英语语言学一、名词解释第一课1
Synchronic共时性:Saidofanapproachthatstudieslanguageatatheoretical“point”intime
\Akindofdescriptionwhichtakesafixedinstant(usually,butnotnecessarily,thepresent),asitspointofobservation
Mostgrammarsareofthiskind
Langue语言:Theabstractlinguisticsystemsharedbyallmembersofaspeechcommunity
Language:Languageisasystemofarbitraryvocalsymbolusedforhumancommunication
Arbitrariness任意性:Onedesignfeatureofhumanlanguage,whichreferstothefacethattheformsoflinguisticsignsbearnonaturalrelationshiptotheirmeaning
Phoneme音位:Phonologyisconcernedwiththespeechsoundswhichdistinguishmeaning
Thebasicunitinphonologyiscalledphoneme;itisaunitthatisofdistinctivevalue
Allophone音位变体:Thedifferentphoneswhichcanrepresentaphonemeindifferentphoneticenvironmentarecalledtheallophonesofthatphoneme
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