●Part I Structuralism
Chapter 1 Saussure. Father of Modern Linguistics
1.1 Ferdinand de Saussure
1.2 Nature of the linguistic sign
1.3 The relational nature of language units
1.4 Syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations
1.5 Langue and parole
1.6 Synchronic and diachronic studies
1.7 Saussure's influence
Chapter 2 American Structuralism
2.1 Early period：Boas and Sapir
2.1.1 Franz Boas
2.1.2 Edward Sapir
2.1.3 Linguistic relativity
2.1.4 Linguistic relativity and cognitive linguistics
2.2 Leonard Bloomfield
2.2.1 Bloomfield the man
2.2.2 Bloomfield and behaviorism
2.2.3 Bloomfield and his Language
2.2.4 Strueturalism and language teaching
2.3 Conclusion
Part II Functionalism
Chapter 3 The Prague School
3.1 Historical background
3.2 Theories of language
3.3 Phonology and phonological opposition
3.4 Distinctive Features
3.5 Functional Sentence Perspective （FSP）
Chapter 4 The London School
4.1 Malinowski's theories
4.2 Firth's theories
4.3 Halliday and Systemic-Functional Grammar
4.3.1 Halliday's philosophy of language
4.3.2 Systemic grammar
4.3.3 Functional grammar
4.3.4 Halliday and sociolinguistics
Part III Generativism
Chapter 5 Transformational-Generative Grammar
5.1 Chomsky's philosophy of language
5.1.1 Background
5.1.2 What is language？
5.1.3 The Innateness Hypothesis
5.1.4 Universal grammar and particular grammar
5.1.5 What is a generative grammar？
5.2 Stages of development of TG Grammar
5.2.1 The Classical Theory
5.2.2 The Standard Theory
5.2.3 The Extended Standard Theory
5.2.4 Later Theories
5.3 A comparison between TG Grammar and structural grammar
Part IV Cognitivism
Chapter 6 Metaphor and Metonymy
6.1 Metaphor
6.1.1 Metaphor in cognitive linguistics
6.1.2 Features of metaphor
6.1.3 The experiential basis of metaphor
6.2 Metonymy
6.3 Metaphor-metonymy interaction
Chapter 7 Image Schema and Polysemy
7.1 Image schema
7.1.1 Containment schema
7.1.2 Path schema
7.1.3 Force schema
7.2 Polysemy
7.2.1 Prepositions
7.2.2 Modal verbs
Chapter 8 Categorization and Idealized Cognitive Models
8.1 Categorization
8.1.1 The classical theory
8.1.2 The prototype theory
8.1.3 Levels of categorization
8.2 Idealized cognitive models
8.2.1 Characteristics of ICMs
8.2.2 Typicality effects from ICMs
Chapter 9 Iconicity
9.1 Iconicity of order
9.1.1 Temporal order
9.1.2 Spatial order
9.1.3 Culture-motivated order
9.1.4 Word order related to asymmetry in cognition
9.2 Iconicity of distance
9.2.1 Causation
9.2.2 Coordination
9.2.3 session
9.2.4 Negation
9.2.5 Internal structure of word
9.2.6 lti-modifier construction
9.2.7 Attributive clause
9.2.8 Subjunctive mood
9.3 Iconicity of quantity
9.3.1 Word form
9.3.2 Emphatic sentence
9.3.3 Exclamatory sentence
9.3.4 Sentence of politeness
9.3.5 Other structures
9.4 Philosophical interpretation of iconicity
9.5 Iconicity and other competing principles
9.5.1 Iconicity and economy
9.5.2 Iconicity and pragmatic principles
9.5.3 Iconicity and abstract syntactic conventions
Chapter 10 Conceptual Blending.,
10.1 The origins of Blending Theory
10.2 Towards a theory of conceptual integration
10.3 The nature of blending
10.3.1 The elements of conceptual blending
10.3.2 Further linguistic examples
10.3.3 Non-linguistic examples
10.4 Contrasting Blending Theory with Conceptual Metaphor Theory
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