语言学名词解释2文档格式.docx

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4.Pragmatics:

Thestudyofmeaningincontextofuseiscalledpragmatics.

5.Psycholinguistics:

Thestudyoflanguagewithreferencetotheworkingsofmindiscalledpsycholinguistics.

6.Language:

Larguageisasystemofarbitraryvocalsymbolsusedforhumancommunication.

7.Phonetics:

Thestudyofsoundswhichareusedinlinguisticcommunicationiscalledphonetics.

8.Morphology:

Thestudyofthewayinwhichmorphemesarearrangedtoformwordsiscalledmorphology.

9.Semantics:

Thestudyofmeaninginlanguageiscalledsemantics.

10.Sociolinguistics:

Thestudyoflanguagewithreferencetosocietyiscalledsociolinguistics.

11.Appliedlinguistics:

Inanarrowsense,appliedlinguisticsreferstotheapplicationoflinguisticprinciplesandtheoriestolanguageteachingandlearning,especiallytheteachingofforeignandsecondlanguages.Inabroadsense,itreferstotheapplicationoflinguisticfindingstothesolutionofpracticalproblemssuchastherecoveryofspeechability.

12.Arbitrariness:

Itisoneofthedesignfeaturesoflanguage.Itmeansthatthereisnologicalconnectionbetweenmeaningsandsounds

13.Productivity:

Languageisproductiveorcreativeinthatitmakespossibletheconstructionandinterpretationofnewsignalsbyitsusers.

14.Displacement:

Displacementmeansthatlanguagecanbeusedtorefertothingswhicharepresentornotpresent,realorimaginedmattersinthepast,present,orfuture,orinfar-awayplaces.Inotherwords,languagecanbeusedtorefertocontextsremovedfromtheimmediatesituationsofthespeaker

15.Duality:

Thedualitynatureoflanguagemeansthatlanguageisasystem,whichconsistsoftwosetsofstructure,ortwolevels,oneofsoundsandtheotherofmeanings.

16.Designfeatures:

Designfeaturesrefertothedefiningpropertiesofhumanlanguagethatdistinguishitfromanyanimalsystemofcommunication

17.Competence:

Chomskydefinescompetenceastheidealuser'

sknowledgeoftherulesofhislanguage,

18.Performance:

performanceistheactualrealizationoftheknowledgeoftherulesinlinguisticcommunication.

19.Langue:

Languereferstotheabstractlinguisticsystemsharedbyallthemembersofaspeechcommunity;

Langueisthesetofconventionsandruleswhichlanguageusersallhavetofollow;

Langueisrelativelystable,itdoesnotchangefrequently

20.Parole:

Parolereferstotherealizationoflangueinactualuse;

paroleistheconcreteuseoftheconventionsandtheapplicationoftherules;

parolevariesfrompersontoperson,andfromsituationtosituation.45.phonology:

Phonologystudiesthesystemofsoundsofaparticularlanguage;

itaimstodiscoverhowspeechsoundsinalanguageformpatternsandhowthesesoundsareusedtoconveymeaninginlinguisticcommunication.

21.phoneme:

Thebasicunitinphonologyiscalledphoneme;

itisaunitofdistinctivevalue.Butitisanabstractunit.Tobeexact,aphonemeisnotasound;

itisacollectionofdistinctivephoneticfeatures.

22.allophone:

Thedifferentphoneswhichcanrepresentaphonemeindifferentphoneticenvironmentsarecalledtheallophonesofthatphoneme.

23.internationalphoneticalphabet:

Itisastandardizedandinternationallyacceptedsystemofphonetictranscription.

24.intonation:

Whenpitch,stressandsoundlengtharetiedtothesentenceratherthanthewordinisolation,theyarecollectivelyknownasintonation.

25.phonetics:

Phoneticsisdefinedasthestudyofthephonicmediumoflanguage;

itisconcernedwithallthesoundsthatoccurintheworld1slanguages

26.auditoryphonetics:

Itstudiesthespeechsoundsfromthehearer'

spointofview.Itstudieshowthesoundsareperceivedbythehear-er.

27.acousticphonetics:

Itstudiesthespeechsoundsbylookingatthesoundwaves.Itstudiesthephysicalmeansbywhichspeechsoundsaretransmittedthroughtheairfromonepersontoanother.

528.phone:

Phonescanbesimplydefinedasthespeechsoundsweusewhenspeakingalanguage.Aphoneisaphoneticunitorsegment.Itdoesnotnecessarilydistinguishmeaning.

529.phonemiccontrast:

Phonemiccontrastreferstotherelationbetweentwophonemes.Iftwophonemescanoccurinthesameenvironmentanddistinguishmeaning,theyareinphonemiccontrast.

30.tone:

Tonesarepitchvariations,whicharecausedbythedifferingratesofvibrationofthevocalcords.

31.minimalpair:

Whentwodifferentformsareidenticalineverywayexceptforonesoundsegmentwhichoccursinthesameplaceinthestrings,thetwowordsaresaidtoformaminimalpair.

33.Morph