Welcome to Linguistics 2nd Semester 2005-2006 我受 头 English department Wuhan University of Technology 2021/2/21
2021/2/21 Welcome to Linguistics 2nd Semester 2005-2006 English Department Wuhan University of Technology
Lecture I Introduction to the course 2021/2/21
2021/2/21 Lecture I Introduction to the Course
Why does language provide such a fascinating object of study? 2021/2/21
2021/2/21 Why does language provide such a fascinating object of study?
Perhaps it is because its unique role in capturing the breadth of human thought and endeavour We look around uS, and are awed by the variety of several thousand languages and dialects expressing a multiplicity of world views literatures, and ways of life We look back at the thoughts of our predecessors and find we can see only as far as language lets us see. We look forward in time, and find we can plan only through language. We look outward in space ands end symbols of communication along with our spacecraft, to explain who we are, in case there is anyone there who wants to know 2021/2/21
2021/2/21 Perhaps it is because its unique role in capturing the breadth of human thought and endeavour. We look around us, and are awed by the variety of several thousand languages and dialects, expressing a multiplicity of world views, literatures, and ways of life. We look back at the thoughts of our predecessors, and find we can see only as far as language lets us see. We look forward in time, and find we can plan only through language. We look outward in space, ands end symbols of communication along with our spacecraft, to explain who we are, in case there is anyone there who wants to know
Alongside this, there is the importance we attach to language, as a means of understanding ourselves and our society, and of resolving some of the problems and tensions that arise from human interaction. No sector of society is unaffected, and all can benefit from the study of the linguistic factors that constitute a barrier as well as a means of communication. But linguistic problems rarely admit simple solutions, and it is this elementary observations that has led to the present work 2021/2/21
2021/2/21 Alongside this, there is the importance we attach to language, as a means of understanding ourselves and our society, and of resolving some of the problems and tensions that arise from human interaction. No sector of society is unaffected, and all can benefit from the study of the linguistic factors that constitute a barrier, as well as a means of communication. But linguistic problems rarely admit simple solutions, and it is this elementary observations that has led to the present work