactthatsmallchildrenlearnandcanonlylearntospeakandlistenbeforetheywriteorreadalsoindicatesthatlanguageisprimarilyvocal,ratherthanwritten.Writingsystemscameintobeingmuchlaterthanthespokenforms.Peoplewithlittleornoliteracycanalsobecompetentlanguageusers.Human----languageishuman-specific.Humanbeingshavedifferentkindsofbrainsandvocalcapacity.“LanguageAcquisitionDevice”(LAD)二.Whatcharacteristicsoflangaugedoyouthinkshouldbeincludedinagood,comprenhensivedefinitionoflanguage?Languageisarule-governedsystem;langaugeisbasicallyvocal;langaugeisarbitrary;langagueisusedforhumancommunication.1.3Designfeaturesoflanguage语言的结构特征Designfeatures------referstothedefiningpropertiesofhumanlanguagethatdistinguishitfromanyanimalsystemofcommunication.Theyarearbitrariness,duality,creativity/productivity,displacement,cluturaltransmissionandinterchangeability.Designfeatures-----arefeaturesthatdefineourhumanlanguages,suchasarbitrariness,duality,creativity,displacement,culturaltransmission,etc.(指决定了人类语言性质的特征.例如任意性,二重性,创造性,移位性,文化转移性等.)TheAmericanlinguistCharlesHockettspecifiedtwelvedesignfeatures.Whatisarbitrariness?任意性a.arbitrariness【'ɑːbɪtrərɪnɪs】----arbitrariness(任意性):onedesignfeatureofhumanlanguage,whichreferstothefactthattheformsoflinguisticsignsbearnonaturalrelationshiptotheirmeaning.(人类语言的本质特征之一,指语言符号的形式与意义之间没有自然的联系.)ItwasdiscussedbySaussurefirst.Thelinkbetweenthemisamatterofconvention.E.g.“house”uchi(Japanese)Mansion(French)房子(Chinese)(1)arbitrarybetweenthesoundofamorphemeanditsmeaning语言的音和义之间的任意性a.By“arbitrary”,wemeanthereisnologicalconnectionbetweenmeaningsandsounds.语言的意义和语音之间没有逻辑关系。Agogmightbeapigifonlythefirstpersonorgroupofpersonshaduseditforagig.Languagethereforeislargelyarbitrary.b.Butlanguageisnotabsolutelyseemtobesomesound-meaningassociation,ifwethinkofechowords,like“bang””crash””roar””rumble””cakle”,whicharemotivatedinacertainsense.”onomatopoeia拟声词---wordsthatsoundlikethesoundstheydescribe那些发音像它们的描写的声音的词c.somecompounds(wordscompoundedtobeoneword)arenotentirelyarbitaryeither.“type”and”write”areopaqueorunmotivatedwords,while“type-writer”islessso,ormoretransparent\normotivatedthanthewordsthatmakeit.sowecansay“arbitrariness”isamatterofdegree.arbitraryandonometopoeiceffectmayworkatthesametime.任意性和拟声可以同时起作用。Eg.Themurmuroushauntoffliesonsummereves.夏日黄昏,群蝇嗡嗡地非。(2)Arbitraryatthesyntacticlevel句法上的任意性Accordingtosystematic-functionalistsandAmericanfunctionlists,languageisnotarbitraryatthesyntacticlevel.对于系统功能语言学家和美国功能语言学家来说,语言在句法上是非任意的。Syntax-----itreferstothewaysthatsentencesareconstructedaccordingtothegrammarofarrangement.句法就是依据语法安排造句之法。(3)Aribrtaryandconvention任意性和约定性Thelinkbetweenalinguisticsignanditsmeaningisamatterofconvention.语言学上的符号和它的意义之间是约定俗成的关系。Theothersideofcoinofarbitrariness,namely,conventionality.任意性的相反面,即约定性。conventionality----Itmeansthatinanylanguagetherearecertainsequencesofsoundsthathaveaconventionallyacceptedmeaning.Thosewordsarecustomarilyusedbyallspeakerswiththesameintendedmeaningandunderstoodbyalllistenersinthesameway.Arbitrainessoflangaugemakesitpotentiallycreative,andconventionalityoflanguagemakeslearningalanguagelaborious.任意性赋予语言潜在的创造力,而语言的约定性又使学习语言变得费力。Therearetwodifferentschoolsofbeliefconcerningarbitrariness.Mostpeople,especiallystructurallinguistsbelievethatlanguageisarbitrarybynature.Otherpeople,however,holdthatlanguageisiconic,thatis,thereisadirectrelationorcorrespondencebetweensoundandmeaning,suchasonomatopoeia.(cuckoo;crash)Forthemajorityofanimalsignals,theredoesappeartobeaclearconnectionbetweentheconveyedmessageandthesignalusedtoconveyit,Andforthem,thesetsofsignalsusedincommunicationisfinite.b.duality【djuː'ælətɪ】(二重性):---onedesignfeatureofhumanlanguage,whichreferstothepropertyofhavingtwolevelsofstructures,suchasunitsoftheprimarylevelarecomposedofelementsofthesecondarylevelandeachofthetwolevelshasitsownprinciplesoforganization.(人类语言的本质特征之一,指拥有两层结构的这种特性,底层结构是上层结构的组成成分,每层都有自身的组合规则.)duality----languageissimultaneouslyorganizedattwolevelsorlayers,namely,thelevelofsoundsandthatofmeaning.thehigherlevel----wordswhicharemeaningfulthelowerorthebasiclevel----soundswhicharemeaningless,butcanbegroupedandregroupedintowords.Dog:woof(butnot“w-oo-f”)Thisdualityoflevelsis,infact,oneofthemosteconomicalfeaturesofhumanlanguage,sincewithalimitedsetofdistinctsoundswearecapableofproducingaverylargenumberofsoundcombinations(e.g.words)whicharedistinctinmeaning.Theprincipleofeconomy经济原则Linguistsrefer“duality”(ofstructure)tothefactthatinalllanguagesofarinvestigated,onefindstwolevelsofstructureorpatterning.Atthefirst,higherlevel,languageisanalyzedintermsofcombinationsofmeaningfulunits(suchasmorphemes,wordsetc.).Atthesecond,lowerlevel,itisseenasasequenceofsegmentswhichlackanymeaninginthemselves,butwhichcombinetoformunitsofmeaning.AccordingtoHUZHUANGLIN,languageisasystemoftwosetsofstructuresortwolevels,oneof\nsoundandtheotherofmeaning.Thisisimportantfortheworkingsoflanguage.Asmallnumberofsemanticwords/units,andtheseunitsofmeaningcanbearrangedandrearrangedintoaninfinitenumberofsentences.这些意义单位组成无数个句子。(Notethatwehavedictionariesofwords,butnodictionaryofsentences!).Dualitymakesitpossibleforapersontotalkaboutanythingwithinhisknowledge.Noanmialcommunicationsystemenjoysthisduality.Totalkaboutdualitywemustnoticethatlanguageishierarchical.说到语言的二重性,我们必须注意语言的等级性。lic.Creativity----languageisresourceful.Itmakespossibletheconstructionandinterpretationofnewsignalsbyitsusers.(novelutterancesarecontinuallybeingcreated.)non-humansignals,ontheotherhand,appearstohavelittleflexibility.creativity(创造性):onedesignfeatureofhumanlanguage,bycreativitywemeanlanguageisresourcefulbecauseofitsdualityanditsrecursiveness.(指语言的能产性,因为语言有二重性和递归性.)productivity----productivityreferstotheabilitytoconstructandunderstandanindefinitelylargenumberofsentencesinone’snativelanguage,includingthosethathasneverheardbefore,butthatareappropriatetothespeakingsituation.人们能够利用语言中原有的规则来理解从未碰到过的语言符号的特征。e.g.anexperimentofbeecommunication:Theworkerbee,normallyabletocommunicatethelocationofanectarsource,willfailtodosoifthelocationisreally‘new’.Inoneexperiment,ahiveofbeeswasplacedatthefootofaradiotowerandafoodsourceatthetop.Tenbeesweretakentothetop,shownthefoodsource,andsentofftotelltherestofthehiveabouttheirfind.Themessagewasconveyedviaabeedanceandthewholegangbuzzedofftogetthefreefood.Theyflowaroundinalldirections,butcouldn’tlocatethefood.Theproblemmaybethatbeecommunicationregardinglocationhasafixedsetofsignals,allofwhichrelatedtohorizontadistance.Thebeecannotcreatea‘new’messageindicatingverticaldistance.Noonehasneversaidorheard“Ared-eyedelephantisdancingonthesmallhotelbedwithanAfricangibbon”,buthecansayitwhennecessary,andhecanunderstanditinrightregister.Differentfromartisticcreativity,productivitynevergoesoutsidethelanguage,thusproductivityisalsocalled“rule-boundcreativity”(byN.Chomsky)Productivityisuniquetohumanlanguage.创造性是人类语言的独一无二的特征。d.displacement(移位性):onedesignfeatureofhumanlanguage,whichmeanshumanlanguageenabletheiruserstosymbolizeobjects,eventsandconceptswhicharenotpresentcintimeandspace,atthemomentofcommunication.(指人类语言可以让使用者来表示在说话时(时间和处所)并不存在的物体,时间和观点.)Beecommunication:Whenaworkerbeefindsasourceofnectarandreturnstothehive,itcanperformacomplexdanceroutinetocommunicatetotheotherbeesthelocationofthisnectar.Dependingonthetypeofdance(rounddancefornearbyandtail-waggingdance,withvariabletempo,forfurtherawayandhowfar),Theotherbeescanworkputwherethisnewlydiscoveredfeastcanbefound.Beecommunicationhasdisplacementinanextremelylimitedform.However,itmustbethemostrecentfoodsource.Displacement,asoneofthedesignfeaturesofthehumanlanguage,referstothefactthatonecantalkaboutthingsthatarenotpresent,aseasilyashedoesthingspresent.Inotherwords,onecanrefertorealorunrealthings,thingsofthepast,ofthepresent,ofthe\nfuture.人类语言可以被用来指不在当时当地发生的事情,这就使得人类能够谈论许多事情而不受时空限制。Languagecanbeusedtorefertocontextsremovedfromtheimmediatesituationsofthespeak,thatmeanslanguagehasthefeatureofdisplacement.Languageitselfcanbetalkedabouttoo.Whenaman,forexample,iscryingtoawoman,aboutsomething,itmightbesomethingthathadoccurred,orsomethingthatisoccurring,orsomethingthatistooccur.Whenadogisbarking,however,youcandecideitisbarkingforsomethingoratsomeonethatexistsnowandthere.Itcouldn’tbebow-wowingsorrowfullyforabonetobelost.Thebee’ssystem,nonetheless,hasasmallshareof“displacement”,butit’sanunspeakabletinysharee.Culturaltransmission----genetictransmissionYouacquirealanguageinaculturewithotherspeakersandnotfromparentalgenes.Theprocesswherebylanguageispassedonfromonegenerationtothenextisdescribedasculturaltransmission.Thismeansthatlanguageisnotbiologicallytransmittedfromgenerationtogeneration,butthatthedetailsofthelinguisticsystemmustbelearnedanewbyeachspeaker.Itistruethatthecapacityforlanguageinhumanbeings(N.Chomskycalledit“languageacquisitiondevice”,orLAD)hasageneticbasis,buttheparticularlanguageapersonlearnstospeakisaculturaloneotherthanageneticonelikethedog’sbarkingsystem.(人类学习语言的能力有遗传基础,但任何详细的语言系统都必须通过教授和学习才能获得,这说明语言具有文化传递性,它不是靠人类的本能而获得的。)Ifahumanbeingisbroughtupinisolationhecannotacquirelanguage.TheWolfChildrearedbythepackofwolvesturnedouttospeakthewolf’sroaring“tongue”whenhewassaved.Helearnedthereafter,withnosmalldifficulty,theABCofacertainhumanlanguage.Animalcallsystemsaregeneticallytransmitted.动物是靠其基因来传递其呼叫系统的。f.interchangeability互换性interchangeabilitymeansthatanyhumanbeingcanbebothaproducerandareceiverofmessages.Thoughsomepeoplesuggestthatthereisdifferentiationintheactuallanguageuse,inotherwords,menandwomenmaysaydifferentthings,yetinprinciplethereisnosound,orwordorsentencethatamancanutterandawomancannot,orviceversa.Ontheotherhand,apersoncanbethespeakerwhiletheotherpersonisthelistenerandastheturnmovesontothelistener,hecanbethespeakerandthefirstspeakeristolisten.Itisturn-takingthatmakessocialcommunicationpossibleandacceptable.Somemalebirds,however,uttersomecallswhichfemalesdonot(orcannot).Whenadogbarks,alltheneighboringdogsbark.Thenpeoplearoundcanhardlytellwhichdog/dogsis/are“speaking”andwhichlistening.WhatfeaturesofhumanlanguagehavebeenspecifiedbyC.Hocketttoshowthatitisessentiallydifferentfromanyanimalcommunicationsystem?Arbitrariness----asignofsophisticationonlyhumansarecapableof.Duality----afeaturetotallylackinginanyanimalcommunication.Creativity----animalsarequitelimitedinthemessagestheyareabletosend.Displacement----noanimalcantalkaboutthingsremovedfromtheimmediatesituation.Culturaltransmission-----detailsofhumanlanguagesystemaretaughtandlearnedwhileanimalsarebornwiththecapacitytosendoutcertainsignalsasameansoflimitedcommunication.Whydolinguistssaylanguageishumanspecific?Firstofall,humanlanguagehassix“designfeatures”whichanimalcommunicationsystemsdonothave,atleastnotinthetruesenseofthem.Secondly,linguistshavedonealottryingtoteachanimalssuchaschimpanzeestospeakahumanlanguagebuthaveachievednothinginspiring.Washoe,afemalechimpanzee,wasbroughtuplikeahumanchildbyBeatniceandAlanGardner.Shewastaught“Americansignlanguage”,andlearneda\nlittlethatmadetheteachershappybutdidnotmakethelinguistscirclehappy,forfewbelievedinteachingchimpanzees.Thirdly,ahumanchildrearedamonganimalscannotspeakahumanlanguage,notenenwhenheistakenbackandtaughttodoso.1.4Originoflanguage语言的起源1.5functionsoflanguage语言的功能Jakobsondefinedthesixprimaryfactorsofanyspeechevent,namely:speaker,addressee,context,message,code,contact.雅科布逊定义了言语行为的六个要素:说话者,受话者,语境,信息,语码,接触。Jakobsonestablishedawell-knownframeworkoflanguagefunctionsbasedonthesixkeyelementsofcommunication,namely:Referentialfunction-----toconveymessageandinformation所指功能:传达信息Poeticfunction-----toindulgeinlanguageforitsownsake诗学功能:完全就语言而语言Emotivefunction----toexpressattitudes,feelingsandemotions感情功能:表达态度、感觉和感情Cognitivefunction----topersuadeandinfluenceothersthroughcommandsandentreaties意动功能:通过命令和恳求去说服和影响他人Phaticfunction----toestablishcommunionwithothers交感功能:与他人建议交流Metalingualfunction-----toclearupintentions,wordsandmeanings元语言功能:弄清意图、词语和意义Theycorrespondtosuchcommunicationelementsascontext,message,addresser,addressee,contactandcode.它们与一些交流活动的元素相对应,如语境,信息,说话者,受话者,接触和语码等。Hallidayproposesatheoryofmetafunctionsoflanguage,thatis,languagehas:韩礼德提出语言元功能的理论,即语言有:Ideationalfunction----constructsamodelofexperienceandconstructslogicalrelations;概念功能:建构了经验模型和逻辑关系Interpersonalfunction-----enactssocialrelationships人际功能:反映了社会关系textualfunctions----createsrelevancetocontext.语篇功能:创立了语言与语境的关系Hallidayproposedsevencategoriesoflanguagefunctionsbyobservingchildlanguagedevelopment,thatis,instrumental,regulatory,representational,interactional,personal,heuristicandimaginative.他通过观察儿童语言的发展提出了语言的七种功能,他们是工具功能,控制功能,表达功能,交互功能,自指性功能,教导功能和想象功能。Function(功能):theuseoflanguagetocommunicate,tothink,etc.Languagefunctionsinclucleinformativefunction,interpersonalfunction,performativefunction,emotivefunction,phaticcommunion,recreationalfunctionandmetalingualfunction.(用语言交流,思考等.语言功能包括信息功能,人际功能,施为功能,感情功能,交感性功能,娱乐性功能和元语言功能.)languagehasatleastsevenfunctions:phatic,directive,informative,interrogative,expressive,evocativeandperformative.AccordingtoWangGang(1988),languagehasthreemainfunctions:atoolofcommunications,atoolwherebypeoplelearnabouttheworld;atoolbywhichpeoplecreatart.1.5.1Informativefunction信息功能Whatistheinformativefunction?Languageservesan“informativefunction”whenusedtotellsomething,characterizedbytheuseofdeclarativesentences.Informativestatementsareoftenlabeledastrueorfalse.AccordingtoP.Grice’s“cooperativeprinciple”,oneoughtnottoviolatethe“maximofQuality”,whenheisinformingat\nall.Informativefunctionisalsocalledideationalfunctionintheframeworkoffunctionalgrammar.在功能语法的框架中,信息功能也被称为概念功能。Hallidaynotesthat“languageservesfortheexpressionof‘content’”:thatis,ofthespeaker’sexperienceoftherealworld,includingtheinnerworldofhisownconsciousness.韩礼德指出“语言为表达‘内容’服务:这个‘内容’就是说话者的真实的经验世界,包括他自我意识的内部世界。“Itrequiressomeintellectualefforttoseetheminanyotherwaythanthatwhichourlanguagesuggeststous.它需要人类的指挥从其他的不同角度看待事物,而不是按照语言提示给我们的那样去做。1.5.2Interpersonalfunction人际功能1.5.3Performativefunction施为功能Thismeanspeoplespeakto“dothings”orperformactions.Oncertainoccasionstheutteranceitselfasanactionismoreimportantthanwhatwordsorsoundsconstitutetheutteredsentence.Thejudge’simprisonmentsentence,thepresident’swarorindependencedeclaration,etc,areperfomatives.1.5.4Emotivefunction感情功能1.5.5Phaticcommunion交感性谈话phaticcommunion(交感性谈话):onefunctionofhumanlanguage,whichreferstothesocialinteractionoflanguage.(人类语言的功能之一,指语言的社会交互性.)broadlyspeaking,phaticfunctionreferstoexpressionsthathelpdefineandmaintaininterpersonalrelations,suchasslangs,jokes,jargons,ritualisticexchanges,switchestosocialandregionaldialects.概况地说,交感性功能是指那些有助于说明,维持人际关系的表达,如俚语,玩笑,行业话,礼节性的交际,社会地域方言的转化等等。Thephaticfunctionreferstolanguagebeingusedforsettingupacertainatmosphereormaintainingsocialcontactsthanforexchanginginformationorideas.Greetings,farewellsandcommentsontheweatherinEnglishandclotinginChineseallservethisfunction.Muchofthephaticlanguage(e.g.,“howareyou?”“fine,thanks.”)isinsincereiftakenliterally,butitisimportant.Ifyoudon’tsay“hello”toafriendyoumeet,orifyoudon’tanswerhis“hi”,youruinyourfriendship.1.5.6Recreationalfunction娱乐性功能Whatistheevocativefunction?什么是娱乐性功能?The“evocativefunction”istheuseoflanguagetocreatecertainfeelingsinthehearer.Itsaimis,forexample,toamuse,startle,antagonize,soothe,worryorplease.Jokes(notpracticaljokes,though)aresupposedtoamuseorentertainthelistener;advertisingtourgecustomerstopurchasecertaincommodities;propagandatoinfluencepublicopinion.Obviously,theexpressiveandtheevocativefunctionsoftengotogether,i.e.youmayexpress,forexample,yourpersonalfeelingsaboutapoliticalissuerbutendupbyevokingthesamefeelingin,orimposingiton,yourlistener.That’salsothecasewiththeotherwayround.1.5.7Metalingualfunction元语言功能metalanguage(元语言):certainkindsoflinguisticsignsortermsfortheanalysisanddescriptionofparticularstudies.用以讲述或描述另一语言等的语言或一套符号。Whatisthedirectfunction?The“directionfunction”meansthatlanguagemaybeusedtogetthehearertodosomething.Mostimperativesentencesperformthisfunction.E.g.“Tellmetheresultwhenyoufinish.”Othersyntacticstructuresorsentencesofothersortscan,accordingtoJ.AustinandJ.Searle’s“Indirectspeechacttheory”atleast,servethepurposeofdirectiontoo,e.g.,“IfIwereyou,Iwouldhaveblushedtothebottomofmyears!”Whatistheinterrogativefunction?什么是疑问功能?Whenlanguageisusedtoobtaininformation,itservesan“interrogativefunction”.Thisincludesall\nquestionsthatexpectreplies,statements,imperativesetc.accordingtothe“indirectspeechacttheory”,mayhavethisfunctionaswell,e.g.“I’dliketoknowyoubetter.”Thismaybringforthalotofpersonalinformation.Notethatrhetoricalquestionsmakeanexception,sincetheydemandnoanswer,atleastnotthereader’s/listener’sanswer.Whatistheexpressivefunction?The“expressivefunction”istheuseoflanguagetorevealsomethingaboutthefeelingsorattitudesofthespeaker.Subconsciousemotionalejaculationsaregoodexamples,like“Goodheavens!”“MyGod!”;Sentenceslike“I’msorryaboutthedelay”canserveasgoodexamplestoo,thoughinasubtleway.Whilelanguageisusedfortheinformativefuncitontopassjudgementonthetruthorfalsehoodofstatements,languageusedfortheexpressivefunctionevoluates,appraisesorassertsthespeaker’sownattitudes.1.6.Whatislinguistics?Linguisticsisgenerallyascientificstudyoflanguage.Itisamajorbranchofsocialscience.Linguisticsstudiesnotjustonelanguageofanysociety,butthelanguageofallhumansociety,languageingeneral.语言学是对语言进行科学地研究的学科。它所研究的并不是某种特定的语言,而是人类所有的语言的共性。Ascientificstudyisonewhichisbasedonthesystematicinvestigationofdata,conductedwithreferencetosomegeneraltheoryoflanguagestructure.Observation------generalization-----hypothesis------testedbyfurtherobservation------theoryAlinguist,though,doesnothavetoknowandusealargenumberoflanguage,buttoinvestigatehoweachlanguageisconstructed.Heisalsoconcernedwithhowalanguagvariesfromdialecttodialect,fromclasstoclass,howitchangesfromcenturytocentury,howchildrenacquiretheirmothertongue,andperhapshowapersonlearnsorshouldlearnaforeignlanguage.Inshort,linguisticsstudiesthegeneralprincipleswhereuponallhumanlanguagesareconstructedandoperateassystemsofcommunicationintheirsocietiesorcommunities.Explainthefollowingdefinitionoflinguistics:linguisticsisthescientificstudyoflanguage.Linguisticsinvestigatesnotanyparticularlanguage,butlanguageingeneral.Linguisticstudyisscientificbecauseitisbasedonthesystematicinvestigationofauthenticlanguagedata.Noseriouslinguisticconclusionisreacheduntilafterthelinguisthasdonethefollowingthreethings:observingthewaylanguageisactuallyused,formulatingsomehypotheses,andtestingthesehypothesesagainstlinguisticfactstoprovetheirvalidity.Whatmakeslinguisticsascience?Sincelinguisticsisthescientificstudyoflanguage,itoughttobaseitselfuponthesystematic,investigationoflanguagedatawhichaimsatdiscoveringthetruenatureoflanguageanditsunderlyingsystem.Tomakesenseofthedata,alinguistusuallyhasconceivedsomehypothesesaboutthelanguagestructure,tobecheckedagainsttheobservedorobservablefacts.Inordertomakehisanalysisscientific,alinguistisusuallyguidedbyfourprinciple:exhaustiveness,consistency,economyandobjectivity.(1)Exhaustivenessmeansheshouldgatherallthematerialsrelevanttothestudyandgivethemanadequateexplanation,inspiteofthecomplicatedness.Heistoleavenolinguistic“stone”unturned.(2)Consistencymeansthereshouldbenocontradictionbetweendifferentpartsofthetotalstatement.(3)Economymeansalinguistshouldpursuebrevityintheanalysiswhenisispossible.(4).Objectivityimpliesthatsincesomepeoplemaybesubjectiveinthestudy,alinguistshouldbe(orsoundatleast)objective,matter-of-face,faithfultoreality,sothathisworkconstitutespartofthelinguisticsresearch.1.7Mainbranches(scope)oflinguistics语言学的主要分支Lingusiticsshouldincludeatleastfivebranches,namely:phonologic,morphologic,syntactic,\nsenmanticandpragmatic.语言学至少包括五个分支:语音、形态、句法、语义、和语用。Generallingusitics普通语言学-------thestudyoflanguageasawholeisoftencalledgenerallinguistics.Thisdealswiththebasicconcepts,theories,descriptions,modelsandmethodsappliableinanylinguisticstudy.把语言作为一个整体来研究的学科被称为普通语言学,它是语言学研究中探索人类语言的普遍性质和规律的学科。1.7.1phonetics语音学-----studiesspeechsounds,includingtheproductionofspeech,thatishowspeechsoundsareactuallymade,transmittedandreceived,thesoundsofspeech,thedescriptionandclassificationofspeechsounds,wordsandconnectedspeech,etc.研究语音,包括言语的产生(也就是言语在现实中怎样形成,传递和接受),言语的声音,语音的描写和分类,词语和话语连接等等。Phonetics----Thestudyofsoundsusedinlinguisticcommunityledtoestablishmentofabrachoflinguisticscalledphonetics.Howspeechareproducedandclassified.1.7.2phonology音系学(音位学)-----studiestherulesgoverningthestructure,distribution,andsequencingofspeechsoundsandtheshapeofsyllables.Itdealswiththesoundsystemofalanguagebytreatingphonemeasthepointofdeparture.Aphonemeisthesmallestlinguisticunitofsoundthatcansignaladifferenceinmeaning.Englishhasapproximatelyforty-fivephonemes.研究的是语音和音节的结构,分布和序列,它将音位视为起止点,来处理语言的语音系统。音位是语音的最小的语言学单位,它能够区分意义的不同。英语大概有45个音位。Phonology------howsoundsformsystemsandunctiontoconveymeaningincommunication.Phoneticsisthestudyofspeechsoundsthatthehumanvoiceiscapableofcreatingwhereasphonologyisthestudyofasubsetofthosesoundsthatconstitutelanguageandmeaning.语音学是研究在言语中人类嗓音所能发出的语音,而音系学则是研究这些语音中能形成语言和意义的一个子集。Phoneticsfoucusesonchaoswhilephonologyfocusesonorder.语音学是无序的语音,音系学则注重有序。1.7.3morphology词法学----isconcernedwiththeinternalorganizationofwords.Itstudiestheminimalunitsofmeaning----morphemesandword-formationprocessess.涉及词语的内部组织,它研究意义的最小单位---语素和成词过程。Morphology------thestudyofthewayinwhichthesesymbolsarearrangedtofromwordshasconstitutedthebranchofstudycalledmorphology.Howmorphemesarecombinedtoformwords.1.7.4syntax句法学----isaboutprinciplesofformingandunderstandingcorrectEnglishsentences.Theformorstructureofasentenceisgovernedbytherulesofsyntax.Theserulesspecifywordorder,sentenceorganization,andtherelationshipbetweenwords,wordclassesandothersentenceelements.句法是形成和理解正确的英语句子的规则。句子形成或结构受制于句法规则,这些规则规定了词语顺序、句子组织、以及词之间,词的格之间,和其他句子成分之间的联系。Syntax-----thecombinationofthesewordstoformpermissiblesentencesinlanguageisgovenedbyrules.Thestudyoftheserulesconstitutesamajorbranchoflinguisticstudies,i.e.,syntax.Howmorpehemesandwordsarecombinedtoformsentences.1.7.5semantics语义学----examineshowmeaningisencodedinalanguage.Itisnotonlyconcernedwithmeaningsofwordsaslexicalitems,butalsowithlevelsoflanguagebelowthewordandaboveit,e.g.meaningofmorphemesandsentences.Keyconcepts:senmanticcomponent,denotationofwords,senserelationsbetweenwordssuchasantonymyandsynonymy,senserelationsbetweensentencessuchasentailmentandpresupposition.考察的是意义如何在语言中编码。它关心的不仅仅是字词作为词汇的意义,还有语言中词之上和词之下的其他成分的意义,如语素和句子的意义。关键性概念:语义成分,词的所指,反义和同义等词语间的意义联系,诸如蕴涵和预设之类的句子间的意义联系。Semantics-----thestudyofmeaningwasgraduallydevelopedandbecameknownassenmantics.Thestudyofmeaning(inabstraction)\n1.7.6pragmatics语用学----isthestudyofmeaningincontext.Itdealswithparticularutterancesinparticularsituationsandisespeciallyconcernedwiththevariouswaysinwhichthemanysocialcontextsoflanguageperformancecaninfluenceinterpretation.Inotherwords,pragmaiticsisconcernedwiththewaylanguageisusedtocommunicateratherthanwiththewaylanguageisstructured.在语境中研究意义。它是在特定的场景中处理特定的话语,尤其注意于不同社会场景影响语言诠释的方法。换句话说,语用学关心的是语言被用来交际的方法,而不是语言组成的方式。Pragmaticsregardsspeechperformanceasprimarilyasocialactruledbyvarioussocialconbentions.Somekeyconcepts:reference,force,effect,andcooperativeprinciples。语用学主要将言语行为看成是被各种社会常规所制约的一种社会行为。主要概念:所指、强制、效果和合作原则。Pragmatics----thestudyofmeaningisconducted,notinisolation,butinthecontextofuse.研究语言与语言使用者和语言语境的关系。1.8macrolinguistics(宏观语言学):theinteractingstudybetweenlanguageandlanguage-relateddisciplinessuchaspsychology,sociology,ethnograph,thescienceoflawandartificialintelligenceetc.Branchesofmacrolinguisticsincludepsycholinguistics,sociolinguistics,anthropologicallinguistics,computationallinguisticsetc.(心理学,社会学,人种学,法学和人工智能等等语言学有关联.宏观语言学的分支包括心理语言学,社会语言学,人类语言学,计算语言学等等.)1.8.1Psycholinguistics心理语言学-----investigatestheinterreationoflanguageandmind,inprocessingandproducingutterancesandinlanguageacquisitionforexample.Thereisthepsycholinguisticstudyofgrammar.Thepsycholinguisticsconstrainsontheformofgrammararestudied.Italsostudieslanguagedevelopmentinthechild,suchasthetheoriesoflanguageacquisition;biologicalfoundationoflanguage;andabigtopic----therelationshipbetweenlanguageandcognition.心理语言学考察语言和意识的相互关系,如话语的处理和产生,以及语言习得等。还有语法的心理语言学研究,即研究心理语言学对语法形式的限制。心理语言学还研究儿童语言的发展,如语言习得理论、语言的生物学基础和认知的关系等。Psycholinguistics----itrelatesthestudyoflanguagetopsychology.thestudyoflanguagewithreferencetotheworkingsofthemind.研究语言的产生和理解。语言习得等问题。1.8.2Sociolinguistics社会语言学-----isthestudyofthecharacteristicsoflanguagevarieties,thecharacteristicsoftheirfunctions,andthecharacteristicsoftheirspeakersasthesethreeconstantlyinteractandchangewithinaspeechcommunity.研究语言多样性的特征、它们的功能特征和说话者的特征以及者三者在言语社团中持续的交互作用和变化。Sociolinguistics-----thestudyoflanguagewithreferencetosociety.研究语言与社会文化的产生。1.8.3Anthropologicallinguistics人类语言学1.8.4Computationallinguistics计算语言学-----isaninterdisciplinaryfieldwhichcentersaroundtheuseofcomputerstoprocessorproducehumanlanguage(alsoknownas“naturallanguage”,todistinguishitfromcomputerlanguages.)一跨学科的领域,它以计算机处理和产生人类语言(即自然语言,与计算机语言相区别)这一应用为中心。Appliedlinguistics应用语言学-----theapplicationoflinguisticprinciplesandtheoriestolanguageteachingandlearning.研究语言学习和语言教学等问题。1.9Importantdistinctionsinlinguistics1.9.1Descriptivevs.prescriptive描写式”和“规定式”prescriptive(规定式):akindoflinguisticstudyinwhichthingsareprescribedhowoughttobe,i.e.layingdownrulesforlanguageuse.(规定事情应该是怎样的.)descriptive(描写式):akindoflinguisticstudyinwhichthingsarejustdescribed.(描述事情是怎样的.)Descriptivevs.prescriptive“描写式”和“规定式”Theyrepresenttwodifferenttypesoflinguisticstudy.Ifalinguisticstudyaimstodescribeandanalyzethelanguagepeopleactuallyuse,itissaidtobedescriptive;ifthelinguisticstudyaimstolaydownrulesfor“correctandstandard”behaviorinusinglanguage,i.e.totellpeoplewhattheyshouldsayandwhattheyshouldnotsay,itissaidtobeprescriptive.\nWhatmakestraditionalgrammardifferentfrommodenlinguistics?ModernlinguisticsstartedwiththepublicationofF.deSaussure’sbook“CourseinGeneralLinguistics”intheearly20thcentury.SoSaussureisoftendescribedas“fatherofmodernlinguistics”.Thegeneralapproachtraditionallyformedtothestudyoflanguagebeforethatisroughlyreferredtoas“traditionalgrammar.”Theydifferinseveralbasicways:Firstly,linguisticsisdescriptivewhiletraditionalgrammarisprescriptive.Alinguistisinterestedinwhatissaid,notinwhathethinksoughttobesaid.Hedescribeslanguageinallitsaspects,butdoesnotprescriberulesof“correctness”.Secondly,modernlinguisticsregardsthespokenlanguageasprimary,notthewritten.Traditionalgrammarians,ontheotherhand,tendtoemphasize,maybeover-emphasize,theimportanceofthewrittenword,partlybecauseofitspermanence.Then,modernlinguisticsdiffersfromtraditionalgrammaralsointhatitdoesnotforcelanguagesintoaLatin-basedframework.Tomodernlinguists,itisunthinkabletojudgeonelanguagebystandardsofanother.Theyaretryingtosetupauniversalframework,butthatwouldbebasedonthefeaturessharedbymostofthelanguagesusedbymankind.1.9.2Synchronicvs.diachronic“共时”和“历时”synchronic(共时的):akindofdescriptionwhichtakesafixedinstant(usually,butnotnecessarily,thepresent),asitspointofobservation.Mostgrammarsareofthiskind.(共时的描写以一个固定的时间(通常,但非必须是现在)为它的观察角度,大多数的语法书属于此类型.).diachronic(历时的):studyofalanguageiscarriedthroughthecourseofitshistory.(在语言的历史过程中研究语言.)Thedescriptionofalanguageatsomepointoftimeinhistoryisasynchronicstudy;thedescriptionoflanguageasitchangesthroughtimeisadiachronicstudy.Adiachronicstudyisahistoricalstudy;itstudiesthehistoricaldevelopmentoflanguageoveraperiodoftime.e.g(1)anessayentitled“OnthesueofTHE”,forexample,maybesynchronic,iftheauthordoesnotrecallthepastofTHE,anditmayalsobediachronicifheclaimstocoveralargerangeorperiodoftimewhereinTHEhasundergonetremendousalernation.(2)astudyofthefeaturesoftheEnglishusedinShakepeare’stimeandwouldbeasynchronicstudy,andastudyofthechangesEnglishhasundergonesincethenwouldbeadiachronicstudy.1.9.3langue&parole“语言”和“言语”langue(语言):thelinguisticcompetenceofthespeaker.(说话者的语言能力.)parole(言语):theactualphenomenaordataoflinguistics(utterances).(语言的实际现象或语料.)ThedistinctionwasmadebytheSwisslinguistSaussureintheearly20thcentury.Languereferstotheabstractlinguisticsystemsharedbyallthemembersofaspeechcommunity,andparolereferstotherealizationoflanguageinactualuse,ortheactualoractualizedlanguage.语言是一个语言社会的所有成员共同使用的抽象语言系统。言语是对于这些抽象语言系统的实际运用。Whatlinguistsshoulddoistoabstractlanguefromparole,i.e.todiscovertheregularitiesgoverningtheactualuseoflanguageandmakethemthesubjectsofstudyoflinguistics.(1)Langueisabstract,parolespecifictothespeakingsituation.语言是抽象的,言语是具体的,是因人而异的。(2)Languenotactuallyspokenbyanindividual,parolealwaysanaturallyoccruingevent.(3)Languerelativelystableandsystematic,paroleisamassofconfusedfacts,thusntosuitableforsystematicinvestigation.\nWhatalinguistoughttodo,accordingtoSaussure,istoabstractlanguefrominstancesofparole,i.e.todiscovertheregularitiesgoverningallinstancesofparoleandmakethanthesubjectoflinguistics.Thelangue-paroledistinctionisofgreatimportant,whichcastsgreatinfluenceonlaterlinguists.1.9.4Competenceandperformance语言能力和语言运用competence(语言能力):alanguageuser’sunderlyingknowledgeaboutthesystemofrules.(一个语言使用者关于语言系统规则的基本理解.)performance(语言应用):theactualuseoflanguageinconcretesituations.(指在具体场景中语言的真实使用.)ThedistinctionisdiscussedbytheAmericanlinguistN.Chomskyinthelate1950’s.Competence----theidealuser’sknowledgeoftherulesofhislanguage.Performance----theactualrealizationofthisknowledgeinlinguisticcommunication.AccordingtoN.Chomsky,“compentence”istheidealuser’sknowledgeoftherulesofhislanguage理想的语言使用者的抽象语言知识and“performance”istheactualrealizationofthisknowledgeinutterance,inlinguisticcommunication.语言使用者在语言交际中对这种抽象语言知识的实际运用。Competenceenablesaspeakertoproduceandunderstandanindefinitenumberofsentencesandtorecognizegrammaticalmistakesandambiguities.Aspeaker’scompetenceisstablewhilehisperformanceisofteninfluencedbypsychologicalandsocialfactors.Soaspearker’sperformancedoesnotalwaysmatchorequalhissupposedcompentence.Chomskybelievesthatlinguistsoughttostudycompetence,ratherthanperformance.Inotherwords,theyshoulddiscoverwhatanidealspeakerknowsofhisnativelanguage.HowisSaussure’sdistinctionbetweenlangueandparolesimilartoChomsky’sdistinctionbetweencompetenceandperformance?BothSaussureandChomskymakethedistinctionbetweentheabstractlanguagesystemandtheactualuseoflanguage.Theirpurposeistosingleoutthelanguagesystemforseriousstudy.HowisSaussure’sdistinctionbetweenlangueandparolediffertoChomsky’sdistinctionbetweencompetenceandperformance?Chomsky’scompetence-performancedistinctionisnotexactlythesameas,thoughsimilarto,F.de.Saussure’slangue-paroledistinction.Langueisasocialproduct,andasetofconventionsforacommunity,whilecompetenceisdeemedasapropertyofthemindofeachindividual.SaussurelooksatlanguagemorefromasociologicalorsociolinguisticspointofviewthanN.Chomskysincethelatterdealswithhisissurespsychologicallyorpsycholinguistically.索绪尔的理论与乔姆斯基的理论的不同之处在于索绪尔是从语言的社会学角度来谈论语言;而乔姆斯基是从语言的心理学角度来谈论语言的。1.9.5Eticvs.Emicetic(非位的):atermincontrastwithemicwhichoriginatesfromAmericanlinguistPike’sdistinctionofphoneticsandphonemics.Beingeticmansmakingfartoomany,aswellasbehaviouslyinconsequential,differentiations,justaswasoftenthecasewithphoneticvs.phonemicanalysisinlinguisticsproper.(术语来自于美国语言学家派克对于语音学和音位学的区分.他更容易面临”非位”而不是”位学”的倾向,也就是实践中弄出来过多的不重要的区别,严格的语言学中有关语言和音位的分析就是这样的例子.)4.emic(位学的):atermincontrastwitheticwhichoriginatesfromAmericanlinguistPike’sdistinctionofphoneticsandphonemics.Anemicsetofspeechactsandeventsmustbeonethatisvalidatedasmeaningfulviafinalresourcetothenativemembersofaspeechcommunityratherthanviaappealtotheinvestigator’singenuityorintuitionalone.(言语行为和事件中的位学\n系统必须是有效而有意义的,是通过言语社会中的本族语者而不仅仅是调查者的聪明和直觉获得的.)whatisspeechandwhatiswriting?Whichenjoyspriorityinmodernlinguistics,speechorwirting?Why?Speechandwritingarethetwomajormediaofcommunication.Modernlinguisticsregardsthespokenlanguageasprimary,notthewritten.Nooneneedstherepetitionofthegeneralprincipleoflinguisticanalysis,namely,theprimaryofspeechoverwriting.Speechisprimary,becauseitexistedlonglongbforewritingsystemscameintobeing.Geneticallychildrenlearntospeakbeforelearningtowrite.Secondly,writtenformsjustrepresentinthiswayorthatthespeechsoundsindividualsounds,asinEnglishandFrenchasinJapanese.Incontrasttospeech,spokeformoflanguage,writingaswrittencodes,givelanguagenewscopeandusethatspeechdoesnothave.Firstly,messagescanbecarriedthroughspacesothatpeoplecanwritetoeachother.Secondly,messangescanbecarriedthroughtimethereby,sothatpeopleofourtimecanreadBeowuff,SamuelJohnson,andEdgarAPoe.Thirdly,oralmessagesarereadilysubjecttodistortion,eitherintentionalorunintentional,whilewrittenmessagesallowandencouragerepeatedunalterablereading.Mostmodernlinguisticsanalysisisfocusedonspeech,differentfromgrammariansofthelastcenturyandtehretofore.Speechenjoyspriorityoverwritinginmodernlinguisticstudyforthefollowingreasons:(1)Speechprecedeswritingintermsofevolution(2)Alargeamountofcommunicationiscarriedoutinspeechthaninwriting.(3)Speechistheforminwhichimfantsacquiretheirnativelanguage.Whatislinguisticpotential?whatisactuallinguisticbehaviour?Thesetwoterms,orthepotential-behaviordistinction,weremadebyM.A.KHallidayinthe1960s,fromafunctionalpointofview.Thereisawiderangeofthingsaspeakercandoinhisculture,andsimilarllytherearemanythingshecansay,forexample,tomanypeople,onmanytopics.Whatheactuallysays(i.e.“hisactuallinguisticbehaviour”)onacertainoccasiontoacertainpersoniswhathehaschosenfrommanypossibleinjusticeitems,eachofwhichhecouldhavesaidlinguisticpotential.Inwhatwaydolanguage,competenceandlinguisticpotentialagree?Inwhatwaydotheydiffer?Andtheircounterparts?Language,competenceandlinguisticpotentialhavesomesimilarfeatures,buttheyareinnatelydifferent.Langueisasocialproduct,andasetofspeakingconventins;competenceisapropertyorattributeofeachidealspeaker’smind;linguisticpotentialisallthelinguisticcorpusorrepertoireavailablefromwhichthespeakerchoosesitemsfortheactualutterancesituation.Inotherwords,langueisinvisialbebutreliableabstractsystem.Competencemeans”knowing”,abdlinguisticpotentialsetofpossibilitiesfor“doing”ro“performingactions”.Theyaresimilarinthattheyrefertotheconstantunderlyingtheutterance,thatconstitutewhatSaussure,ChomskyandHallidayrespectivelycalledparole,performanceandactuallinguisticbehavior.Parole,performanceandactuallinguisticbehaviorenjoymoresimilaritiesthandifferences.第二章(添加)Chapter2SpeechSounds-PhoneticsandPhonology2.PHONETICS\n2.1ScopeofphoneticsPHONETICSisthesciencewhichstudiesthecharacteristicsofhumansound-making,especiallythosesoundsusedinspeech,andprovidesmethodsfortheirdescription,classificationandtranscription.SPEECHSOUNDSmaybestudiedfromdifferentangles,threebranchesofphonetics,articulatoryphonetics,auditoryphoneticsandacousticphonetics.2.1.1ArticulatoryphoneticsSpeechsoundsmaybestudiedfromthepointofviewofthespeaker,thatis,wemayexaminethewayinwhichaspeechsoundisproducedtodiscoverwhichvocalorgansareinvolvedandhowtheycoordinateintheprocess.ThisaspectofphoneticsiscalledARTICULATORYPHONETICS.2.1.2AuditoryphoneticsAmeaningfulactofspeechhasanotherend–thereceptionend.Thesoundsproducedbythespeakerwillbereceivedbythehearer.Speechsoundsthereforemayalsobestudiedfromthehearer’spointofview.Wemaylookintotheimpressionaspeechsoundmakesonthehearerasmediatedbytheear,theauditorynerveandthebrain.ThisareaofresearchisknownasAUDITORYPHONETICS.2.1.3AcousticphoneticsTomakeaspeechsoundvisiblesothatwecanmeasureitscomponentsobjectivelywemustthengointothedomainofACOUSTICPHONETICS,whichstudiesthephysicalpropertiesofspeechsounds,astransmittedbetweenmouthandear.Instruments,suchastheoscillographandthesoundspectrograph,havebeenusedtotranslateasoundintoavisualrepresentationofitscomponentsintermsoffrequencyandintensity.Thesoundspectrographwill,inaddition,showtheformantsofvowels.2.2TheVocalOrgansThevocalorgans(seeFig.1),orthespeechorgans,areorgansofthehumanbodywhosesecondaryuseisintheproductionofspeechsounds.Thevocalorgansmaybeviewedasconsistingofthreeparts,theinitiatoroftheair-stream,theproducerofvoiceandtheresonatingcavities.2.2.1Theinitiatoroftheair-streamThefirstrequisitefortheproductionofaspeechsoundisthatthereisanair-stream.2.2.2ThevocalcordsTheair-streamprovidedbythelungshastoundergoanuntoerofmodificationstoacquirethequalityofaspeechsound.Thefirstpointwhereitispossibletomodifytheair-streamisatthetopofthewindpipe,whichendsinabonystructurecalledtheLARYNX.InsidethelarynxaretheVOCALCORDS.Theyareinfacttwofoldsofmembrane(hencealsothenamevocalfolds),whicharefixedtogetheratthefrontbuthorizontallymoveableattheback.ThespacebetweenthevocalcordsistermedtheGLOTTIS.Inspeechthevocalcordshavethreemainfunctions.(1)Thevocalcordsmaybeclosedtightlysothattheairstreamfromthelungsisblockedandtheairpressurebehindthembuildsup.ThisphenomenoniscalledtheGLOTTALSTOPandsymbolizedas[?].Thusthesoundisinaudible,butithasitseffectonsurroundingsegments.\nInEnglish,itoftenoccursinitiallytopronounceawordlike‘idiot’whichbeginswithavowel.(2)Ifthevocalcordsarebroughttogethertotheextentthatthereisonlyanarrowpassagebetweenthem,thepressureoftheairstreamwillsettheminvibration.Theresultisasound.Thesoundhasaregularwaveformandthenumberofvibrationsinasecondisfixed,sothatwecanperceiveitspitch.Inphonetics,thissoundiscalledVOICE,andsoundsproducedwhilethevocalcordsarevibratingarecalledVOICEDSOUNDS.ConsonantslikeEnglish[b,m,z]arevoiced.Vowelsareusuallyvoiced,too.ThePITCHofasounddependsontherateofvibrationofthevocalcords,whichinturnisdeterminedbythelengthofthevocalcords.Whenthevocalcordsarenotvibratingatthetimeofitsproduction,theresultantsoundiscalledaVOICELESSSOUND.Consonantslike[f,s,p]arevoicelesssounds.2.2.3TheresonatingcavitiesInthehumanspeechmechanism,therearethreeresonatingcavities:thePHARYNS,theNASALCAVITYandtheORALCAVITY.2.2.3.1ThepharynxThePHARYNXstretchesfromthetopofthelarynxuptothebackofthenasalcavityandservesasthecontainerofavoiumeofairwhichcanbesetintovibrationinharmonywithvibrationscomingfromthevocalcords.2.2.3.2ThenasalcavityTheNASALCAVITYisoffixeddimensionsandshape,anditscontributiontospeechisentirelyamatterofresonance.2.2.3.3TheoralcavityTheORALCAVITYisbyfarthemostimportantofthethreecavities;itisherethatmostofthedistinctionsofarticulatespeecharefashioned.Theoralcavityisboundedatthetopbyadome–shapedstructure–thePALATE.Thefrontpartofthepalateisbonyandfixed,hencethetermHARDPALATE;itsbackpart,theSPFTPALATE,ismuscularandmoveable.ThesoftfleshytipofthesoftpalatehangingdownatthebackofthemouthiscalledtheUVULA.Onthehardpalatejustbehindtheteethonecanfeelaprominentridge.Thiscoverstherootsoftheteethandiscalledtheteethridgeor,morelearnedly,theALVEOLARRIDGE.Movingfurtheroutwards,wecometotheteeth,andtheoutmostarethelipsformingthefrontexitoftheoralcavity.Atthebottomoftheoralcavityliesacomplexmuscularstructure–theTONGUE.Whenthetongueisatrest,withitstiplyingbehindthelowerteeth,thepartwhichliesoppositethehardpalateiscalledtheFRONTandthatwhichfacesthesoftpalateiscalledtheBACK.ThetaperingsectionfacingtheteethridgeiscalledtheBLADEanditsextremitytheTIP.ThesystemofvocalorgansisalsotermedtheVOCALTRACT.Thepartwhichisabovethelarynxiscalledthesupraglottaltractandthepartbelowthelarynxthesubglottaltract.ThesupraglottalisfurtherdividedintotheORALTRACTandtheNASALTRACT,thedividinglinebeingthesoftpalateinitsraisedposition.\nThevocalorgansintheoraltractaretechnicallyknownasARTICULATORS,thosewhicharemoveableareactivearticulatorsandthosenotmoveablearepassivearticulators.2.3ConsonantsSpeechsoundsmaybeclassifiedintotwomajortypesintermsoftheirarticulatorycharacteristics.ThesoundsintheproductionofwhichthereisanobstructionoftheairstreamatsomepointofthevocaltractarecalledCONSONANTS.Thesoundsintheproductionofwhichnoarticulatorscomeveryclosetogetherandtheair-streampassesthroughthevocaltractwithoutobstructionarecalledVOWELS.2.3.1Placesofarticulation(1)BILABIAL---theobstructionoftheairstreamiscausedbythetwolips,suchasintheproductionof[p,b,m]oftheEnglishwords“pie,buy,my”.(2)LABIODENTAL---theobstructionoftheairstreamiscausedbythelowerlipandtheupperfrontteeth,suchasintheproductionof[f,v]oftheEnglishwords“fie,vie”.(3)DENTAL---theobstructionoftheairstreamiscausedbythetonguetiporbladeandtheupperfrontteeth,suchasintheproductionof[]oftheEnglishwords“thigh,thy”.(4)ALVEOLAR---theobstructionoftheairstreamiscausedbythetonguetiporbladeandthealveolarridge,suchasintheproductionof[t,d,1,n,s,z]oftheEnglishwords“tie,die,lie,nigh,sigh,zyme”.(5)RETROFLEX---theobstructionoftheairstreamiscausedbytheundersideofthetonguetipandthebackofthealveolarridge.Thetipofthetonguecurledupandback.InthestandardpronunciationofSouthernBritishEnglish,knownasRECEIVEDPRONUNCIATION(RP),retroflexsoundsarenotusuallyused.Aretroflexr-soundistypicalofmanyAmericanspeakers.(6)PALATO-ALVEOLAR---theobstructionoftheair-streamiscausedbythetonguebladeandthebackofthealveolarridge,suchasintheproductionof[∫,3]oftheEnglishword“shy”andtheFrenchword“genre”.(7)PALATAL---thefrontofthetongueisraisedtowardsthehardpalatetoobstructtheair-stream,suchasintheproductionof[j]oftheEnglishwords“yes,you”.(8)VELAR---thebackofthetongueisraisedsothatittouchesthesoftpalatetoobstructtheair-stream,suchasintheproductionof[k,g,η]oftheEnglishwords“sick,zig,sing”.(9)UVULAR---theobstructionoftheairstreamiscausedbythebackofthetongueandtheuvular,suchasintheproductionof[R]or[R]oftheFrenchwords“rouge,rose”.(10)GLOTTAL---theobstructionoftheairstreamiscausedbythevocalcords,suchasintheproductionof[?],theglottalstopmentionedbefore.Somesoundsinvolvethesimultaneoususeoftwoplacesofarticulation.Forexample,theEnglish[w]hasbothanapproximationofthetwolipsandthatofthebackofthetongueandthesoftpalate,andmaybetermedLABIAL-VELAR.\n2.3.2Mannersofarticulation(1)PLOSIVE---intheproductionofaplosive,theair-streamisobstructedcompletelvbothintheoralandnasaltracts,sothatwhentheclosureintheoraltractissuddenlyreleased,thecompressedairrushesoutandproducesanexplosivesound.Accordingtotheplaceoftheoralclosure,plosivesmaybebilabial[p,b],alveolar[t,d],velar[k,g],glottal[?],etcAplosivecanalsobecalledanORALSTOP.(2)NASAL---intheproductionofanasal,theair-streamiscompletelyobstructedintheoraltractbutnotinthenasaltract,sothattheairpassesthroughthenosefreely.e.g.bilabial[m],alveolar[n],velar[ŋ],etc.AnasalcanalsobecalledaNASALSTOP.(3)TRILL---intheproductionofatrilltheobstructionoftheair-streamiscausedbyairpressurewhenaflexibleorgantouchesandleavesafirmersurfaceinveryquickmovementsrepeatedly.(4)LATERAL---intheproductionofalateraltheair-streamisobstructedalongthecentreoftheoraltract,butoneorbothsidesofthetongueareawayfromtheroofofthemouth,sothattheaircangothroughthemouthlaterally.Forinstance,[1]oftheEnglishwords“lie,low”isnormallyproducedwithoutaudiblefriction,soitismorepreciselycalledaLATERALAPPROXIMANT.(5)FRICATIVE---intheproductionofafricativetwovocalorgansarebroughtveryclosetogethersothattheairstreamforeingitswaythroughtheresultingnarrowingbecomesturbulent,andthisturbulenceisheardasafricativenoise.InEnglishthemostfrequentlyusedfricativesarelabiodental[f,v,],dental[θ,ð],alveolar[s,z],andpalatal-alveolar[∫,з].Amongthem,[s,z,∫,з]aremadewitharatherhigh-pitched,hissykindoffrictionandaresometimesreferredtoasSIBILANTS;theothers,havingalesshissy,morediffusekindoffriction,arereferredtoasnon-sibilants.(6)APPROXIMANT---intheproductionofanapproximantthespacebetweentwoapproximatingvocalorgansisalittlewiderthanthatforafricative,justwideenoughtoavoidcausingfrictionwhentheair-streampassesthroughthem.InEnglish,[r]inwordslike“red,right”ismoreoftenpronouncedasanapproximant.Intheproductionofthesesounds,theair-streamisnotinfactobstructed,whichisacharacteristicofvowels,therefore[j]and[w]werecalledSEMIVOWELS,and[j]FRICTIONLESSCONTINUANTinthepast.(7)AFFRICATE---Astherearesoundsinvolvingtwoplacesofarticulation,sotherearesoundsinvolvingtwomannersofarticulation[t∫,dз]oftheEnglishwords“church,judge”,forexample,areeachacombinationofaplosiveandafricative.2.3.3Theclassificationofconsonantsbilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpalatoalveolarpalatalvelarglottalmnŋpbtdkg\nfvszhθð∫зt∫dз(w)rj1Soacompletedescriptionofaconsonantincludesfivefactors:1)thestateofthevocalcords(voicedorvoiceless);2)theplaceofarticulation;3)thecourseoftheescapingoftheair-stream(centralorlateral);4)thepositionofthesoftpalate(oralornasal);and5)themannerofarticulation.Thusthethreeconsonantsintheword“final”maybedescribedinthefollowingway:12345[f]:voioelesslabiodental(central)(oral)fricative[n]:voicedalveolar(centralnasal(plosive)[l]:voicedalveolarlateral(oral)(approximant)2.4Vowels2.4.1CardinalvowelsOfthevariousCARDINALVOWELsystems,themostsatisfactoryistheonedevisedbyDanielJones.Thefirstfiveofthesevowelsarepronouncedwiththelipsunroundedandtheremainingthreearepronouncedwiththelipsrounded.FrontBack2.4.2TheclassificationofvowelsThreefactorswereemployedtodistinguishbetweenvowels.Theyare:(1)theheightoftongueraising(high,mid,low),(2)thepositionofthehighestpartofthetongue(front,central,back);and(3)thedegreeofliprounding(rounded,unrounded).Intermsofthesethreedimensions,theEnglishvowel[i]maybedescribedasanunroundedhighfrontvoweland[]aroundedlowbackvowel.Foramorepreciseclassificationofvowelsinthelanguages,therearethreeadditionalfactorsworthmentioning.Theyare:(1)whetheravowelisoralornasal;(2)whetheravowelislongorshort;and(3)whetheravowelispureorgliding.Cardinalvowelsareproducedwiththesoftpalateraised.Thatistosay,thereisaclosurecausedbythevelum—avelicclosure,theair-streamcannotgothroughthenasalcavity,socardinalvowelsarealloralvowels.InEnglishtherearealsocontrastsbetweenlongandshortvowels.Butherethedifferenceisnotentirelyamatteroflength,itisacombinationofbothqualityandlength.Theso-calledshortvowel[i]isnotonlyshorter’butalsopronouncedwiththefrontofthetongueinalittleopenerandmorecentralpositionthan[i:].ThedistinctionbetweenpureandglidingvowelsisknownmorefamiliarlyasonebetweenMONOPHTHONGSandDIPHTHONGS.Agliding(ordiphthongal)vowelinvolvesachangeinqualitywithintheonevowel.Itglidesfromoneelementtoasecondelement,andusuallythefirstpartismoreprominentthanthesecond.Whileapurevowelhasanunchangingquality,whichcanbeprolongedatwill,thequalityofa\nglidingvowelisnotthesameattheendasitwasatthebeginning.2.5PhonetictranscriptionPHONETICTRANSCRIPTIONisamethodofwritingdownspeechsoundsinasystematicandconsistentway.Inphoneticstudiesitservesasanaidtothedescriptionofspeechsounds.2.5.1TheInternationalPhoneticAlphabetOnthebasisofthephoneticalphabetproposedatthetime,theInternationalPhoneticAssociationdevisedtheINTERNATIONALPHONETICALPHABET(both,incidentally,areabbreviatedasIPA)in1888.SincethentheIPAhasundergoneanumberofrevisions.2.5.2NarrowandbroadtranscriptionsInhisHandbookofphonetics,Henrysweetmadeadistinctionbetweennarrowandbroadtranscriptions,whichhecalledNARROWROMICandBROADROMIC.NarrowRomicismeanttosymbolizeallthepossiblespeechsounds,includingtheminuteshades,whileBroadromicisintendedtoindicateonlythosesoundswhicharecapableofdistinguishingonewordfromanotherinagivenlanguage.AsoundwhichiscapableofdistinguishingonewordoroneshapeofawordfromanotherinagivenlanguageisaPHONEME.Thetranscriptioninwhichonlythephonemesarerepresentedisphonemic.Thedifferentmembersofaphoneme,soundswhicharephoneticallydifferentbutdonotmakeoneworddifferentfromanotherinmeaning,areALLOPHONES.Thetranscriptionthatshowstheallophonicdifferenceisanallophonictranscription.Thetranscriptionsindictionariesusedtobephonetic,butarenowinterpretedasphonemic,asshowninLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishandOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryofCurrentEnglish.Exercises1.Definethefollowingterms:articulatoryphoneticsplaceofarticulationvoicingIPAconsonantdiphthongarticulatorphonetictranscriptionmannerofarticulationbroadtranscription2.Describethefollowingconsonants:t,d,m,n,l,θ,p,g,h.3.Whatarecardinalvowels?4.Circlethewordsthatbeginwithasoundasrequired:(a)abilabialconsonantmadsadbadradpadhadlad(b)avelarconsonantnodgodcodpodrod(c)alabiodentalconsonantratfatsatmatchatvatpat(d)analveolarconsonantnick,lick,sick,tick,kick,quick(e)adentalconsonantliebuythighthytierye(f)apalato-alveolarconsonantsipshiptipchiplipzip(g)alateralmulllullhulllight(h)anapproximant\nonewaryolkrush5.Circlethewordsthatendwithasoundasrequired:(a)africativepayhosetoughricebreathpushsingwreathehangcavemassage(b)anasaltrainbangleaflimb(c)astopdrillpipefitcrabfogridelaughrackthroughtip(d)anaffricateracksuchridgebooze6.Circlethewordsthatcontainasoundasrequired(a)AhighvowelMatlotmeatmudboot(b)AlowvowelReedpadloadmapcrudecod(c)AfrontvowelFateboughtsatbitbutbet7.NametheconsonantsoundsinthemiddleofeachofthefollowingwordsasindicatedintheexampleVoicedorPlaceofMannerofvoicelessarticulationarticulationvoicedalveolarstopadderbrothersunnyhopperitchinglodgercallingsingingrobberetherutter3.PHONOLOGY3.1DistinctivenessinspeechsoundsPHONOLOGYisthestudyofsoundsystems—theinventoryofdistinctivesoundsthatoccurinalanguageandthepatternsintowhichtheyfall.Speechsounds,aswehaveseen,aredifferentfromeachotherinanumberofways,suchas,placeofarticulation,mannerofarticulation,voicing,nasality,aspiration,tongueheight,etc.Someofthedifferencesaredistinctiveinthattheyservetodistinguishbetweenwordsinagivenlanguage.InEnglish,forexample,thedifferencebetween/p/and/b/,/i/and/e/,/n/and/η/aredistinctive.Substitutingonefortheotherchangesthemeaningofaword:“pin”wouldbecome“bin”,“pen”or“ping”DistinctivesoundsofthiskindaretermedPHONEMES.Definition:Whiletheactualproductionofaspeechsoundmayvaryslightly,itscontrasttoothersoundswithinasystemmustbedistinctenoughtodifferentiatemeaning.Thesesystematicunitsofdistinctsoundarecalled\nphonemes.Ifasounddifferencedoesnotcauseameaningdifferenceinalanguage,thenitisnondistinctive.Inthepreviouschapter,wesaidthatthe/1/inEnglishwords“let”,“play”,“tell”arepronounceddifferently,andthesubstitutionofsay,[l]for[l]wouldnotmakeadifferentword,thoughnativespeakersmayfindthepronunciationabitstrange.Thenondistinctivesoundsaremembersofthesamephoneme,andareknownasALLOPHONES.Theallophoneisaphoneme-subtype,aparticularwayaphonemeisnormallyutteredinagivenphonologicalenvironment,suchasaspiratedandaspirated[t].Sincetheydifferassounds,wemightusetwosymbols:[th]and[t].Thephoneme/t/inEnglishhastheallophones[th]and[t-]Phonology,differentfromphonetics,islanguagespecific.Itdealswithspeechsoundswithinthecontextofaparticularlanguage.3.2ThephonemetheoryThephonemeisthebasicunitinphonologicalanalysis.Phonologists,however,differgreatlyinregardtothenatureanduseofthephoneme.Somelookuponthephonemeasaphysicalphoneticentity;someemphasizethefunctionalsideofthephoneme;andotherstakethepsychologicalpointofview,maintainingthatthephonemeis“amentalreality”,“theintentionofthespeakerortheimpressionofthehearer,orboth.”3.2.1MinimalpairsTofindoutthedistinctivesounds,thecustomarypracticeistotrytofindMINIMALPAIRS—wordformswhichdifferfromeachotheronlybyonesound.Foeexample:inEnglish,“pin”and“bin”,‘pin’and‘pen’areeachaminimalpair.ContrastivedistributionAsthesubstitutionof[b]for[ph],[e]for[I],or[η]for[n]changesthemeaningofthewordconcerned,thepairsof[ph]and[b],[i]and[e],[n]and[η]areeachsaidtobeinCONTRASTIVEDISTRIBUTION.Soundsincontrastivedistributionshouldbeassignedtodifferentphonemes,so[ph],[b],[i],[e],[n],[η]inEnglishbelongtodifferentphonemes,whicharetranscribedas/p/,/b/,/i/,/e/,/n/,/η/.3.2.2FreevariationIfhowever,twosoundsoccurringinthesameenvironmentdonotcontrast,thatis,thesubstitutionofonefortheotherdoesnotproduceadifferentwordform,butmerelyadifferentpronunciationofthesameword,thenthetwosoundsareinFREEVARIATION.Forexample,theplosivesinEnglishmaynotbeexplodedwhentheyoccurbeforeanotherplosiveoranasal,suchasinthewordsandphrases“act”,“apt”,“thatboy”,“goodmorning”.Theseunexplodedplosivesmaybetranscribedas[ko],[po],[to],[do],witharaisedcircleontheright.Soundsinfreevariationshouldbeassignedtothesamephoneme.Whateverthevariation,twoprinciplesguidetheidentificationofphonemes:Complementarydistributionandphoneticsimilarity.3.2.3ComplementarydistributionandPhoneticsimilarityNotallthespeechsoundsoccurinthesameenvironment.Whentwowordsneveroccurinthesameenvironment,theyaresaidtobeinCOMPLEMENTARYDISTRIBUTION.Forexample,inEnglish,theaspiratedplosives[ph],[th],[kh]neveroccurafter/s/,andtheunaspiratedones[p],[t],[k]neveroccurinitially,suchasinthepairs“spot”and“pot”;“stop”and“top”,“school”and“cool”,etc.Soundsincomplementarydistributionmaybeassignedtothesamephoneme,asisthecasewiththeEnglish[ph]and[p],[th]and[t],and[kh]and[k].Theallophones[l],[l],[f]of/1/arealsoincomplementarydistribution.Theclear[l]occursonlybeforeavowel,suchasinthewords“light’,“glad”,“failure”;\nandthevoiceless[l]occursonlyafteravoicelessconsonant,suchasinthewords“please”,“butler”,“clear”;andthedark[f]occursonlyafteravowelorasasyllabicsoundafteraconsonant,suchasinthewords“feel”,“help”,“middle”.Butcomplementarydistributionisnottheonlyconditiontoidentifytwosoundsasofthesamephoneme.Themustsatisfysomeotherconditionsaswell.Oneconditionfortwosoundsincomplementarydistributiontobelongtothesamephonemeisthattheymustbephoneticallysimilar.Onewell-knowncaseinthisregardistheEnglishsounds[h]and[η].Intermsofdistribution,theyarecomplementarytoeachother:[h]occursonlyatthebeginningofasyllable,suchasinthewords“head”,“heart”,“enhance”,“perhaps”,and[η]havelittleincommonexceptthattheyarebothconsonants.[h]isvoicelesswhile[η]isvoiced;[h]isafricativewhile[η]isa(nasalplosive;[h]isoralwhile[η]isnasal;[h]isglottalwhile[η]isvelar.PHONETICSIMILARITY,however,islargelyamatterofdegree.Itisdifficulttodecidetowhatextentthesimilaritycounts.Andwhenasoundissimilartotwoothersounds,itisdifficulttodecidewhichofthetwoitshouldbegroupedtogetherwith.Anotherexample:phoneticsimilarityandcomplementarydistribution.Thefirstsaysthatthedental/n/oftenth,thealveolar/n/often,andpalatal/n/ofinchareenoughaliketobeclassedtogether.Thesecondisawayofdisposingofthefeaturesthatdiffer.Thedistributionofdental/n/andpalatal/n/arenotthesameasthatofalveolar/n/;insteadtheycomplementeachother:Eachoccurswherethetwoothersdonot—theydonotcontrastwithoneanotherinthesameenvironment,as/nηm/doinran-rang-ram.Sotheyare“thesame/n/”withdifferentallophones.3.2.5PatterncongruityIncasesliketheEnglishunaspirated[p],[t],[k],wemusttakeintoconsiderationthegeneralpatternofthephonemesinthelanguage.Ifwechoosetoclassifythemwith[b],[d],[g],thatis,toassignthemasallophonesof/b/,/d/,/g/,thenweshouldhavetotranscribe[spot]phonemicallyas/sbop/,and[sku:l]as/sgu:l]/.HoweverthisrecognitioniscontrarytothegeneralpatterninEnglish,namely,inconsonantclustersofplosivesandfricatives,theyusuallysharethesamevoicefeature,eitherbotharevoicedorbotharevoiceless.Whatismore,inviewofthetotalityofthephonemesinEnglish,thefeatureofvoiceismoreimportantthanthefeatureofaspiration.Thereforeitispreferabletoclassify[p],[t],[k]with[ph],[th],[kh].ThetermPATTERNCONGRUITYhasalsobeenusedinthesensethatotherthingsbeingequal,themoresymmetricalaphonologicalsystemisthebetter.InEnglish,thereisapairofaffricates/t∫/and/dэ/.Whydowenottreatthemascombinationsofsinglephonemesintheway[ts]and[dz]aretreated?Itappearsthatthesound[dэ]shouldbetreatedasasinglephonemewhile[t∫]couldbetreatedasacombinationoftwophonemes.Butifwedidthat,thepatternofEnglishconsonantswouldappearasymmetrical:Onthegroundsofpatterncongruity,therefore,[t∫]isbettertreatedasasinglephonemetoo.3.3AfunctionalapproachAfunctionalapproachtowardstheconceptofphonemewasproposedbythePragueSchool,agroupof\nlinguistsactiveinthe20sand30softhiscenturyatPrague.Theydeclare:“Thephonemecanbedefinedsatisfactorilyneitheronthebasisofitspsychologicalnaturenoronthebasisofitsrelationtothephoneticvariants,butpurelyandsolelyonthebasisofitsfunctioninthesystemoflanguage.”(NikolaiTrubetzkoy,PrinciplesofPhonology:41)Weshalltouchupononlytwooftheirviewpoints:neutralizationandarchiphoneme;distinctivefeatures.3.3.1NeutralizationandArchiphonemePhonemesarecapableofdistinguishingbetweendifferentwordsbecausetheythemselvesaredifferentfromoneanother.ThisdifferencebetweenphonemesiscalledphonologicaloppositioninthePragueSchool.Intheirdiscussionofphonologicaloppositions,theynoticethatsomeoppositionsareeffectiveinallcontextsandsomeareeffectiveonlyincertaincontexts.Theycalltheformertypeconstantoppositionandthelatterneutralizableopposition.Forexample,inEnglish,/p/and/b/aretwodistinctivesounds;substitutingonefortheothergenerallychangesthemeaningofaword.Butinthecontextof/s-/,thisoppositionislost,i.e.neutralized.NotwoEnglishwordsaredistinguishedbythepresenceof/sp/inoneandthepresenceof/sb/intheother.Thereisonlyonesoundoccurringafter/s/,whetheritisgroupedwiththephoneme/p/or/b/.InPragueSchoolphonology,aphonemeisdefinedbytheoppositionitenters.Sincetheoppositionisdifferentwhenitisneutralizedfromwhenitisnot,thephonemeintheneutralizedpositioncannotbethesameasthephonemeinthenon-neutralizedposition.Thatistosay,theEnglishphonemeoccurringafter/s/shouldnotbethesameaseither/p/or/b/.PragueSchoollinguistsuseaspecialsymbolforit–thecapitalized/p/,andtermitARCHIPHONEME.3.3.2DistinctivefeatucesPhonemeshouldcontainonlythephonologicallyrelevantproperties.Forexample,inEnglish,thesound[ph]containsthephoneticpropertiesofvoicelessness,bilabiality,plosiveness,andaspiration,etc.Butonlythefirstthreearephonologicallyrelevant,whichdifferentiateitfrom/t/(avoicelessalveolarplosive),/m/(avoicedbilabialnasal),and/b/(avoicedbilabialplosive).Aspirationin[ph]isphonologicallyirrelevant.Itdoesnotenteraphonologicalopposition;therearenowordswhicharedifferentiatedbythisphoneticpropertyinEnglish.Aphonemeisthesumofthephonologicallyrelevantpropertiesofasound.Thus,thephoneme,thoughdefinedastheminimalunitintermsoflinearity,i.e,notsuccessivelydivisible,canneverthelessbeanalysedintosmallercomponentssimultaneously.ThesesmallercomponentsofaphonemearetechnicallytermedDISTINCTIVEFEATURES.PragueSchoollinguistsproposethatthephonologicaloppositionsintheworld’slanguagescouldbeaccountedforbytwelvedistinctivefeatures.Thesefeafureshavethreecharacteristics.First,theyarephonological.Second,theyareallbinary.Third,theyarebothacousticallyandarticulatorilybased.3.4SuprasegmentalphonologySUPRASEGMENTALPHONOLOGYreferstothestudyofphonologicalpropertiesofunitslargerthanthesegment–phoneme,suchasthesyllable,wordandsentence.4.4.1ThesyllableTheSYLLABLEconsistsofthreeparts:theONSET,thePEAKandtheCODA.Inasyllablesuchas/mn/,/m/istheonset,//isthepeak,and/n/isthecoda.Thepeakistheessentialpart,whichasyllablemustcontain,whiletheonsetandcodaaremargins,whichmaybeabsentfromit.Thepeakisusuallyformedbyavowel,hencethesymbolV.Butinwordssuchas‘apple’,‘hidden’and‘rhythm’,/l/,/n/and/m/alsofunctionaspeaks.Theyaresaidtobesyllabicandsymbolizedas/l/,/n/and/m/.\nAsyllablewithoutacoda,thatis,asyllableendinginavowel,isanOPENSYLLABLE.AndasyllablecheckedorarrestedbyaconsonantisaCLOSEDSYLLABLE.Eachsyllablehasoneandonlyonepeak,thereforewhentherearetwovowelsinaword,theymustbeseparatedintotwosyllables.InEnglishtheremaybeatmostthreeconsonantsbeforethepeakandfourafterit---CCCVCCCC.Thereare24consonantsinEnglishbutonlyalimitedfewcanco-occurasthreeconsonantCLUSTERSinthesyllableinitialposition.Theyare:prS+t+lkjwThisstudyofsyllablestructure,thepossiblecombinationsofphonemes,isknownasPHONOTACTICS,orSYNTAGMATICPHONOLOGY.3.4.2StressTheprincipalsuprasegmentalfeaturesareSTRESS,LENGTH,PITCH,andconcurrentpatterningsofthreearecollectivelyknownasINTONATION.STRESSisafeatureforwhichthesmallestunitofapplicationisthesyllable.Whenwesayacertainsyllableisstressed,wemeanitispronouncedwitharelativelygreateramountofenergy.3.4.2.1WordstressStressisarelativenotion.Asyllablecanbestressedonlywhenthereisanothersyllablewhichisnotstressed.SomonosyllabicwordscannotbesaidtohaveWORDSTRESS.Insomelanguagesthepositionofthesyllableinaworddetermineswhetheritisstressed.Stressisfreeinthatitisnottiedtoanyparticularsyllableofaword.Itmayfallonthefirstsyllableinsomewords,onthesecondinothers,andonthethirdinstillothers.LanguageslikeRussianandEnglishareofthistype.Thereareotherfactorswhichdeterminetheplacementofstress.First,theysyntacticclassofawordprovidessomecluetothepositionofstress.InEnglish,forexample,adifferentsyllableisstressedwhenawordisusedasanounfromwhenitisaverb.SimilaralternationsofstressoccurbetweencompoundsandphrasesinEnglish.A“blackbird”,withthefirstelementstressed,isacompoundreferringtoaparticularkindofbird,whichmaynotnecessarilybeblackincolour;buta“blackbird”,withthesecondelementstressed,isaphrase,capableofreferringtoanykindofbirdwhichisblackincolour.Second,themorphologicalmake-upofawordaffectsitsstresspattern.Forexample,inEnglishwordswiththefollowingendings,themainstressfallsontheprecedingsyllable:-ity,-ion,-ian,-ic,-ify(Verb),-ible,-igible,-ish.Andverbsofthreeormoresyllablesendingin“-ate”,throwthemainstressbacktwosyllables,whereasverbsoftwosyllablesendingin“ate”placethestresson“ate”.3.4.2.2SentencestressSENTENCESTRESSdiffersfromwordstressintwoways:(1)monosyllabicwordsmaytakesentencestress,(2)polysyllabicwordsmayhavethestressonadifferentsyllablefromwhereitisinisolationortheymayloseitcompletely.Sentencestressisnotwhollyrandomeither;therearealsorulestofollow.First,sentencestressdependsontherelativeimportanceoftheword.Themoreimportantawordis,thestrongerisitsstress.\nInEnglishtheimportantwordsareusually(intheabsenceofspecialemphasis)nouns,adjectives,mainverbs,adverbsanddemonstrativepronouns.Othercategoriesofwords,forexample,auxiliaryverbs,conjunctions,prepositions,etc.arenotnormallystressed.Second,reythmicconsiderationsinfluencetheplacementofstress.Thereisatendencytoavoidhavingstressestooclosetogether.Thistendencymaycauseawordtobestressedononesyllableinonesentenceandonanotherornoneatallinanothersetence.Theword‘went’isstressedin“Hewentaway”,butunstressedin“Johnwentaway”.Third,thesyntacticstructureofasentencehasabearingonitsstresspattern.Forexample,phrasesofaparentheticalnatureareoftenunstressed.IntheEnglishsentences“Hashegonetotownthismorning?”“Howdoyoudo,Mr.Smith?”,and“‘Yes’,hesaid”;thewords“thismorning”,“Mr.Smith”and“hesaid”usuallydonotreceivestress.4.4.3PitchPITCHisanothersuprasegmentalfeature,whosesmallestdomainofapplicationisthesyllable.Whenthevocalcordsarelooselyclosed,theairfromthelungswillsettheminvibration.Differentratesofvibrationproducewhatisknowninacoustictermsasdifferentfrequencies,andinauditorytermsasdifferentpitches.Pitchvariationsmaybedistinctivelikephonemes,thatis,theymaycontributetodistinguishbetweendifferentwords.Inthisfunction,pitchyariationsarecalledTONES,andlanguagesusingtonesarecalledTONELANGUAGES,ofwhichChineseisone.3.4.4IntonationWhenpitch,stressandlengthvariationsaretiedtothesentenceratherthantotheword,theyarecollectivelyknownasINTONA-TION.Intonationhasfourgrammaticalfunctions:First,itmayindicatedifferentsentencetypesbypitchdirection.Intagquestions,oneasksforconfirmationwithafallingtone,andasksforinformationwitharisingtone.Second,sometimesthedifferentpitchdirectionmayindicateconnotativemeanings.Thesentence"Ican'teatanything"equalsto"Icaneatnothing”whenSaidwithafallingtoneon"anything",butitmeans"Icanonlyeatsomeparticularthings"whensaidwithafall-risetoneon"anything".Third,itmayimposedifferentstructureonthesentencebydividingitintodifferentintonationunits.Forexample,if"Johndidn'tcomebecauseofMary"issaidwithinoneintonationunit,theadverbial"becauseofMary”isinthesamestructurewith"not''andnegatedbyit,soitmeans"Johncame,butithadnothingtodowithMary".Ontheotherhand,ifitissaid.withtwointonationunits,dividedbetween"come"and"because”,"not"negates"come”,anditmeans"MarywasthereasonwhyJohndidn'tcome".Fourth,intonationmaybringpartofasentenceintoprominencebyplacingthenucleus(themajorpitchchange)onthesyllableconcerned.Intonationalsohasattitudinalfunctions.Itmayindicatetheemotionalstateofthespeaker—whetherheiscalmorexcited,happyorsad.Forexample,thefallingtoneindicatesmatter-of-factstatements,downrightassertions,commands:therisingtoneindicatespoliteness,encouragement,pieadingandsoon.Thespecificattitudinalmeaningofanintonationpatternmustbeinterpretedwithinacontext,bothofthesituationandofthespeaker'spersonality.\nExercises1.Definethefollowingterms:Allophonedistinctivefeaturephonemesuprasegmentalminimalpairsyllablefreevariationstresscomplementarypitchdistribution2.Answerthefollowingquestions.A.Howisaphonemedifferentfromaspeechsound?B.Underwhatconditionswilltwosoundsbeassignedthesamephoneme?C.Howdowedeterminesentencestress?D.Whatarethegrammaticalfunctionsofintonation?3.TranscriptionA.Whichofthetwotranscriptionsbelowisthenarrower?Bettycriedassheleftintheredplane.(a)['beti:'kraxdazIi'leftm6a'red'plem](b)['bedi:'kraldazSi'leftI06a'red'plem]B.Staterulesforconvertingthetranscription(a)intothatin(b).Makeyourrulesasgeneralaspossible,sothattheycovernotonlythispairoftranscriptionsbutalsoothersimilarsentences.ex.[t][d]whenitoccursafterastressedvowelandbeforeanunstressedvowel.(a)(b)(c)(d)4.Decidewhethertheunderlinedvowelsarestressed(S),unstressed(U)orreduced(R).ex.depreciate(S)create(U)deprecate(R)(a)implicit()simplistic()implication()(b)explanation(')chaotic()explain()(c)tempestuous(U)allegation()allege()(d)fantastic()emphasis()emphatic()(e)demonstrable.()prognosis()demonstration(f)confront()confrontation()umbrella()(g)confirmation()verbose()confirm()(h)recitation()recite()citation()(i)computation()circular()compute()第三章\nChapter3Lexicon词汇Teachingaims:letthestudentshaveabriefknowledgeaboutmorphemesandthebasicword-formationmethodsFocalpoints:definitionandclassificationofmorphemes;majorword-formationmethodsTeachingprocedureLexicon:Initsmostgeneralsense,lexiconissynonymouswithvocabulary.Initstechnicalsense,itdealswiththeanalysisandcreationofwords.Word3.1WhatiswordWordisaunitofexpressionthathasuniversalintuitiverecognitionbynative-speakers,whetheritisexpressedinspokenorwrittenform.词是个表达单位,不管是在口语还是在书面语中,说母语的人对词有种普遍的直觉识别能力。3.1.1Threesensesof“word”“词”的三种含义a.aphysicaldefinableunit:是自然的有界限单位wordmaybeseenasaclusterofsoundsegmentsorlettersbetweentwopausesorblanks.词可以看作是两个间隔或空白之间的音段成分或字母的组合群。b.thecommonfactorunderlyingasetofforms是支配一组形式的共同因素。Wordisthecommonfactorunderlyingasetofforms,aunitofvocabulary,alexicalitem,oralexeme.词是在一组形式之下的共同要素,是词汇的单位,是一个词条,或是一个词位。lexicon:alistofallthewordsinalanguageassignedtovariouslexicalcategoriesandprovidedwithsemanticinterpretation.lexeme(词位):Aseparateunitofmeaning,usuallyintheformofaword(e.g.”doginthemanger”)Lexeme-----ispostulatedastheabstractunitunderlyingthesmallestunitinthelexicalsystemofalanguage,whichappearsindifferentgrammaticalcontexts.词位被假定为语言词汇系统中潜在于最小单位之下的抽象单位,而最小单位是在不同的语法环境中出现的。e.g.boyboys;check,checks,checking,checked;write,writes,wrote,writing,written;fat,fatter,fattestboy,check,write,andfatarethelexemes.c.agrammaticalunit是一个语法单位。e.g.Itiskindofyou,MissHou.Everywordplaysagrammaticalpartinthesentence.3.1.2Identificationofwords词的识别1.stability稳定性Wordsarethemoststableofalllinguisticunits,inrespectoftheirinternalstructure,thatis,theconstituentpartsofacomplexwordhavelittlepotentialforrearrangement,comparedwiththerelativepositionalmobilityoftheconstituentsofsentencesinthehierachy.Butitisallrightforustorearrangetheconstituentsinasentencetoacertaindegree.所有语言单位中词是最稳定的,就其内部结构来说,跟句子层面成分相对的位置灵活性相比,复合词的组成成分一般不能重新调整次序。但是句子成分却可以做一定程度的重新排列。e.g.Thechairmanlookedattheaudience.主席看观众Theaudienceloookedatthechairman.观众看主席。\n2.Relativeuninterruptibility相对的连续性Byuninterruptibility,wemeannewelementsarenottobeinsertedintoawordevenwhenthereareseveralpartsinaword.Norisallowedtousepausesbetweenthepartsofaword.连续性,是指即使一个词由几个部分构成,新的成分也不能插进词的中间。各部分之间也不允许有停顿。3.Aminimumfreeform最小的自由形式ItwasfirstsuggestedbyLeonardBloomfield.Headvocatedtreatingsentenceas“themaximumfreeform”andword”theminimumfreeform”,wordbeingthesmallestunitthatcanconstitute,byitself,acompleteutterance.由布龙菲尔德首先提出来。他提倡把句子看作“最大的自由形式”,把词看作“最小的自由形式”。词是能独立构成一个完整语句的最小的单位。3.1.3Classificationofwords词的分类a.Variablevs.invariablewords可变化词和不变词Wordscanbeclassfiedaccordingtotheirvariability.根据可变性可以对词进行分类。Invariablewords-----onecouldfindorderedandregularseriesofgramarticallydifferentwordforms;ontheotherhand,partofthewordremainsrelativelyconstant.Thus,eachorderedseriesconstitutesparadigm.关于可变化词,人们可以找到一系列整齐而有规则的词形,它们在语法上是不同的;另一方面,词的一部分相对保持不变。因此每一个整齐的系列构成一个集合。Invariablewords------refertothosewordssuchassince,when,seldom,through,hello.Theydonothaveinflectiveendings.不变词指since,when,seldom,through,hello这一类词。它们没有形态结尾。b.Grammaticalwordsvs.lexicalwords语法词和词汇词Intermsofthemeaningexpressedbywords,theycanbeclassifiedintoGrammaticalwordsvs.lexicalwords.就表达的意义来说,词可以分为语法词和词汇词。Grammaticalwords/functionwords------thosewhichexpressgrammaticalmeanings,suchas,conjunctions,prepositions,articles,andpronouns,aregrammaticalwords.(表达语法意义的是语法词,如连词,介词,冠词,代词.)Lexicalwords/contentwords--------thosewhichhavelexicalmeanings,thatis,thosewhichrefertosubstance,actionandquality,suchasnouns,verbs,adjectives,andadverbs,relexicalwords.(具有词汇意义指物质,动作和性质的是词汇词,如名词,动词,形容词,副词.)Asthelexicalwordscarrythemaincontentofalanguagewhilethegrammaticalonesservetolinkitsdifferentpartstogether,thelexicalwordsarealsoknownascontentwordsandgrammaticalonesfunctionwords.词汇词承载了语言的主要内容,而语法词是用来把不同的片段连接在一起的,所以词汇词又叫做实义词,语法词又叫做功能词。c.Closed-classwordsvs.open-classwords封闭类词和开放类词Thedistinctionofgrammaticalwordsandlexicalwordsleadstodistinctionof“colsed-class”wordsand“open-class”words.语法词和词汇词的区别导致了封闭词类和开放词类的区别。Closed-classword(封闭词类):------awordwhosemembershipisfixedorlimited.Newmembersarenotregularlyadded,suchaspronouns,prepositions,conjunctions,articles,etc..(封闭词类的成员数目是确定的,有限的.新成员不会有规律地增加.例如代词,介词,连词,冠词等.)open-classword(开放类词):-------awordwhosemembershipisinprincipleinfiniteorunlimited,suchasnouns,verbs,adjectives,andmanyadverbs.(开放类词的成员数目原则上是无穷的,无限的.例如名词,动词,形容词和多数副词.)Whatareopenclasses?Whatareclosedclasses?\nInEnglish,nouns,verbs,adjectives,andadverbsmakeupthelargestpartofthevocabulary.Theyare“open-classwords”,sincewecanregularlyaddnewlexicalentriestotheseclasses.Theothersyntacticcategoriesare,forthemostpart,closedclasses,orclosed-classwords.Thenumberofthemishardlyalterable,iftheyarechangeableatall.d.Wordclass词类Classifywordseitherbyanalyzingthevariousgrammatical,semantic,andphonologicalproperitesofthewordsinlanguage,orbygroupingthemintoclassesonthebasisofformalsimilaritiesinPARTOFSPEECHintraditionalgrammar.要划分词类,更现实的方法是分析词在语言中的不同的语法特征,语义特征和音系特征,或者根据形态变化和分布方面的形式相似形来给词分组。在传统语法中词类partofspeech是封闭的。Particles、Auxiliaries、Pro-form、Determiners助词,助动词、代词形式、限定词3.2Theformationofword词的形成3.2.1MorphemeandMorphology语素和形态学Thesmallestcomponentsareknownasmorphemes.Buttheythemselvescannotfurtheranalyzed.最小的成分叫语素。但是语素本身不能再作进一步分析。Morpheme----isthesmallestunitoflanguageintermsofrelationshipbetweenexpressionandcontent,aunitthatcannotbedividedintofurthersmallerunitswithoutdestroyingordrasticallyalteringthemeaning,whetheritislexicalorgrammatical.(就表达和内容之间的关系看,语素是最小的语言单位,不能再进一步分成更小的单位而不破坏或彻底改变词汇一样或语法意义.)Morpheme:theminimalunitofmeaning,thebasicunitinthestudyofmorphology.词素是形态学研究的最基本的单位。Morphemeisthesmallestmeaning-bearingunitoflanguage.词素是单词的最小的有意义的组成部分。Theword”boxes”,forexample,hastwomorphemes:“box”and”-es”,neitherofwhichpermitsfurtherdivisionoranalysisifwedon’twishtosacrificemeaning.Therefore,amorphemeisconsideredtheminimalunitofmeaning.Morphology----istheimmediateconcernofabranchoflinguistics,whichstudiestheinternalstructureofwordsandtherulesbywhichwordsareformed.直接涉及语素研究的语言学分支叫做形态学,研究词的内部结构以及词的构造规则。Whatismorphology?什么是形态学?Morphologyisthebranchofgrammarthatstudiestheinternalstructureofwords,andtherulesbywhichwordsareformed.Itisgenerallydividedintotwofields:inflectionalmorphology,andlexical/derivationalmorphology.Inflectionalmorphologystudiestheinflectionsandlexical/derivationalmorphologystudiestheword-fromation.形态学是语法学的一个分支,研究单词的内部结构和构词规则。形态学有两个分支:曲折形态学和词汇或派生形态学。曲折形态学研究语法曲折和语法意义的形态学;派生形态学研究单词的构成和词义的表达。Whatdoesmorphologystudy?Theinternalstructureofwordsandtherulesthatgoverntheirformation.Thetwofields:Inflectionalmorphology曲折形态学:thestudyofinflectionsDerivationalmorphology:派生形态学thestudyofword-formation3.2.2Typesofmorphemesmorphemefree:freerootboundboundrootrootaffixinflectionalderivationalprefixsuffix1.freemorphemeandboundmorpheme自由语素和粘着语素\nMorphemescanbeclassifiedintotwotypesintermsoftheircapacityofoccuringalone.根据能否单独出现,可以将语素分为两类。freemorpheme(自由语素):-------Thosemorphemeswhichmayoccuralone,thatis,thosewhichmayconstituewordsbythemselves,arefreemorphemes(能单独出现,也就是能独自成词的,叫做自由语素.)Freemorphemes:morphemeswhichmayconstitutewordsbythemselvesboundmorpheme(粘着语素):-sindogs,-alinnational,anddis-ndisclose,cannotoccuralone.Theymustappearwithatleastanothermorpheme,andarecalledboundmorphemes.(dogs中的-s,national中的-al,disclose中的dis-不能单独出现,它们必须跟至少一个其他语素共现,这样的语素叫做粘着语素.)Boundmorphemes:morphemeswhichcannotbeusedbythemselves,butmustbecombinedwithothermorphemestoformwords.Whatisafreemorpheme?Whatisaboundmorpheme?A“freemorpheme”isamorphemethatconstitutesawordbyitself,suchas‘bed”,“tree”,etc.A“boundmorpheme”isonethatappearswithatleastanothermorpheme,suchas“-s”in“beds”,“-al”in“national”andsoon.Allmonomorphemicwordsarefreemorphemes.Thosepolymorphemicwordsareeithercompounds(combinationoftwoormorefreemorphemes)orderivatives(wordderivedfromfreemorphemes).2.root,affixandstem词根,词缀和词干(1)root(词根):thebasefromofawordthatcannotfurtherbeanalyzedwithouttotallossofidentity.Thatistosay,itisthatpartofthewordleftwhenalltheaffixesareremoved.(词根是词的基本形式,不能再作进一步的分析而完全不损失同一性。也就是说,去掉所有的词缀后,词所剩下的部分就是词根。Allwordscontainarootmorpheme.所有的词都包含一个词根语素。Arootisoftenseenaspartofaword;itcanneverstandbyitselfalthoughitbearsclear,definitemeaning;itmustbecombinedwithanotherrootoranaffixtoformaword.词根,粘着语素的一种,往往被看作是一个单词的一个部分。它本身有清楚,确定的意义,却不能被单独使用,而只能与另外一个词根结合在一起或与另外一个词缀结合在一起才能形成一个单词。(2)affix(词缀):thecollectivetermforthetypeofformativethatcanbeusedonlywhenaddedtoanothermorpheme(therootorstem).(词缀是一个构词成分的集合,它们只能附加于另一个语素词根或词干上.)Affixesarelimitedinnumberinalanguage,andaregenerallyclassifiedintothreesubtypes,namely,prefix,suffix,andinfix,dependingontheirpositionwithreferencetotherootorstemoftheword.语言中词缀的数量总是有限的,根据它们跟词根或词干的相对位置,一般可以把词缀分外三小类:前缀,后缀和中缀。Prefix前缀----prefixesmodifythemeaningofthestem,butusuallydonotchangethepartofspeechoftheoriginalword.dis-;un-;mis-para-;mini-;前缀通常改变原来单词的意义,但不改变其词性。Exception:be-;en-;em-;Addedtoadjectivesornounstheyturnthewordsintoverbs.Forexample:little----belittle;large---enlarge;rich---enrich;body---embodySuffix后缀:-----suffixesareaddedtotheendofstems;theymodifythemeaningoftheorginalwordandinmanycaseschangeitspartofspeech.-ly;-ness;-tion;-ise;后缀加在词干后面,通常改变原来词的\n意义,并且大所数情况下改变词性。Infix中缀:foot/feet;goose/geese;–oo-;-ee-;somelanguagesalsohaveinfixes,affixmorphemesthatareinsertedintorootorstemmorphemestodividethemintotwoparts.tatawa“apersonwhowilllaugh”tumatawa“apersonwhoislaughing”ngitad“dark”ngumitad“tobedark”Inthislanguage,theinfix–um-isinsertedafterthefirstconsonantofanounoradjective.(fikas-“strong”fumikas--“tobestrong”(3)Stem(词干):anymorphemeorcombinationofmorphemestowhichaninflectionalaffixcanbeadded.(词干是指能加上屈折词缀的语素或语素的组合.)astemistheexistingformtowhichaderivationalaffixcanbeadded.Astemcanbeaboundroot,afreemorpheme,oraderivedformitself.派生词缀可加在已存在的形式词上形成的一个新词,原来存在的形式词被称为词干。词干可以是粘着词根,自由词素和一个派生词。Whatisaroot?Whatisastem?Whatisanaffix?A“root”isthebaseformofawordthatcannotbefurtheranalyzedwithouttotallossofidentity.Inotherwords,a“root”isthatpartofthewordleftwhenalltheaffixesareremoved.“Internationalism”isafour-morphemederivativewhichkeepsitsfreemorpheme“nation”asitsrootwhen“inter-”,“-al”and“-ism”aretakenaway.A“stem”isanymorphemeorcombinationofmorphemestowhichanaffixcanbeadded.Itmaybethesameas,andinothercases,differentfrom,aroot.Forexample,intheword“friends”,“friend”isboththerootandthestem,butintheword“friendships”,“friendships”isitsstem,“friend”isitsroot.Somewords(i.e.,compounds)havemorethanoneroot,e.g.,“mailman”,“girlfriend”,ect.An“affix”isthecollectivetermforthetypeofformativethatcanbeused,onlywhenaddedtoanothermorpheme(therootorstem).Affixesarelimitedinnumberinalanguage,andaregenerallyclassifiedintothreesubtypes:prefix,suffixandinfix,e.g.,“mini-”,“un-”,ect.(prefix);“-ise”,“-tion”,ect.(suffix).3.Inflectionalaffixandderivationalaffix曲折词缀和派生词缀Inflection/inflexion(屈折变化):------themanifestationofgrammaticalrelationshipthroughtheadditionofinflectionalaffixes,suchasnumber,person,finiteness,aspectandcase,whichdonotchangethegrammaticalclassofthestemstowhichtheyareattached.(屈折变化是通过附加屈折词缀的语法关系的表现,如数,人称,有定性,体和格,屈折词缀不会改变所附加词语的语法类.)Inflectionalmorpheme:akindofboundmorphemeswhichmanifestvariousgrammaticalrelationsorgrammaticalcategoriessuchasnumber,tense,degreeandcase.E.g.workers,children;walking,walked;biggest;John’sderivation(派生词):------themanifestionofrelationbetweenstemsandaffixesthroughtheadditionofderivationalaffixes.Differentfromcompounds,derivationshowstherelationbetweenrootsandaffixes.(通过增加派生词素来表明词干与词缀关系的构词法。跟复合词不同,派生词则能表明词根和词缀之间的关系.)Derivationalmorpheme:akindofboundmorphemes,addedtoexistingformstocreatenewwords.Therearethreekindsaccordingtopositioninthenewwords,:prefix,suffixandinfix.\n3.2.3Inflectionandwordformation屈折变化和词的形成TherearetwofieldsMorphologyconcerns:形态学涉及两个领域:(1)thestudyofInflections(alsocalledinflectionalMorphology)研究屈折变化(2)thestudyofword-formation(oftenreferredtoaslexicalorderivationalmorphology)研究词的形成,常指词汇形态学或派生形态学1.Inflection屈折变化Whatisinflection/inflexion?“Inflection”isthemanifestationofgrammaticalrelationshipsthroughtheadditionofinflectionalaffixes,suchasnumber,person,finiteness,aspect,andcase,whichdoesnotchangethegrammaticalclassoftheitemstowhichtheyareattached.屈折变化是通过附加屈折词缀的语法关系的表现,如数,人称,有定性,体和格,屈折词汇不会改变所附加词语的语法类。2.wordformation词的形成Word–formation,initsrestrictedsense,referstothepropcessofwordvariationssignallinglexicalrelationships.Itcanbefurthersubclassifiedintothecompositionaltype(compond)andthederiationaltype(derivation).词的形成,从严格意义上讲,指词形变化的过程,这些词形变化是标志词项之间的关系的。这可以进一步分为复合类(复合词)和派生类(派生词)两种。A.Compond复合词Compond,onethewhole,referstothosewordsthatconsisitofmorethanonelexicalmorpheme,orthewaytojointwoseparatewordstoproduceasingleform.整体上说,复合词指那些由一个以上的词汇语素构成的词,或者由两个独立的词连接起来构成新的形式。Incompounds,thetwolexicalmorphemescanbeofdifferentwordclasses.复合词中,两个词汇语素可能是不同的词类。compound(复合词):polymorphemicwords(多语素词)whichconsistwhollyoffreemorphemes,sucaspaymaster,moonwalk,babysist,godfather,sunflower,classroom,blackboard,snowwhite,etc.(组成成分都是自由语素的多语素词.)B.Derivation派生词Derivationshowstherelationbetweenrootsandaffixes.派生词能表明词根和词缀之间的关系。3.2.4Thecounterpointofphonologyandmorphology音系学和形态学的对立1.morphemeandphoneme(p93-95)语素和音位Aphonemeisthesmallestunitofsound;amorphemeisthesmallestunitingrammar音位是语音中最小单位;语素是语法中的最小单位。Morphonology形态音系学;morphophonemics形态音位学Asinglephonememayrepresentasinglemorpheme,buttheyarenotidentical.单个的音位可以代表一个语素,但他们并不总是一致的。2.Morphemicstructureandphonologicalstructure语素结构和音位结构Morphemesmayalsoberepresentedbyphonologicalstrucutresotherthanasinglephoneme.语素也可以不用单个音位表示,而用音位结构表示。Thesyllabic(phonological)structureofawordanditsmorphemic(grammatical)structuredonotnecessarilycorrespond.一个词的音节(音位)结构和语素结构不一定是一致的。3.allomorph语素变体Amorphemeisalinguisticabstraction;itisaconcept.Itneedstoberepresentedincertainphonologicalandorthographicforms.Thoseformsarecalledmorphs.Inmorphemictranscription,morphemesintheabstractnotionareputbetweenbraceslikeAllomorph:Amorphememayhavealternateshapesorphoneticforms.Thevariantformsofthesame\nmorphemearecalleditsallomorphs.allomorph(语素变体):anyofthedifferentformofamorpheme.Forexample,inEnglishthepluralmorthemeisbutitispronounceddifferentlyindifferentenvironmentsas/s/incats,as/z/indogsandas/iz/inclasses.So/s/,/z/,and/iz/areallallomorphsofthepluralmorpheme.3.MorphophonologyorMorphophonemics形态音系学,又叫形态音位学Morphophonology(Morphonology)orMorphophonemics(Morphonemics)isabranchoflinguisticsreferingtotheanalysisandclassificationofthephonologicalfactorsthataffecttheappearanceofmorphemes,and,correspondingly,thegrammaticalfactorsthataffecttheappearanceofphonemes.Atanyrate,itstudiestheinterrelationshipsbetweenphonologyandmorphology.形态音系学或形态音位学,是语言学的一个分支,指对影响语素形式的音位要素的分析和分类,以及对影响音位形式的语法要素的分析和分类。总之,它是研究音系学和形态学之间的相互关系。a.Phonologicallyconditioned音位的限制Theformorshapeofmorphemesmaybeconditionedbyphonologicalfactors.语素的形式可能会受到音位要素的限制。.dissimilation(异化作用):theinfluenceexercisedbyonesoundsegmentuponthearticulationofanother,sothatthesoundsbecomelessalike,ordifferent.(指一个音段影响了另一个音段的清晰度,以致语音变得不太相似或不同.)b.Morphologicallyconditioned形态的限制Whatisamorpheme?Whatisanallomorph?The“morpheme”isthesmallestunitintermsofrelationshipbetweenexpressionandcontent,aunitwhichcannotbedividedwithoutdestroyingordrasticallyalteringthemeaning,whetheritislexicalorgrammatical.Theword“boxes”,forexample,hastwomorphemes:“box”and“-es”,neitherofwhichpermitsfurtherdivisionoranalysisifwedon’twishtosacrificemeaning.Thereforeamorphemeisconsideredtheminimalunitofmeaning.Allomorphs,likeallophonesvs.phones,arethealternateshapes(andthusphoneticforms)ofthesamemorphemes.Somemorphemes,though,havenomorethanoneinvariableforminallcontexts,suchas“dog”,“cat”,etc.Thevariantsoftheplurality“-s”maketheallomorphsthereofinthefollowingexamples:map-maps,mouse-mice,sheep-sheepetc.Whatislexicon?Whatisword?Whatislexeme?Whatisvocabulary?Lexicon?Word?Lexeme?Vocabulary?“Lexicon”,initsmostgeneralsense,issynonymouswithvocabulary.Initstechnicalsense,however,lexicondealswiththeanalysisandcreationofwords,idiomsandcollocations.“Word”isaunitofexpressionwhichhasuniversalintuitiverecognitionbynative-speakers,whetheritisexpressedinspokenorwrittenform.Thisdefinitionisperhapsalittlevagueastherearedifferentcriteriawithregardtoitsidentificationanddefinition.Itseemsthatitishard,evenimpossible,todefine“word”linguistically.Nonethelessitisuniversallyagreedthatthefollowingthreesensesareinvolvedinthedefinitionof“word”,noneofwhich,though,isexpectedtocopewithallthesituations:(1)aphysicallydefinableunit,e.g.[itiz‘w](phonological),“Itiswonder”(orthographic);(2)thecommonfactorunderlyingasetofforms(seewhatisthecommonfactorof“checks”,“checked”,“checking”,etc.);(3)agrammaticalunit(lookat(1)again;everywordplaysagrammaticalpartinthesentence).AccordingtoLeonardBloomfield,awordisaminimumfreeform(compare:asentenceisamaximumfreeform,accordingtoBloomfield).Thereareotherfactorsthatmayhelpusidentifywords:(1)stability(nogreatchangeoforthographicfeatures);(2)relativeuninterruptibility(wecanhardlyinsertanythingbetweentwopartsofawordorbetweentheletters).Tomakethecategoryclearerwecansubclassifywordsintoafewtypes:(1)variableandinvariablewords;(2)grammaticalandlexicalwords(e.g.to,in,etc.,andtable,chair,etc.By“lexicalwords”wemeanthewordsthatcarryasemanticcontent,e.g.,nouns,verbs,adjectivesandmanyadverbs;(3)closed-classandopen-classwords.Inordertoreducetheambiguityoftheterm“word”,theterm“lexeme”ispostulatedastheabstractunitwhichreferstothesmallestunitinthemeaningsystemofalanguagethatcanbedistinguishedfromothersmallerunits.Alexemecanoccurinmanydifferentformsinactualspokenorwrittentexts.Forexample,“write”isthelexemeofthefollowingwords:“write”,“write”,“wrote”,“writing”,and“written.”“Vocabulary”usually\nreferstoallwordsorlexicalitemsapersonhasacquiredabouttechnicalor/anduntechnicalthings.Soweencourageourstudentstoenlargetheirvocabulary.“vocabulary”isalsousedtomeanwordlistorglossary.Whatiscollocation?“Collocation”isatermusedinlexicologybysomelinguiststorefertothehabitualco-occurrencesofindividuallexicalitems.Forexample,wecan“read”a“book”;“correct”cannarrowlyoccurwith“book”whichissupposedtohavefaults,butnoonecan“read”a“mistake”becausewithregardtoco-occurrencethesetwowordsarenotcollocates.3.3Lexicalchange词汇变化3.3.1Lexicalchangeproper特有的词汇变化Majorwaystocreatenewwords:Compounding:aprocessofcombiningtwoormorewordsintoonelexicalunit.blackboardgodfatherbaby-sitcross-culturalDerivation:theprocessbywhichnewwordsareformedbytheadditionofaffixestotherootsorwords.e.g.finalizewidenhospitalizeclockwise(顺时针)Blending混成法:aprocessofforminganewwordbycombiningpartsofotherwords.blending(混成法):arelativelycomplexformofcompounding,inwhichtwowordsareblendedbyjoiningtheinitialpartofthefirstwordandthefinalpartofthesecondword,orbyjoiningtheinitialpartsofthetwowords.(混成法是一种相对复杂的混合形式,由两个单词混合而成,一般是一个单词的开头部分和第二个单词的最后部分连接起来,或者是把两个单词的开头部分连接起来.)transistor(transfer+resister)晶体管;smog(smoke+fog)烟雾;positron(positive+electron)正电子;boatel(boat+hotel)水上旅馆;brunch(breakfast+lunch)早午餐;smaze(smog+haze);telecast(television+broadcast)电视广播;motel(motor+hotel);cremains(cremated+remains)骨灰;telex(teleprinter+exchange)电报,电传打字机;modem(modulator+demodulator)调制解调器;anacom(analog+computer)分析计算机;digicom(digital+computer)数码计算机;insulac(insulating++lacquer)绝缘材料Fusion溶合法,混成法的一种,eg.Stample(trample+stampon);crackdown(crackup+breakdown)Abbreviation缩写词:ashortenedformofawordorphrasewhichrepresentsthecompleteform.e.g.TV(television)Dr(doctor)hr(hour)ft(footorfeet)clipping截断法:akindofabbreviationoflongerwordsorphrases。AnewwordiscreatedbyA.Cuttingthefinalpart(orwithaslightvariation)截掉后面的部分(或有些小的变化)memorandum---memoadvertisement---ad;bicycle----bike;professor—proffantic--fanB.Cuttingtheinitialpart删去开头的部分telephone---phone;omnibus—bus;helicopter—copter;aeroplane---planeC.Cuttingboththeinitialandfinalpartsaccordingly删去开头和结尾相应的部分e.g.electronicmail---e-mailhighfidelity---hi-fi;influenza—flu;refrigerator---fridgeAcronym缩略语:awordcreatedbycombiningtheinitiallettersofanumberofwords.acronym(缩略词):ismadeupformthefirstlettersofthenameofanorganization,whichhasaheavilymodifiedheadword.(缩略词是由组织机构名称的首字母构成的,而这个组织机构的名称有多重修饰语.)e.g.UNESCO联合国教科文组织;APECSarsCDlaserradar(radiodetectingandranging);WB世界银行Initialism:VOABBCWTOCIAEEC欧洲经济共同体;Back-formation逆构词法:aprocessbywhichnewwordsareformedbytakingawaythesuffixofanexistingword.back-formation(逆构词法):anabnormaltypeofword-formationwhereashorterwordisderivedby\ndeletinganimaginedaffixfromalongerformalreadyinthelanguage.(构词法中一种不规则的类型,即把一个语言中已经存在的较长单词删去想象中的词缀,由此造出一个较短的单词.)televise(fromtelevision)donate(fromdonation)enthuse(fromenthusiasm)Analogicalcreation类推构词Borrowing借词:thetakingoverofwordsfromotherlanguagesA.loanword(借词):aprocessinwhichbothformandmeaningareborrowedwithonlyaslightadaptation,insomecases,tothephonologicalsystemofthenewlanguagethattheyenter.(借词的形式和意义都是借用的,有时为了适应新语言的音位系统,可以有些细小的改变.)B..loanblend(混合借词):aprocessinwhichpartoftheformisnativeandpartisborrowed,butthemeaningisfullyborrowed.(指借词的一部分来自本国语,另一部分来自外来语,但是意义全都是借来的.)C.loanshift(转移借词):aprocessinwhichthemeaningisborrowed,buttheformisnative.(转移借词的意义是借用的,但是形式是来自本国语.)D.Loantranslation(翻译借词):aspecialtypeofborrowing,inwhicheachmorphemeorwordistranslatedintheequivalentmorphemeorwordinanotherlanguage.(翻译借词是一种特殊的借用,每个语素或单词都是从另一种语言中的语素或单词对等地翻译过来的.)Calque仿造词Coinage:theinventionofanewword3.3.2Phonologicalchange音位变化Changesinsoundsleadtochangesinform(1)vowelsoundchange:GreatVowelShiftinhistory(2)loss(脱落)----:thelossofsoundcanfirstretertothedisappearanceoftheverysoundasaphonemeinthephonologicalsystem.(语音脱落首先可以指音位系统中作为音位的某个语音的消失.)(3)soundaddition添加(4)metathesis换位(5)assimilation(同化作用):referstothechangeofasoundasaresultoftheinfluenceofanadjacentsound,whichismorespecificallycalled”contact”or”contiguous”assimilation.(指由于邻近语音的影响而产生的语音变化,更明确的叫法是”接触同化”或“邻近同化.”)3.3.3Morpho-syntacticalchange形态句法变化(1)Morphologicalchange形态变化(2)Syntacticalchange句法变化3.3.4Semanticchange语义变化ThechangeofmeaningofawordBroadening词义扩大Narrowing词义缩小Meaningshift词义转移:aprocessinwhichawordlosesitsformermeaningandacquiresanew,sometimesrelatedmeaning.Classshift(conversion变换)词性变换:zero-derivation零派生Elevationanddegradation.folketymology(俗词源):achangeinformofawordorphrase,resultingfromanincorrectpopularnotionoftheoriginormeaningofthetermorfromtheinfluenceofmorefamiliartermsmistakenlytakentobeanalogous.(指词或短语的形式由于对词源的错误而又普遍的解释或对词义的错误理解,或者\n由于受到更熟悉的词汇的影响而进行错误的类推,导致了新的意义的产生.)3.3.5Orthographicchange拼写的变化第五章第五章Chapter5Meaning意义Teachingaims:enablethestudentstohaveabetterunderstandingofsemanticsandwordingmeaning.Focalpoints:Leech’ssevenclassificationsofmeaning,semantictriangle,senserelationsbetweenwordsandsentencesTeachingdifficulties:senserelationsbetweensentences,differenttypesofantonymyTeachingprocedureThesubjectconcerningthestudyofmeaningiscalledsemantics.关注意义研究的学科.Inthischapter,wewillstudyanotherbranchoflinguistics-----semantics..AnIntroductionDefinition:Inlinguistics,itisthestudyofthemeaningoflinguisticunits,wordsandsentencesinparticular.语义学是对语言单位,尤其是词和句子的意义的研究。Itsgoalistorevealhowlanguageismatchedwiththeirpropermeaningsbythespeakersofthatlanguage.Semanticsisanoldandyoungbranch.DatingfromPlato,thestudyofmeaninghasalonghistory.Philosophers,psychologists,andsociologistsallclaimadeepinterestinthestudyofmeaning,althoughtheydifferintheirfocusofinterest.Philosophers:therelationbetweenlinguisticexpressionandwhattheyrefertointherealworldandevaluationofthetruthvalueofit.Psychologists:understandingtheworkingofhumanmindthroughlanguage.Soyoumanyfindseveralbooksbearingthetitle“semantics”buttalkingaboutdifferentthings.Herewejustfocusonlinguisticsemantics.Inlinguistics,comparedwithotherbrancheswehavediscussed,semanticsisveryyoungandnew.ThetermsemanticsisarecentadditiontotheEnglishlanguage.Ithasonlyahistoryofover100years.1893FrenchlinguistBrealcoined“semantique”1897Brealfirstuseitasthescienceofmeaning.1900itsEnglishversioncameout1980ssemanticsbegantobeintroducedintoChina“Cinderellaoflinguistics”(Kempson)OneofthemostfamousbooksonsemanticsisTheMeaningofMeaningpublishedin1923.Semantics----semanticsreferstothestudyofthecommunicationofmeaningthroughlanguage.Orsimply,semanticsisdefinedasthestudyofmeaning.语义学是研究语言意义的学科,它主要是对词义和句子两方面进行研究。5.1.Meaningsof“meaning”“意义”的意义P1581whatismeaning?Whatisthemeaningof“desk”?√Ididn'tmeantohurtyou.(intend)Lifewithoutfaithhasnomeaning.(value)ItwasJohnImeannotHarry(referto)√Thoughitisdifficulttodefine,“meaning”hasthefollowingmeaning:(1)anintrinsicproperty;(2)theconnotationofaword;(3)thewordsputafteradictionaryentry;(4)thepositionanobjectoccupiesina\nsystem;(5)whatthesymboluseractuallyrefersto;(6)whatthesymbolusershouldreferto;(7)whatthesymboluserbelievesheisreferringto;(8)whatthesymbolinterpreterrefersto;(9)whatthesymbolinterpreterbelievesitrefersto;(10)whatthesymbolinterpreterbelievestheuserrefersto…linguistsarguedabout“meaningofmeaning”fiercelyintheresultof“realism”,“conceptualism/mentalism”,“mechanism”,“contextualism”,“behaviorism”,“functionalism”,etc.Mentionoughttobemadeofthe“SemanticTriangleTheory”ofOgden&Richards.Weuseawordandthelistenerknowswhatitreferstobecause,accordingtothetheory,theyhaveacquiredthesameconcept/referenceofthewordusedandoftheobject/referent.2.Whatarethemajorviewsconcerningthestudyofmeaning?(1)Thenamingtheory命名论----oneoftheoldestnotionsconverningmeaning,andalsoaveryprimitiveone,wasthenamingtheoryproposedbytheancientGreekscholarPlato.Accordingtothistheory,thelinguisticformsorsymbols,inotherwords,thewordsusedinalanguagearetakentobelabelsoftheobjectstheystandfor.Sowordsarejustnamesorlabelforthings.命名论是最原始的语义理论,该理论是把词看作所指事物的名称。Thelimitationsofthenamingtheory:a.firstofall,thenamingtheoryseemsappliabletonounsonly.Nounscanbeconsideredasnamesorlabels,butverbs,adjectives,andadverbs,suchas“think”“hard”“slowly”aredefinitelynotlabelsofobjects.b.Besides,withinthecategoryofnouns,therearenounswhichdenotethingsthatdonotexistintherealworldatallsuchas“ghost”“dragon”“unicorn”andalsonounsthatdonotdenoteconcretethings,butabstractnotionssuchas“joy”“impulse”.命名论只能适用于名词,对于动词、形容词、副词就无法解释了。即使是在爱名词范围内也无法解释世界上本不存在的东西,例如“ghost”“dragon”“unicorn”之类和一些抽象的概念,例如“高兴joy”“冲动impulse”等。(2)theconceptualistview意念论------Theconceptualistviewholdsthatthereisnodirectlinkbetweenalinguisticformandwhatitrefersto(i.e.,betweenlanguageandtherealworld);rather,intheinterpretationofmeaningtheyarelinkedthroughthemediationofconceptsinthemind.意念论认为词汇与该词汇所指的事物之间的关系不是直接的,而是间接的,是靠人脑中的意念来连接的。词汇是通过意念来指称事物,意念便是词汇的意义。TheconceptualistviewisbestillustratedbytheclassicsenmantictriangleortriangleofsignificancesuggestedbyOdgenandRichards.意念论可由著名的语义三角形来表述。语义三角形是论述和解释语义现象的一种经典理论。SemantictriangleProposedbyOgden&Richardsintheir“TheMeaningofMeaning”.Theysawtherelationshipbetweenthewordandthethingitreferstoisnotdirect.It’smediatedbyconcept.thoughtorreferencesymbolreferentInthisdiagram,thesymbolorformreferstolinguisticelements(words,phrases),thereferentreferstothethingsintherealworld,andthoughtorreferencerefersto“concept”.\ne.g.Thedogovertherelooksunfriendly.Theword“dog”isdirectlyassociatedwithacertainconceptinourmind,i.e.whata“dog”islike,butitisnotdirectlylinkedtothereferent(theparticulardog)inthisparticularcase.Thus,thesymbolofawordsignifiesthingbyvirtueoftheconceptassociatedwiththeformofthewordinthemindofthespeakerofalanguage,andtheconceptlookedatfromthispointofviewisthemeaningoftheword.OgdenandRichardspresentedtheclassic“SemanticTriangle”asmanifestedinthefollowingdiagram,inwhichthe“symbol”or“form”referstothelinguisticelements(word,sentence,etc.),the“referent”referstotheobjectintheworldofexperience,and“thought”or“reference”referstoconceptornotion.Thus,thesymbolawordsignifies“things”byvirtueofthe“concept”,associatedwiththeformofthewordinthemindofthespeakerofthelanguage.The“concept”thusconsideredismeaningoftheword.语义三角形最大的问题在于词语与所指事物没有必然的联系。同一个事物可能或者可以用不同的词来表示。(3)contextualism语境论Whatiscontextualism?“Contextualism”isbasedonthepresumptionthatonecanderivemeaningfrom,orreduceitto,observablecontext:the“situationalcontext”andthe“linguisticcontext”.语境论认为语言的意义离不开使用语言的语境,语义存在与语境之中。语义不是抽象的,它是由语境所决定的。Everyutteranceoccursinaparticularspatial-temporalsituation,asthefollowingfactorsarerelatedtothesituationalcontext:它的前提是假设人们可以从语境中推知词义的意义,四个核心因素:(1)thespeakerandthehearer;讲话人和听话人(2)theactionstheyareperformingatthetime;当时双方在做的事情(3)variousexternalobjectsandevents;其他外在的事件或事物(4)deicticfeatures.指示成分(语境中的代词)The“linguisticcontext”isanotheraspectofcontextualism.Itconsiderstheprobabilityofoneword’sco-occurrenceorcollocationwithanother,whichformspartofthemeaning,andanimportantfactorincommunication.Foxexample:themeaningoftheword“black”differinthetwocollocationof“blackhair”and“blackcoffee”(4)Behaviorism行为主义论ThebehaviorismviewisillustratedbyBloomfield.Behaviorismreferstotheattmpttodefinethemeaningofalanguageformasthe“situationinwhichthespeakeruttersitandtheresponseitcallsforthinthehearer”.Behaviorismsomewhatclsoetocontextualismemphasizesonthepsychologicalresponse.行为主义论和语境论的相似之处,行为主义论也把语义放到语境中去研究,但它更注重人的心理活动,认为语言的意义存在于语言使用者在交际过程中对所接受的话语的反应。3.Howmanykindsofmeaningdidlinguistsfindandstudy?C.C.Fries(1952)makesatraditionaldistinctionbetweenlexicalmeaningandstructuralmeaning.Theformerisexpressedbythose“meaningful”partsofspeech,suchasnouns,verbs,adjectives,andadverbs,andisgiveninthedictionaryassociatedwithgrammar.Thelatterexpressesthedistinctionbetweenthesubjectandtheobjectofasentence,oppositionsofdefiniteness,tensethenumber,andthedifferencebetweenstatements,questionsandrequests.Inaword,“thetotallinguisticmeaningof\nanyutteranceconsistsofthelexicalmeaningoftheseparatewordsplussuchstructuralmeaning…”G.Leech(1981)categorizessevenkindsofmeaning,fiveofwhicharebroughtunderthe“associativemeaning”.Differentfromthetraditionalandthefunctionalapproach,F.R.Palmer(1981)andJ.Lyons(1977)suggestwedrawadistinctionbetweensentencemeaningandutterancemeaning,theformerbeingdirectlypredictablefromthegrammaticalandlexicalfeaturesofthesentence,whilethelatterincludesallthevarioustypesofmeaningnotnecessarilyassociatedthereto.4.G.Leechrecognizesseventypesofmeaninginhis<查看更多