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现代语言学名词解释
现代语言学名词解释
现代语言学名词解释
现代语言学
一绪论
1Linguisitics:
Linguisticsisgenerallydefinedasthescienticstudyoflanguage
2Phonetics:
Thestudyofsoundswhichareusedinlinguisticscommunicationiscalledphonetics.Forexample,vowelsandconsonants
3Phonology”:
Thestudyofhowsoundsareputtogetherandusedincommunicationiscalledphonology.Forexample,phone,phoneme,andallophone.
4Morphology:
Thestudyofthewayinwhichmorphemesarearrangedtoformwordsiscalledmorphology.Forexample,boyand“ish”---boyish,teach---teacher.
5Syntax:
Thestudyofhowmorphemesandwordsarecombinedtoformsentencesiscalledsyntax.Foresample,”Johnlikelinguistics.”
6Semantics:
Thestudyofmeaninginlanguageiscalledsemantics.Forexample,:
Thesealcouldnotbefound.Thezookeeperbecameworried.”Thesealcouldnotbefound,Thekingbecameworried.”Herethewordsealmeansdifferentthings.
7Pragmatics:
Thestudyofmeaningincontextofuseiscalledpragmatics.Forexample,“Ido”Theworddomeansdifferentcontext.
8Sociolinguistics:
Thestudyoflanguagewithreferencetosocietyiscalledsociolinguistics.Forexample,regionaldialects,socialvariationinlanguage.
9Psycholinguistics:
Thestudyof languagewithreferencetoworkingsofmindiscalledpsycholinguistics.
二音系学
1Phonetics:
Thestudyofsoundsthatareusedinlinguisticcommunicationiscalledphonetics.
2Phonology:
Thestudyofhowsoundsareputtogetherandusedincommunicationiscalledphonology.
3Phone:
Phonecanbesimplydefinedasthespeechsoundsweusewhenspeakingalanguage.Aphoneisaphoneticunitorsegement.Itdoesnotnecessarilydistinguishmeaning;somedo,somedon’t.
4Phoneme:
Phonologyisconcernedwiththespeechsoundswhichdistinguishmeaning.Thebasicunitinphonologyiscalledphoneme;itisaunitthatisofdistinctivevalue.
5allophone:
Thedifferentphoneswhichcanrepresentaphonemeindifferentphoneticenvironmentarecalledtheallophonesofthatphoneme.
6Complementarydistribution:
Thesetwoallophonesofthesamephonemearesaidtobeincompkenebtarydistribution.
7Minimalpair:
Whentwodifferentformsareidenticalineverywayexceptforonesoundsegementwhichoccursinthesameplaceinthestings,thetwowordsaresaidtoformaminimalpair.
8Stress:
Whenacertainsyllableofawordisstressed,itmeansthatthesyllableisprouncedwithgreatforcethantheotherorothers.
9tones:
Tonesarepitchvariation,whicharecausedbythedifferentratesofvibrationofthevocalcords.Pitchvariationscandistinguishmeaningjustlikephoneme;therefore,thetoneisasuprasegementalfeature.
10intonation:
Whenpitch,stressandsoundlengtharetiedtothesentenceratherthanthewordinisolation,theyarecollectivelyknownasintonation.Intonationplaysanimportantroleinconveyingmeaninginalmosteverylanguage,especiallyinalanguagelikeEnglish
三形态学
1morphology:
Morphologyisabranchofgrammerwhichstudiestheinternalstructureofwordsandtherulesbywhichwordsareformed.
2inflectionalmorphology:
Inflectionalmorphologystudiestheinflectionsofword-formation.
3derivationalmorphology:
Derivationalmorphologyisthestudyofword-formation.
4morpheme:
Morphemeisthesmallestmeaningfulunitoflanguage.
5freemorpheme:
Freemorphemearethemorphemeswhichareindependentunitsofmeaningandcanbeusedfreelyallbythemselcesorincombinationwithothermorphemes.
6boundmorpheme:
Boundmorphemesarethemorphemeswhichcannotbeusedindependentlybuthavetobecombinedwithothermorphemes,eitherfreeorbound,toformaword.
7root:
Arootisoftenseenaspartofaword;itcanneverstandbyitselfalthoughitbearsclear,definitemeaning;itmustbecombinedwithanotherrootoranaffixtoformaword.
8affix:
Affixesareoftwotypes:
inflectionalandderivational.
9prefix:
Prefixoccuratthebeginningofaword.
10suffix:
Suffixesareaddedtotheendofthestems;theymodifythemeaningoftheoriginalwordandinmanycaseschangeitspartofspeech.
11derivation:
Derivationaffixesareaddedtoanexistingformtocreataword.Derivationcanbeviewedastheaddingofaffixestostemtoformneswords.
12compounding:
Likederivation,compoundingisanotherpopularandimportantwayofformingnewwordsinEnglish.Compoundingcanbeviewedasthecombinationoftwoorsometimesmorethantwowordstocreatnewwords.
四句法学
1linguisticcompetence:
Comskydefinescompetenceastheidealuser’sknowledgeoftherulesofhislanguage,andperformancetheactualrealizationofthisknowledgeinlinguisticcommunication.
2sentence:
Asentenceisastructurallyindependentunitthatusuallycomprisesanumberofwordstoformacompletestatementquestionorcommand.
3transformationrules:
Syntacticmovementisgovernedbytransformationalrules.Theoperationofthetransformationalrulesmaychangethesyntacticrepresentationofasentence.
4D-structure:
Asentencemayhavetwolevelsofsyntacticrepresentation.Oneexistsbeforemovementtakeplace,theotheroccursaftermovementtakeplace.Informallinguisticexploration,thesetwosyntacticrepresentationarecommonlytermedasD-structure.
5Moveа:
Justasthereisageneralruleforallphrasestructurerules,i,e.theX-barschema,thereisageneralmovementruleaccountingforthesyntacticbehaviorofanyconstituentmovement.ThismovementruleiscalledMoveа
五语义学
1semantics:
Semanticscanbesimplydefinedasthestudyofmeaninginlanguage.
2sense:
Senseisconcernedwiththeinherentmeaningofthelinguisticform.Itisthecollectionofallthefeaturesofthelinguisticform;itisabstractanddecontextualized.
3reference:
Referencemeanswhatalinguisticformreferstointhereal,physicalworld;itdealswiththerelationshipbetweenthelinguistic elementandthenon-linguisticworldofexperience.
4synonymy:
Synonymyreferstothesamenessorclosesimilarityofmeaning.Wordsthatarecloseinmeaningarecalledsynonymy.
5polysemy:
Polysemyreferstothefactthatthesameonewordmayhavemorethanonemeaning.Awordhavingmorethanonemeaningiscalledapolysemicword.
6antonymy:
Antonymyreferstotheoppositenessofmeaning.Wordsthatareoppositeinmeaningarecalledantonyms.
7homonymy:
Homonymyreferstothephenomenonthatwordshavingdifferentmeaningshavethesameform,i.e.differentwordsareidenticalinsoundorspelling,orinboth.
8hyponymy:
Hyponymyreferstothesenserelationbetweenamoregeneral,moreinclusivewordandamorespecificword.
9componentialanalysis:
Componentialanalysisisawaytoanalyzewprdmeaning.Itwasproposedbystructuralsemanticists.
10grammaticalmeaning:
Thegrammaticalmeaningofasentencereferstoitsgrammaticality,i.e.itsgrammaticalwell-formedness.Thegrammaticalityofasentenceisgovernedbythegrammaticalrulesofthelanguage.
11semanticmeaning:
Thesemanticmeaningofasentenceisgovernedbyrulescalledselectionalrestrictions.
12predication:
Insemanticanalysisofasentence,thebasicunitiscalledpredication.Thepredicationistheabstractionofthemeaningofasentence.
七历史语言学
1historicallinguistics:
Historicallinguisticsisthesubfieldoflinguisticsthatstudieslanguagechange.
2apocope:
Anotherwell-documentedsoundlossisthedeletionofaword-finalvowelsegement,aphenomenoncalledapocope.
3epenthesis:
Achangethatinvolvestheinsertionofaconsonantorvowelsoundtothemiddleofawordisknownasepenthesis.
4metathesis:
Soundchangeasaresultofsoundmovementisknownasmetathesis.
5compounding:
Compoundingisaprocessofcombiningtwoormorewordsintoonelexicalunit.
6derivation:
Derivationreferstotheprocessbywhichnewwordsareformedbytheadditionofaffixestotheroots.
7blending:
Blendingisaprocessofforminganewwordbycombiningpartsofotherwords.
8back-formation:
Back-formationisaprocessbywhichnewwordsareformedbytakingawaythesuffixofanexistingword.
9semanticbroadening:
Semanticbroadeningreferstotheprocessinwhichthemeaningofawordbecomesgeneralorinclusivethanitshistoricallyearlierdenotation..
10semanticnarrowing:
Semanticnarrowingisaprocessinwhichthemeaningofawordbecomeslessgeneralorinclusivethanitshistoricallyearliermeaning.
11semanticshift:
Semanticshiftisaprocessofsemanticchangeinwhichawordlosesitsformermeaningandacquireanew,sometimesrelated,meaning.
12protolanguage:
Itreferstoafamilyofalanguage.
13soundshift:
Itreferstothesystematicmodificationofaseriesofphonemes.
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八社会语言学
1sociolinguistics:
Sociolinguisticsisthestudyoflanguageinsocialcontext.
2speechcommunity:
Aspeechcommunityisthusdefinedasagroupofpeoplewhoformacommunityandsharethesamelanguageoraparticularvarietyoflanguage.
3speechvariety:
Speechvariety,alsoknownaslanguagevariety,refers toanydistinguishableformofspeechusedbyaspeakerorgroupofspeakers.
4languageplanning:
Onewayoutofthecommunicationdilemmaislanguagestandardizationknownaslanguageplanning.Thismeansthatcertainauthorities,suchasthegovernmentorgovernmentagencyofacountry,chooseaparticularspeechvarietyandspreadtheuseofit,includingitspronunciationandspellingsystem,acrossregionalboundaries.
5idiolect:
Suchapersonaldialectisreferedtoasidiolect.
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