Unit 1 The Origin of and Design Features of Language 1.1 The Origin of Language 1.2 The Design Features of Language Unit 2 The Nature of Linguistics 2.1 Definition of Linguistics 2.2 Some Basic Distinctions in Linguistics 2.3 Major Branches of General Linguistics 2.4 Application of Linguistics 2.5 The Data of Linguistics Unit 3 Major Modern Schools of Linguistics 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Prague School 3.3 Structuralism and American Structuralism 3.4 Trans formational-Generative Linguistics 3.5 Other Current Theories 3.6 Earlier Post-structuralist Theories Unit 4 The History of English 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Ancestry of English 4.3 Old English 4.4 Middle English 4.5 Early Modern English (1500~1650) 4.6 Late Modern English (1650~1800) 4.7 Present-day English (1800~) Unit 5 Phonetics 5.1 The Phonic Medium of Language 5.2 What Is Phonetics? 5.3 The Speech Organs 5.4 Consonants 5.5 Vowels 5.6 Transcription of Speech Sounds Unit 6 Phonology 6.1 6.2 Phonemes and Allophones 6.3 Recognition of a Phoneme 6.4 Sounds Distribution 6.5 Phonological Rules 6.6 Supresegmental Phonemes Unit 7 Morphology 7.1 Definition …… Unit 8 Syntax Unit 9 Introduction to Three Major Schools of Grammar Unit 10 Semantics Unit 11 Pragmatics Unit 12 Stylistics Unit 13 Second Language Acquisition Unit 14 Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching Unit 15 Language as Communication Bibliography