1、An Introduction to English Linguisticshttp:/陈新仁，陈新仁，英语语言学实用教程英语语言学实用教程，苏州大学出版，苏州大学出版社，社，2007。Lecture 2 Some preliminaries about languageThe question“what is language?”is comparable with and,some would say,hardly less profound than “what is life?”Discussion:PP.16-17 No.5a.creativityb.arbitrarinessDis
2、cuss:P.12 No.5c.duality of structure/double articulationd.displacemente.cultural transmissionAssignments1.Review the major points of this lecture.2.For the various functions of language discussed in class,use one example of your own to illustrate each.Submit your assignment to the e-classDiscuss:P.38 No.1Classification of English vowelsP.28 Figure 2.2Classifying English consonantsP.29 Table 2.23.3 Phones,phonemes,and allophones3.4 Phonological rules syllable onset rime nuclear coda consonant(s)vowel consonant(s)3.6 Stress,tone,and intonationStressIntonation
