“當代國外語言學與應用語言學文庫”（升級版）是主要面向高校英語專業高年級本科生、研究生及英語教師的一
套大型、開放的繫列叢書。本升級版或保留原有經典圖書品種，或繼之以經典圖書的新版，或引進國外語言學與應
用語言學領域的新銳力作以進一步拓展學科領域，希望它能繼續對我國語言學教學與研究和外語教學與研究起到積
極的推動作用。

《語言學入門》是“當代國外語言學與應用語言學文庫”（升級版）中的一本，本書結構清晰，一章一個學科方
向，而且每章都配等

●Preface
1 What Is Language?
1.1 The Significance of Language
1.2 What Is Language?
1.3 The Functions of Language
1.4 What Is a Language?
1.5 The Elements of Language
Summary
Exercises
2 Lexis
2.1 What Is a Word?
2.2 Where Do Words Come From?
Summary
Exercises
3 Semantics
3.1 The Function of Lexemes
3.2 The Meaning of Meaning
3.3 Semantic Range
3.4 The Definition of Semantic Range
3.5 Collocation and Idiom
3.6 Homonymy and Polysemy
3.7 The Human Element of Meaning
3.8 Pragmatics
3.9 Discourse Analysis
Summary
Exercises
4 Phonetics
4.1 The Organs of Speech
4.2 Consonants
4.3 Phonemic Notation
4.4 Vowels
4.5 Sounds in Sequence
Summary
Exercises
5 Phonology
5.1 Sound Systems of Languages
5.2 The Phoneme
5.3 Phonological Rules
5.4 The Phonology of English
5.5 The Phonology of Other Languages
5.6 Suprasegmental Features
Summary
Exercises
6 Morphology
6.1 The Composition of Words
6.2 Morphemes
6.3 Derivation and Inflection
6.4 Productivity and Word Formation
6.5 Problems of Morphological Analysis
Summary
Exercises
7 Syntax
7.1 Syntax as Opposed to Morphology
7.2 Word Classes
7.3 Constituent Structure
7.4 Noam Chomsky
7.5 Syntactic Forms
Summary
Exercises
8 Regional Variation
8.1 Variations of Variations
8.2 Horizontal Definition of Dialect
8.3 Vertical Definition of Dialect
8.4 The Nature of Variation
Summary
Exercises
9 Social Variation
9.1 The Social Dimension
9.2 The Standard Language
9.3 The Urban Vanguard
9.4 Men and Women
9.5 Power and Solidarity
9.6 Registers and Diglossia
9.7 Taboo and Political Correctness
9.8 Slang
Summary
Exercises
10 Historical Linguistics
10.1 The Diachronic Dimension
10.2 How Language Changes
10.3 Why Language Changes
10.4 When Language Changes
10.5 Divergence
10.6 Convergence
10.7 Pidgins and Creoles
Summary
Exercises
11 The Languages of Western Europe
11.1 The Indo-European Family of Languages
11.2 The Germanic Languages
11.3 The Romance Languages
11.4 The Celtic Languages
11.5 Finnish
Summary
Texts
Exercises
12 Writing Systems
12.1 Communication across Time and Space
12.2 Morphemic and Phonetic Script
12.3 Chinese Script-A Morphemic System
12.4 Roman Script-An Alphabetic System
12.5 Allographs
Summary
Exercises
Glossary
Guide to Exercises

本書是一本通俗易懂的普通語言學入門書籍。內容包括語言的定義、詞彙學、語義學、語音學、音位學、形態學、句法學、文字體繫、社會語言學、歷史語言學等，書中材料取舍得當，既介紹了普通語言學的各個領域，又沒有刻意追求繫統和全面。書中語言言簡意賅，易於理解，此外，作者用大量實例來講解語言學的基本概念，真正做到了深入淺出。為了加深理解、拓展知識面，每章後都配有相應的練習題。這本書可以說是語言學初學者優選的入門書之一。