第一章 Language and Linguistics

知识点一 The multifaceted nature of language

知识点二 Features of language

知识点三 Functions of language

知识点四 Types of language

知识点五 The evolution of language

知识点六 Linguistics: the scientific study of language

第二章 Phonetics:The Study of Speech Sounds

知识点一 The study of speech sounds

知识点二 The sound-producing mechanism

知识点三 Transcription of speech sounds

知识点四 Description of speech sounds

知识点五 Description of English vowels

知识点六 Phonetic features and natural classes

第三章 Phonology: The Study of Sound Systems And Patterns

知识点一 Phonology, phonemes and allophones

知识点二 Contrastive distribution – phonemes

知识点三 Distinctive features and phonological rules

知识点四 Syllable structure and sequence of phonemes

知识点五 Suprasegmental features

第四章 The Structure of Word Structure

知识点一 Morphology and Morphemes

知识点二 Root, base and stem

知识点三 Classification of morphemes

知识点四 Formation of English words

第五章 Syntax(上）

知识点一 Grammaticality

知识点二 Knowledge of sentence structure

知识点三 Different approaches to syntax

第五章 Syntax(下）

知识点一 Transformational-generative (TG) grammar

知识点二 Systemic-functional grammar

第六章 Semantics(上）

知识点一 The study of meaning

知识点二 Reference and sense

知识点三 Classification of lexical meanings

知识点四 Lexical sense relations

第六章 Semantics(下）

知识点一 Describe lexical meaning: Componential analysis

知识点二 Words and concepts

知识点三 Semantic relations of sentences

知识点四 Metaphors

知识点五 Metonymy

第七章 Pragmatics（上）

知识点一 Pragmatics: an overview

知识点二 Deixis and reference

知识点三 Speech acts

知识点四 Pragmatic presupposition

第七章 Pragmatics（下）

知识点一 Cooperation and implicature

知识点二 The politeness principle (PP)

知识点三 Hedges

知识点四 The principle of relevance (RP)

知识点五 Conversational structure

第八章 Text analysis

知识点一 Discourse and text

知识点二 Cohesion and coherence

知识点三 Cohesive chains and discourse makers

知识点四 Clause relations, basic textual patterns and genre

第九章 Language in Society

知识点一 Sociolinguistic study of language

知识点二 Varieties of language

知识点三 Grades of formality

知识点四 Language in contact

知识点五 Taboos, euphemisms and communicative competence

第十章 Language and culture

知识点一 What is culture?

知识点二 Characteristics of culture

知识点三 How is language related to culture?

知识点四 Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

知识点五 The ethnography of communication

第十一章 Second Language Acquisition(SLA)

知识点一 What is second language acquisition?

知识点二 Factors affecting SLA

知识点三 Analyzing of learners’ language

知识点四 Explaining second language acquisition

知识点五 The role of output in SLA

第十二章 Linguistics and Foregin Language Teaching(FLT)

知识点一 Foreign language teaching as a system

知识点二 Contribution of linguistics: applications and implications

知识点三 Linguistic underpinning of syllabus design

知识点四 Method as integration of theory and practice

知识点五 Linguistics and language testing

知识点六 Linguistic in the professional development of language teachers