由刘润清和文旭编著的《新编语言学教程》以《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》为基本依据，参考借鉴大量国内外同类教材，具有以下主要特点：内容丰富，重点突出。涵盖语言学领域的核心内容；反映当代语富学的最新理论和研究成果；注重可操作性，讲练结合，便于教授和学习；语言简明生动，深入浅出，富有启发性。

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

 1.1 Linguistics

1.1.1 Definition of linguistics

1.1.2 Linguistics versus traditional grammar

1.1.3 Use of studying linguistics

1.1.4 Scope of linguistics

 1.2 Language

1.2.1 Definition of language

1.2.2 Origin of language

1.2.3 Design features of language

1.2.4 Functions of language

 1.3 Some Major Concepts in Linguistics

1.3.1 Descriptive and prescriptive grammars

1.3.2 Synchronic and diachronic linguistics

1.3.3 Langue and parole

1.3.4 Competence and performance

1.3.5 Syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations

1.3.6 Functionalism and formalism

 Exercises and Discussion Questions

 Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading

 Supplementary Readings

Chapter 2 The Sounds of Language

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Phonetics

2.2.1 Articulators and their functions

2.2.2 Voiced and voiceless sounds

2.2.3 Nasal and oral sounds

2.2.4 Classification of English speech sounds

 2.2.4.1 English consonants

 2.2.4.2 English vowels

2.2.5 Variations of sounds

 2.2.5.1 Liaison

 2.2.5.2 Elision and assimilation

 2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 Phonemes: the phonological units of language

2.3.2 Minimal pairs and sets

2.3.3 Free variation

2.3.4 Distinctive features

2.3.5 Syllables and consonant clusters

2.3.6 Suprasemental features

 2.3.6.1 Stress

 2.3.6.2 Intonation

 Exercises and Discussion Questions

 Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading

 Supplementary Readings

Chapter 3 Morphology

 3.1 Introduction

 3.2 Morphemes

3.2.1 Free morphemes

3.2.2 Bound morphemes

 3.3 Morphs and AIIomorphs

 3.4 Types of Word Formation

3.4.1 Compounding

3.4.2 Derivation

3.4.3 Other ways of word formation

 3.4.3.1 Conversion

 3.4.3.2 Backformation

 3.4.3.3 Clipping

 3.4.3.4 Blending

 3.4.3.5 Acronym

 3.4.3.6 Initialism

 Exercises and Discussion Questions

 Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading

 Supplementary Readings

Chapter 4 Syntax

 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 Word classes

 4.3 The Prescriptive Approach

 4.4 The Descriptive Approach

4.4.1 Structural analysis

4.4.2 Immediate constituent analysis

 4.5 Constituent Structure Grammar

 4.6 Transformational Grammar

 4.7 Systemic Functional Grammar

 Exercises and Discussion Questions

 Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading

 Supplementary Readings

Chapter 5 Semantics

 5.1 Definition of Semantics

 5.2 Approaches to Meaning

5.2.1 Meaning as naming

5.2.2 Meaning as concept

5.2.3 Meaning as behavior

5.2.4 Meaning as context

5.2.5 Meaning as truth conditions

 5.3 Word Meaning

5.3.1 Sense and reference

5.3.2 Seven types of meaning

 5.3.2.1 Conceptual meaning

 5.3.2.2 Connotative meaning

 5.3.2.3 Social meaning

 5.3.2.4 Affective meaning

 5.3.2.5 Reflective meaning

 5.3.2.6 Collocative meaning

 5.3.2.7 Thematic meaning

5.3.3 Semantic fields

5.3.4 Componential analysis

5.3.5 Semantic relationships between words

 5.3.5.1 Homonymy

 5.3.5.2 Polysemy

 5.3.5.3 Homophony

 5.3.5.4 Synonymy

 5.3.5.5 Antonymy

 5.3.5.6 Hyponymy

 5.3.5.7 Meronymy

 5.4 Sentence Meaning

5.4.1 Sentence and proposition

5.4.2 Semantic roles

5.4.3 Semantic relationships between sentences

 5.4.3.1 Entailment

 5.4.3.2 Presupposition

 5.4.3.3 Synonymy

 5.4.3.4 Inconsistency

 5.4.3.5 Implicature

 Exercises and Discussion Questions

 Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading

 Supplementary Readings

Chapter 6 Pragmatics

 6.1 Introduction

 6.2 Micropragmatics

6.2.1 Reference

6.2.2 Deixis

6.2.3 Anaphora

6.2.4 Presupposition

 6.3 Macropragmatics

6.3.1 Speech act theory

 6.3.1.1 Illocutionary acts

 6.3.1.2 Classification of illocutionary acts

 6.3.1.3 Indirect speech acts

6.3.2 The Cooperative Principle

 6.3.2.1 The Cooperative Principle and its maxims

 6.3.2.2 Conversational implicatures

6.3.3 The Politeness Principle

 Exercises and Discussion Questions

 Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading

 Supplementary Readings

Chapter 7 Discourse Analysis

 7.1 Discourse and Discourse Analysis

 7.2 Information Structure

7.2.1 Given and new information

7.2.2 Topic and comment

7.2.3 Contrast

 7.3 Cohesion and Coherence

7.3.1 Cohesion

 7.3.1.1 Reference

 7.3.1.2 Substitution

 7.3.1.3 Ellipsis

 7.3.1.4 Conjunction

 7.3.1.5 Lexical cohesion

7.3.2 Coherence

 7.4 Discourse Markers

 7.5 Conversational Analysis

7.5.1 Adjacency pairs

7.5.2 Preference structure

7.5.3 Presequences

 7.6 Critical Discourse Analysis

 Exercises and Discussion Questions

 Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading

 Supplementary Readings

Chapter 8 Sociolinguistics

 8.1 Introduction

 8.2 Language Varieties

8.2.1 Standard language

8.2.2 Dialects

8.2.3 Registers

8.2.4 Pidgins and creoles

8.2.5 Language planning

 8.3 Choosing a Code

8.3.1 Diglossia

8.3.2 Bilingualism and multilingualism

8.3.3 Code-switching

 8.4 Linguistic Taboos and Euphemisms

 8.5 Language and Gender

 Exercises and Discussion Questions

 Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading

 Supplementary Readings

Chapter 9 Psycholinguistics

 9.1 Introduction

 9.2 Language Acquisition

 9.3 Language Production

9.3.1 Conceptualization

9.3.2 Formulation

9.3.3 Articulation

9.3.4 Self-regulation

 9.4 Language Comprehension

9.4.1 Sound comprehension

9.4.2 Word comprehension

9.4.3 Sentence comprehension

9.4.4 Text comprehension

 9.5 Language and Thought

9.5.1 Language determines thought

9.5.2 Thought determines language

 Exercises and Discussion Questions

 Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading

 Supplementary Readings

Chapter 10 Cognitive Linguistics

 10.1 Introduction

 10.2 Categorization and Categories

10.2.1 The classical theory

10.2.2 Prototype theory

10.2.3 Levels of categorization

 10.3 Conceptual Metaphor and Metonymy

10.3.1 Conceptual metaphor

10.3.2 Conceptual metonymy

 10.4 Iconicity

10.4.1 Iconicity of order

10.4.2 Iconicity of distance

10.4.3 Iconicity of complexity

 10.5 Grammaticalization

 Exercises and Discussion Questions

 Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading

 Supplementary Readings

Chapter 11 Language Acquisition

 11.1 First Language Acquisition

11.1.1 The behaviorist approach

11.1.2 The innateness approach

11.1.3 Stages of acquiring the first language

 11.2 Second Language Acquisition

11.2.1 Contrastive analysis

11.2.2 Error analysis

11.2.3 Interlanguage

 11.3 Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition

11.3.1 Language aptitude

11.3.2 Cognitive style: field dependence and field independence

11.3.3 Personality traits

11.3.4 Learning strategies

 11.4 Instruction and L2 Acquisition

11.4.1 Form-focused instruction

11.4.2 Learner-instruction matching

11.4.3 Strategy training

 Exercises and Discussion Questions

 Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading

 Supplementary Readings

Chapter 12 Applied Linguistics

 12.1 Introduction

 12.2 Language Teaching

12.2.1 The grammar-translation method

12.2.2 The direct method

12.2.3 The audiolingual method

12.2.4 Situational language teaching

12.2.5 Functional language teaching

12.2.6 Communicative language teaching

12.2.7 Other approaches

 12.3 Testing

12.3.1 The main types of language tests

12.3.2 Principles of language testing

 12.4 Summary

 Exercises and Discussion Questions

 Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading

 Supplementary Readings

Glossary

Index