语言学 重点概念
Chapter one Introduction
一、定义
1.语言学Linguistics
Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language.
2.普通语言学General Linguistics
The study of language as a whole is often called General linguistics.
3.语言language
Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication.
语言是人类用来交际的任意性的有声符号体系。
4.识别特征Design Features
It refers to the defining poperties of human language that distinguish it from any animal system of communication.
语言识别特征是指人类语言区别与其他任何动物的交际体系的限定性特征。
Arbitrariness任意性
Productivity多产性
Duality双重性
Displacement移位性
Cultural transmission文化传递
⑴arbitrariness
There is no logical connection between meanings and sounds.
P.S the arbitrary nature of language is a sign of sophistication and it makes it possible for language to have an unlimited source of expressions
⑵Productivity
Animals are quite limited in the messages they are able to send.
⑶Duality
Language is a system, which consists of two sets of structures ,or two levels.
⑷Displacement
Language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations of the speaker.
⑸Cultural transmission
Human capacity for language has a genetic basis, but we have to be taught and learned the details of any language system. this showed that language is culturally transmitted. not by instinct. animals are born with the capacity to produce the set of calls peculiar to their species.
5.语言能力Competence
Competence is the ideal user’s knowledge of the rules of his language.
6.语言运用performance
Performance is the actual realization of this knowledge in linguistic communication.
语言运用是所掌握的规则在语言交际中的体现。
7.历时语言学Diachronic linguistics
The study of language change through time. a diachronic study of language is a historical study, which studies the historical development of language over a period of time.
8.共时语言学Synchronical linguistics
The study of a given language at a given time.
9.语言langue
The abstract linguistic system shared by all members of a speech community.
10.言语parole
The realization of langue in actual use.
11.规定性Prescriptive
It aims to lay down rules for ”correct” behavior, to tell people what they should say and what should not say.
12.描述性Descriptive
A linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually use.
二、知识点
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/444483354.html,nguage is not an isolated phenomenon, it’s a social activity carried out in a certain social environment by human beings.
语言不是一种孤立的现象，而是人类在一定的社会环境下进行的一种社会活动。
2.几种观点和现象的提出者：
⑴瑞士语言学家F.de Saussure F.de Saussure:Langue和parole的区别
⑵U.S.A linguist N.Chomsky美国语言学家N.Chomsky
in1950针对Saussure’s langue&parole提出Competence和performance
⑶曾经对语言概念下过定义的语言学家
Sapir---language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communication ideas, emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produced symbols.
Hall----language is the institution whereby humans communicate and interact with each other by means of habitually used oral-auditory arbitrary symbols.
Chomsky---from now on I will consider language to be a set of sentences, each finite in length and constructed out of a finite set of elements.
⑷U.S.A Linguist Charles Hockett美国语言学家Charles Hockett
提出了语言的识别特征design features
3.the word ’language’ preceded by the zero-article ,it implies that linguistics studies not any particular language.
Language一词前不加冠词说明语言学家不只研究一种特定的语言。
4.in order to discover the nature of the underlying language system ,what the linguists has to do first if to study language facts.
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/444483354.html,nguage is a complicated entity with multiple layers and facts, so it's hardly possible for the linguistics to deal with it all at once. 判断题
6.Frist drew the attention of the linguists were the sounds used in languages.最先引起语言学家注意的是语言的发音。
三、问答题
1.what are major branches of linguistics? what does each study?
Phonetics----it’s defined as the study of the phonic medium of language, it’s concerned with all the sounds that occur in the world’s languages.
Phonology---the study of sounds systems—the inventory of distinctive sounds that occur in a language and the patterns into which they fall.
Morphology---It’s a branch of a grammar which studies the internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed.
Syntax-------it's a subfield of linguistics that studies the sentence structure of a language.
Semantics---It’s simply defined as the study of meaning in abstraction.
Pragmatics---the study of meaning in context of words.
Sociolinguistics—the study of language with reference to society.
Psycholinguistics---the study of language with reference to the working of the mind.
Applied linguistics---the application of linguistic principles and theories to language teaching and learning.
2.why do we say language is arbitrary?
Language is arbitrary in the sense that there is no intrinsic connection between the sounds that people use and the objects to which these sounds refer.
The fact that different languages have different words for the same object is a good illustration of the arbitrary nature of language, it’s only our tacit agreement of utterance and concept a t work and not any innate relationship bound up in the utterance.
A typical example to illustrate the ‘arbitrariness’ of language is ‘a rose by any other name would smell as sweet’.
3. what makes modern linguistics different from traditional grammar?
Modern linguistics is descriptive, its investigations are based on authentic and mainly spoken language date.现代语言学是描述性的，其研究以确实可靠的、主要以口语形式的资料为基础。traditional grammar is prescriptive. it is based on’ high’ written language.
传统语法是规定性的，研究‘高级’书面语。
4.Is modern linguistics mainly synchronic or diachronic? why
Modern linguistics is mainly synchronic, focusing on the present-day language. unless the various states of a language are successfully studied, it will not be possible to describe language from a diachronic point of view.
现代语言学主要是共时性的，重点研究现代语言。除非对语言的各种状态都进行成功的研究，否则很难从历时性角度对语言进行描述。
5.which enjoys priority in modern linguistics, speech or writings?
Speech enjoys for the following reasons:
⑴Speech precedes writing in terms of evolution.
⑵A large amount of communication is carried out in speech than in writing.
⑶speech is the form in which infants acquire their native language.
6.how is Saussure’s distinction between langue and parole similar to Chomsky’s ?
Both Saussure and Chomsky make the distinction between the abstract language system and the actual use of language. their purpose is to single out the language system for serious study
Two linguists idea differ in that Saussure took a sociological view of language, Chomsky looks at language from a psychological point of view, competence is a property of the mind of each individual.
6.the distinction between langue and parole?
⑴langue is abstract, relatively stable ⑵parole is concrete, varies from person to person, from situation to situation.
1/ What is linguistics?
什么是语言学？
Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language. It studies not any particular language, but languages in general.
2/ The scope of linguistics
语言学的研究范畴
The study of language as a whole is often called general linguistics. (普通语言学)
The study of sounds, which are used in linguistic communication, is called phonetics.（语音学）
The study of how sounds are put together and used in communication is called phonology. （音系学）The study of the way in which morphemes are arranged to form words is called morphology. （形态学）
The study of how morphemes and words are combined to form sentences is called syntax（句法学）The study of meaning in language is called semantics. （语义学）
The study of meaning in context of use is called pragmatics. （语用学）
The study of language with reference to society is called socio-linguistics. （社会语言学）
The study of language with reference to the working of mind is called psycho-linguistics. （心理语言学）
The study of applications (as the recovery of speech ability) is generally known as applied linguistics. （应用语言学）But in a narrow sense, applied linguistics refers to the application of linguistic
principles and theories to language teaching and learning, especially the teaching of foreign and second language.
Other related branches include anthropological linguistics, （人类语言学）neurological linguistics, （神经语言学）mathematical linguistics, （数字语言学）and computational linguistics. （计算机语言学）
3/ Some important distinctions in linguistics
语言学研究中的几对基本概念
Prescriptive and descriptive 规定与描写
If a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually use, it is said to be descriptive, if it aims to lay down rules to tell people what they should say and what they should not say, it is said to be prescriptive.
Modern linguistics differs from traditional grammar. Traditional grammar is prescriptive while modern linguistics is descriptive. The task of linguists is supposed to describe the language people actually use, whether it is “correct” or not.
Synchronic and diachronic 共时和历时
The description of a language at some point in time is a synchronic study; the description of a language as it changes through time is a diachronic study. In modern linguistics, synchronic study is more important.
Speech and writing 口头语与书面语
Speech and writing are the two major media of communication. Modern linguistics regards the spoken form of language as primary, but not the written form. Reasons are: 1. Speech precedes writing; 2. There are still many languages that have only the spoken form; 3. In terms of function, the spoken language is used for a wider range of purposes than the written, and carries a larger load of communication than the written.
Langue and parole 语言和言语
The Swiss linguist F. de Saussure made the distinction between langue and parole early 20th century. Langue refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community, and parole refers to the realization of langue in actual use. Saussure made the distinction in order to single out one aspect of language for serious study. He believes what linguists should do is to abstract langue from parole, to discover the regularities governing the actual use of language and make them the subjects of study of linguistics.
Competence and performance 语言能力和语言运用
Proposed by American linguist N. Chomsky in the late 1950’s.
He defines competence as the ideal user’s knowledge of the rules of his language, and performance the actual realization of this knowledge in linguistic communication. He believes the task of the linguists is to discover and specify the language rules.
Chapter Two Phonology
一、定义
1.宽式音标Broad transcription
The transcription of speech sounds with letter symbols only.
2.窄式音标Narrow transcription
The transcription of speech sound with letters symbols and the diacritics.
3.清音V oiceless
When the vocal cords are drawn wide apart ,letting air go through without causing vibration ,the sounds produced in such a condition are called voiceless sounds.
4.浊音V oicing
Sounds produced while the vocal cords are vibrating are called voiced sounds.
5.元音V owel
The sounds in the production of which no articulators come very close together and the air stream passes through the vocal tract without obstruction are called vowels.
6.辅音Consonants
The sounds in the production of which there is an obstruction of the air stream at some point of the vocal tract are called consonants.
7.音位Phoneme
The basic unit in phonology, it’s a collection of distinctive phonetic features.
8.音位变体Allophones
Different phones which can represent a phoneme in different environments are called the allophones of that phoneme.
9.音素phone
A phonetic unit or segment. it doesnot necessarily distinguish meaning, it’s a speech sound we use when speaking a language.
10.最小对立对Minimal pair
When two different forms are identical in every way except for one sound segment which occurs in the same place in the strings, the two words are said to form a minimal pair.
11.超切分特征Suprasegmental
The phonemic features that occur above the level of the segment are called suprasegmental features. the main suprasegmental features include stress ,intonation and tone.
12.互补分布complementary distribution P35
Two allophones of the same phoneme are said to be in complementary distribution.
13.语言的语音媒介Phonic medium of language
The limited range of sounds which are meaningful in human communication and are of interest to linguistic studies are the phonic medium of language.
在人类交际中有着一定意义、对语言学研究来说举足轻重。有限的声音是语音媒介。
14.爆破音stops
When a obstruction created by the speech organs is total or complete, the speech sound produced with the obstruction released and the air passing out again is called a stop or a plosive.
they are[b] [p] [t] [d] [k] [g]
二、知识点
1.statistics resulting from careful investigations show that there have been over5,000languages in the world, about two thirds of which have not had written form.
2. of the two media of language,speech is more basic than writing.
3.Phonetic 组成
⑴Articulatory phonetics 发音语音学longest established, mostly developed
⑵Auditory phonetics 听觉语音学
⑶Acoustic phonetics 声学语音学
4.articulatoryApparatus /Organs of Speech
Pharyngeal cavity–咽腔
Oral ...–口腔greatest source of modification of air stream found here
Nasal …–鼻腔
5.The tongue is the most flexible, responsible for more varieties of articulation than any other, the extreme back of the tongue can be raised towards the uvula and a speech sound can be thus produced as is used in Arabic and French.
6.Obstruction between the back of the tongue and the velar area results in the pronunciation of[k] and[g],the narrowing of space between the hard palate and the front of the tongue leads to the
sound[j];the obstruction created between the tip of the tongue and the alveolar ridge results in the sounds[t]and[d].
7.nasal consonants: [m] / [n] / [η]
9. A Phone is a phonetic unit or segment.
10.Sequential rules例子
If three consonants should cluster together at the beginning of a word, the combination should obey the following three rules:
⑴the first phoneme must be /s/
⑵the second phoneme must be /p/ or /t/ or /k/
⑶the third phoneme must be /l/ or /r/ or /w
11.English has four basic types of intonation:Falling tone;Rising tone;Fall-rise tone; Rise-fall tone
三、问答题
1.what are the three branches of phonetics? how do they contribute to the study of speech sound? Articulatory —describes the way our speech organs work to produce the speech sounds and how they differ.
Auditory-–studies the physical properties of speech sounds, reaches the important conclusion that phonetic identity is only a theoretical ideal.
Acoustic-–studies the physical properties of speech sounds ,the way sound travel from the speaker to the hearer.
发音语音学描述了我们的发音器官如何发出语音，以及这些语音为何有所不同。
听觉语音学研究语音的物理性质，得出了重要结论，即语音同一只是理论上的理想。
声学语音学研究语音的物理性质，研究语音从说话者到听话者之间的传播方式。
2.how are the English consonants classified?
By place of articulation and By manner of articulation
3.how do phonetics and phonology differ in their focus of study? who do you think will be more interested in the different between say[i]and[i],[p] and[ph],a phonetician or a philologist? why?
语音学和音位学的研究中心有何不同?语音学家和音位学家哪一个更关心清晰音的区别?为什么?
Phonetics —description of all speech sounds and their find differences.
Phonology —description of sound systems of particular languages and how sounds function to distinguish meaning.
A phonetician would be more interested in such differences cos such differences will not cos differences in meaning.
4.what’s a phone? how is it different from a phoneme? how are allophone s related to a phoneme? Phone—a speech sound ,a phonetic unit.
Phoneme---a collection of abstract sound features, a phonological unit.
Allophones---actual realization of a phoneme in different phonetic contexts.
5.what is a minimal pair and a minimal set? why is it important to identify the minimal set in a language?为什么区分最小对立组在一种语言中非常重要?
Minimal pair—two sound combinations identical in every way except in one sound element that occurs in the same position.
除了出现在同一位置的一个语音成分不同外,其他部分都一样的两个语音组合.
Minimal set—a group of sound combinations with the above feature.
一组具有上述特征的语音组合.
By identifying the minimal pair or the minimal set of a language, a philologist can identify its phonemes.
通过分析一种语言的最小对立对或最小对立组,音位学家能辨别出它的音位.
6.Explain with examples how broad transcription and narrow one transcription differ?
Broad transcription—one letter symbol for one sound.
Narrow transcription—diacritics are added to the one-letter symbols to show the finer differences between sounds.
7.explain the sequential rule ,the assimilation rule and the deletion rule.
有序规则Sequential rules
Rules that govern the combination of sounds in a particular language.
同化规则Assimilation rules
The assimilation rule assimilates one sound to another by’ copying ’a feature of a sequential p honeme, thus making the two phones similar.
省略规则Deletion rule
It’s a phonological rule which tells us when a sound is to be deleted although its orthographically represented.
Chapter Three Morphology
一、定义
1.词素Morpheme
The basic unit in the study of morphology and the smallest meaningful unit of language.
2.自由词素Free Morpheme
Free morphemes are independent units of meaning and can be used freely all by themselves.
3.黏着词素Bound morphemes
Bound morphemes are these morphemes that canot be used by themselves, must be combined with other morphemes to form words that can be used independently.
4.词根Root
Root is the base form of a word which cannot be further analyzed without total loss of identity. 5.词缀Affix
The collective term for the type of formative that can be used only when added to another morpheme.
6.曲折词缀inflectional affixes
The manifestation of grammatical relationships through the addition of inflectional affixes, such as number, tense, degree and case.
7.派生词缀Derivational affixes
The manifestation of relation between stems and affixes through the addition of derivational affixes.
8.词干Stem
A stem is the existing form to which a derivational affix can be added. a stem can be a bound root ,a free morpheme, or a derived form itself.
9.形态学规则Morphological rules
They are rules that govern which affix can be added to what type of stem to form a new word. 10.前缀Prefix
Prefixes modify the meaning of the stem ,but usually do not change the part of speech of the original w ord, exceptions are the prefixes ‘be-‘ and ‘en(m)-‘
11.后缀Suffix
Suffixes are added to the end of stems, they modify the meaning of the original word and in many cases change its part of speech. 3.In using the morphological rules, we must guard against
Over-generalization.
二、知识点
Inflectional morphology
1.Morphology
Derivational morphology
Free morphemes
Morphemes Root
Bound morphemes Inflectional affixes
Affixes
Prefix
Derivational affixes
2.some words maybe said to contain a root morpheme. Suffix
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/444483354.html,pound features:
⑴orthographically, a compound can be written as one word, two separate words with or without a hyphen in between.
⑵Syntactically, the part of speech of a compound is determined by the last element.
⑶semantically, the meaning of a compound is idiomatic, not calculable from the meanings of all its component
Chapter Four Syntax
一、定义
1.句子sentence
A structurally independent unit that usually comprises a number of words to form a complete statement, question or command.
2.语言运用Linguistic competence
The system of internalized linguistic knowledge of a language speaker.
3.谓语Predicate
The part of a sentence which comprises a finite verb or a verb phrase and which says something about the subject is grammatically called predicate.
4.定式子句Finite Clause
A clause that takes a subject and a finite verb, and at the same time stands structurally alone.
5.从属子句Embedded Clause (E C)
In a complete sentence, the incorporated or subordinate clause is normally called an E C .
6.主要子句Matrix Clause
In a complexed sentence, the clause into which it is embedded is called a matrix clause.
7.层次结构Hierarchical structure
The sentence structure that groups words into structural constituents and shows the syntactic categories of each structural constituent, such as NP and VP.
8.语法关系Grammatical relations
The structural and logical functional relations between every noun phrase and sentence.
9.句法类型Syntactic category
A word or phrase that performs a particular grammatical function such as the subject or object.
10.表层结构S-structure
A level of syntactic representation after the operation of necessary syntactic movement.
11.深层结构D-structure
A level of syntactic representation before the operation of necessary syntactic movement.
12.普遍语法General grammar
A system of linguistic knowledge which consists of some general principles and parameters about nature language.
13.移动α 规则Move α
A general movement rule accounting for the syntactic behavior of any constituent movement.
14.句法移位Syntactic movement
Syntactic movement occurs when a constituent moves out of its original place to a new position. 15.转换原则Transformation rules
Syntactic movement is dictated by rules traditionally called transformational rules, whose operation may change the syntactic representation of a sentence.
16.X标杆理论X-bar theory
A general and highly abstract schema that collapses all phrases structure rules into a single
format :X”→（Spec）X(Compl).
一种泛指的、高度抽象的图示，它把所有的词组结构规则概括为一种程式
X”→（Spec）X(Compl)
a: X” b: X” Spec X’
Spec X’ X’ X compl
X complement
NP ’the student who likes linguistics’ consists of Det, N and S with Det b eing the Specifier ,N the head, S the complement. NP(…)有冠词、名词和子句组成，冠词是指示语，名词是核心词，子句是补足语。
二、知识点
1.syntax这个单词源于Greek,本义是arrangement.
2.我们把syntax的学习看作a system of rules that govern the formation of grammatical sentence.
3.A major goal of linguistics is to show with a consistent and explicit grammatical theory how syntactic rules account for this grammatical knowledge.
4.判断题：the syntactic rules of any language are finite in number ,and yet there is no limit to the number of sentences native speakers of that language are able to produce and comprehend.
5.判断题:A finite verb, informally called the main verb of a sentence, expresses existence, action or occurrence which is limited by person, number, tense and mood.
一个限定动词被非正式称为句中主要动词，表达了人称、数、时态、语气限定的存在、行动或事件。
6.句子的分类simple sentence
Types of sentences coordinate or compound sentence
Complex sentence
简单句---It consists of a single clause which contains a subject and a predicate and stands alone as its own sentence.
并列句合成句-It contains two clauses joined by a linking word called coordinating conjunction, such as “but”, ”and”. ect.
复合句—It contains two or more clauses, one of which is incorporated into the other.
复合句的特点：
⑴An embedded clause functions as a grammatical unit in its matrix clause
⑵Most embedded clauses require an introductory word called a Subordinator, such as ”that”
⑶An embedded clause may not function as a grammatically well-formed sentence if it stands independently as a simple sentence unless its form changes.
子句是一个语法单位，大部分子句要带一个被称为从属连词的引导词，如果子句作为秒年第秒年句单独存在，它可能不是一个合乎规范的句子，除非改变他的形式。
7.when a sentence is uttered or written down, the words of the sentence are produced one after another in a sequence.
8.The hierarchical nature of sentence structure句子结构层次特点
sentences are organized with words of the same syntactic category, such as noun phrase NP or verb phrase VP, grouped together.
9.The points at which the tree braches at various levels are called Branching nodes分叉点
10.In addition to the use of structural tree diagrams, linguists may show the hierarchical structure of sentences by using brackets and subscript labels.
11.句法类型
Major …主要词类open ,can add new words
Lexical category 名、动、形、副词N,V,Adj,Adv
Syntactic Minor… 次要词类close, words are fixed
Categories 限定、助动、介、代、连、叹Det,Aux,Prep,Pron,Conj,Int Phrasal category
Apart from sentences and clauses, a syntactic category usually refers to a word(called a lexical category) or a phrase(called phrasal category)that performs a particular grammatical function, such as the subject in a sentence.
12.短语类型
Noun Phrase NP
Phrasal Verb Phrase VP
Categories Preposition Phrase PP
Adjective Phrase AP
13.The grammatical relations of a sentence concern the way each moun phrase in the sentence relates to the verb, in many cases, grammatical relations refer virtually to ’who’ does ’what ’to ’whom’.
14.we usually refer to the grammatical relations as subject of and direct object of.
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/444483354.html,binational rules must be small in number so as not to create extra burdens on the human memory. also these rules must be powerful enough to yield all the possible sentences, and rule out the impossible ones
组合规则一定不能太多，以免给人的记忆带来过多的负担，用这些规则必须能组合出所有可能的句子，而排除不可能的句子。
16.rules an generate an infinite number of sentences, and sentences with infinite length, due to their recursive properties. It captures the ability of language to generate more constituents to a sentence and enables speakers to repeat syntactic constituents within the same sentence.
循环性体现了语言中的句子能有更多的成分，使说话者能在同一句子中重复一些句法成分。17.移位类型
Syntactic NP-movement=t’s involving the movement of a noun phrase.
Movement 名词短语的移位
WH-movement=It changes a sentence from affirmative to interrogative.
陈述变疑问句
AUX-…=the movement of an auxiliary verb to the sentence initial position.
助动词移位到句首的移位
18.普遍语法的广义原则
General Principles of Universal Grammar: Case Condition和Adjacency Condition
格条件---a noun phrase must have Case and Case is assigned by V or P to the object position, or by AUX to the subject position.
名词词组必须有格，宾语的格是由动词或介词决定，而主语的格由助动词决定。
相邻条件—a case assignor and a Case recipient should stay adjacent to each other,it explains why no other phrasal category can intervene between a verb and its direct object.
格分派者和格接受者要相邻。这解释了为什么任何别的词组类不能插到动词和它的直接宾语之间。
19.Universal Grammar is believed to contain a parameter with the valves增and减set on the Adjacency condition. with English-type languages, the Adjacency Parameter is set to the增value, while for French-type language, the parameter is set to减value.
三、问答题
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/444483354.html,e the appropriate phrase structure rules to draw a labeled constituent structure tree diagram for each of the following sentences.
⑴the tower on the hill collapsed in the wind
⑵Mary promised John to see the doctor.
Chapter 5 Semantics
一、定义
1.命名论The naming theory
The naming theory, one of the oldest notions concerning meaning, and also a very primitive one was proposed by the ancient Greek scholar Plato. According to this theory, the linguistic forms or symbols, in other words,the words used in a language are taken to be labels of the objects they stand for, so words are just names or labels for things.
2.意念论The conceptualist view
It holds that there is no direct link between a linguistic form and what it refers to; rather ,in the interpretation of meaning they are linked through the mediation of concepts in the mind.
3.语境论Conceptualism
It’s based on the presumption that one can derive meaning from or reduce meaning to observable contexts. her are two kinds of context: the situational and the linguistic context.
4.行为主义论Behaviorism
It refers to the attempted to define the meaning of a language form as the” situation in which the speaker utters it and the response it calls forth in the hearer”. this theory somewhat close to conceptualism emphasizes on the psychological response.
5.意义Sense
I t’s concerned with the inherent meaning of the linguistic form. It’s the collection of all the features of the linguistic form, it’s abstract and de-contextualized.
6.所指意义Reference
It means what a linguistic form refers to in the real, physical world, it deals with the relationship between the linguistic element and the non-linguistic world of experience.
7.同义词Synonymy
It refers to the sameness or close similarity of meaning or we can say that words are close in meaning are called synonyms.
8.多义词Polysemy
It refers to different words may have the same or similar meaning, the same one word may have more than one meaning.
9.同音(形)异义Homonymy
It refers to the phenomenon that words have different meanings have the same form, i.e, different words are identical in sound or spelling, or in both.
10.同音异义Homophones
It refers to two words are identical in sound. e.g. rain/reign.
11.同形异义Homographs
It refers to two words are identical in form .e.g. tear v./tear n.
12.上下义关系Hyponymy
It refers to the sense relation between a more general, more inclusive word and a more specific word. the word which is more general in meaning is called superordinate, and the more specific words are called its hyponyms.
13.反义词Antonymy
It’s the term used for opposit eness of meaning on different dimension.
14.成分分析法Componential Analysis----分析词汇抽象意义
It’s a way proposed by the structural semanticists to analyze word meaning.
this approach is based upon the belief that meaning of a word can be dissected into meaning components, called semantic features.
15.述谓结构分析Predication Analysis 由British Linguist G.Leech提出
It’s a new approach for sentential meaning analysis.
Predication is usually considered an important common category shared by propositions, questions, commands ect.
通过对论元argument和谓语predicate的分析，达到对句子意义进行分析的许多模式中的一种。
16.先设前提Presupposition
It’s a semantic relationship or logical connection. A presupposes B.
17.蕴涵Entailment
Entailment can be illustrated by the following tow sentences in which sentence A entails sentence B.
A: Mark married a blonde heiress.
B: Mark married a blonde.
二、知识点
1.Major views of meaning study:
The naming Theory-----希腊Scholar Plato
The conceptualism-----观点代表人是John Firth,但Bloomfield阐述更有说服力
The Conceptualist view----Ogden和Richards用classic semantic triangle of
significance
The Behaviorism-----英国Bloomfield提出，使用了Jack和Jill故事阐明
The naming theory的局限性:
⑴It’s only applicable to Nouns only.
⑵Within the category of nouns, the re are nouns which denote things that don’t exist in the real world. sense
2.Lexical meaning reference
3.主要的意义关系
Synonymy ;Antonymy; Hyponymy; Polysemy; homonymy
4. (1)Dialectal synonyms—synonyms used in different regional dialects Synonyms (2)Stylistic synonyms---Synonyms differing in style
分类(3)Synonyms that different in their emotive or evaluative meaning
(4)Semantically different synonyms
例子：
(1)British English Lift Luggage Lorry Petrol Flat windscreen torch American English Elevator Baggage Truck Gasoline Apartment windshield flashlight (2)kick the bucket=pop off=die=pass away=decease
5.Words having the same meaning may differ in style, or degree of formality.
6. some synonyms differ in their collocation.
例子: Accuse….of charge…. with rebuke….for sour milk
Rotten tomatoes addled eggs rancid bacon or butter
7. a polysemic word, i.e, a word with several meaning, is the result of the evolution of the primary meaning of the word. complete homonyms are often brought into being by coincidence.
8.According naming theory words are just names or labels for things.
9.Every utterance occurs in a particular spatiotemporal situation, the main components of which include, apart from the place and time of the utterance ,the speaker and the hearer, the action they are performing at the time, the various objects and event existed in the situation.
10.the contextulist view was further strengthened by Bloomfield, who drew on behaviourist psychology when trying to define the meaning of linguistic forms.
11 Homophones—when two words are identical in sound
Rain/reign; night/knight; piece/peace; leak/leek
Homonymy Homographs—when two words are identical in spelling
分类Bow v. /bow n. tear v./ tear n lead v./lead n.
Complete homonyms—when two words are identical in both spelling
and sound.例子Fast adj./ fast v. scale n./scale v.
12. (1)Gradable antonyms分级反义词(a matter of degree)
例子Old—middle-aged—young; hot-warm-cold
Antonym (2) Complementary antonyms互补反义词a matter of degree between
分类two extremes例子Alive—dead; male—female;
(3) Relational opposites关系反义词(中间可以加成分，如上、中、下)
father-son; teacher-pupil; doctor-patient; buy-sell; above-below
13.句子间的意义关系sense relation between sentences
X is synonymous with Y.
X entails Y.
X presupposes Y.
X is a contradiction.
X is semantically anomalous.
14. Analysis of meaning意义的分析
(1)Componential analysis—a way to analyze lexical meaning对词汇成分的分析
(2) Predication analysis—a way to analyze sentence meaning对句子意义的分析
(1)is a way proposed by the structural semanticists to analyze word meaning.
The approach is based upon the belief that the meaning of a word can be dissected into meaning components, called Semantic features.
一个单词的意义可以分析为称作语义特征的意义。
This is parallel to the way a phoneme is analyzed into smaller components called distinctive features.
这一方法和把一个音位分析成更小的叫作区别性特征的方法类似。
Plus and minimums signs are used to indicate whether a certain semantic feature is present or absent, these feature symbols are usually written in capitalized letters. One advantage of componential analysis is that by specifying the semantic features of certain words, it will be possible to show how these words are related in meaning.
加减号用来表示某一语义特征在一个词义中是存在或缺省，这些特征用大写字母来写。
15.the meaning of a sentence is not the sum total of the meanings of all its components.
Two aspects of Sentence meaning: grammatical and semantic meaning.
16.Selectional restrictions---
Whether a sentence is semantically meaningful is governed by rules.
17.In semantic analysis of a sentence, the basic unit is called predication------
Predication is the abstraction of the meaning of a sentence. it applies to all forms of a sentence, including statements, imperative and interrogative.
Predication consists of Arguments and Predicates.
述谓是句子基本单位，是对句子的抽象化，适用于包括陈述句、祈使句和疑问句。述谓由一个或数个论元和一个谓词组成。
An argument is a logical participant in a predication, largely identical with the nominal elements in a sentence, a predicate is something said about an argument or it states the logical relation linking the arguments in a sentence.
论元是一个的逻辑的一个参与者，谓词是关于论元的陈述，或说明一个句子的论元间的逻辑关系。
18.According to the number of arguments contained in a predication, we classify the predications into two-place predication(has two arguments),one-place predication (has one argument),and no-place predication(has no argument).
19.判断题：although predicate and argument are the same kind of unit in terms of their componential make-up, they have different roles in the whole predication. the predicate can be regarded as the main element, for it includes tense, modality, ect. it may also said to govern the arguments for it determines the number of nature of the arguments.
20.The analysis of meaning is a highly abstract and complicated matter.
三、问答题
1.how are sense and reference related?
Sense refers to the inherent meaning of a linguistic form, which is the collection of all the features of the linguistic form, it’s abstract and de-contextualized.
Reference is what a linguistic form refers to in the real, physical world, it is a matter of relationship between the form and reality.
2.in what way is componential analysis similar to the analysis of phonemes into distinctive features?
成分分析和把音位分析为区别性特征有何相似之处？
In the light of componential analysis, the meaning of a word consists of a number of distinctive meaning features, the analysis breaks down the meaning of the word into these features; it is these different features that distinguish word meaning similarly, a phoneme is considered as a collection of distinctive sound features, a phoneme can be broken down into these distinctive sound features and its these sound features that distinguish different sounds.
3.what’s grammaticality? what might take a grammatically meaningful sentence semantically meaningless?
什么是语法性？一个语法上有意义的句子可能由于什么而不是有意义的?
Grammaticality---the grammatical well-formedness of a sentence.
A sentence may be well-formed grammatically, i.e. it conforms to the grammatical rules of the language, but it is not necessarily semantically well-formed, i.e. it may not make sense at all
Chapter 6 pragmatics
一、定义
1.语境Context
The notion of context is essential to the pragmatic study of language, it’s generally considered as constituted by the knowledge shared by the speaker and the hearer.
2.言语行为理论Speech act theory
It’s an important theory in the pragmatic study of language. it’s a philosophical explanation of the nature of linguistic communication. it aims to answer the question ”what do we do when using
la nguage?”
The concept of causatives performatives, the locutionary act, the illocutionary act, the perlocutionary act and the5categories of illocutionary act suggested and formulated by J.R.Searle constitute the speech act theory.
3.叙述句Constatives
Constatives are statements that either state or describe, and are thus verifiable and it bearing the truth-value.;
4.行为句Performatives
Performatives are sentences that did not state a fact or describe a state, and are not verifiable.
5.言内行为Locutionary Act
A locutionary act is the act of uttering words, phrases ,clauses. it’s the act of conveying literal meaning by means of syntax, lexicon and phonology.
6.言外行为Illcotionary Act
An illocutionary act is the act of expressing the speaker’s intention it’s the ac t performed in saying something.
7.言后行为Perlocutionary Act
Perlocuationary Act is the act performed by or resulting from saying something. it’s the consequence of ,or the change brought about by the utterance.
8.句子意义Sentence meaning
It refers to a sentence and is a grammatical concept, the meaning of a sentence is often studied as the abstract intrinsic property of the sentence itself in terms of predication.
9.话语意义Utterance meaning
It refers to a sentence as what people actually utter in the course of communication, it becomes and utterance and it should be considered in the situation in which it is actually uttered.
10.合作原则Cooperative Principle
It’s proposed and formulated by P.Grice, a pragmatic hypothesis, is about that the participants must first of all be willing to cooperate, otherwise, it would not be possible for them to carry on the talk. 11.会话含义Conversational implicatures
According to P.Grice, it refers to the extra meaning not contained in th utterance, understandable to the listener o nly when he shares the speaker’s knowledge or knows why and how he violates intentionally one of the four maxims of the CP.
话语的言外之义是说话人通过故意违反某一准则而获得这种听者能懂的暗含之意。
二、知识点
1.语用学的几个重要的理论
⑴言语行为理论Speech act theory
由英国哲学家John Austin在20世纪50年代末提出
在此理论基础上John区分了定义了叙述句Constatives和行为句performatives
在区分叙述句和行为句之后，他又定义了言内行为、言外行为和言后行为
例子：you have left the door wide open.
Locutionary act:: expressed what each word of this sentence literally mean.
Illutionary act: expressed his intention of speaking, asking someone to close the door.
Perlocutionary act: someone heard the sentence, and close the door, then this act is successfully performed.
※在这三种行为中，语言学家对言外行为最感兴趣
cos this kind of speech act is identical with the speaker’s intention, and in their study of language communication, linguists are most interested in how a speaker expresses his intention and also how his intention is recognized by the hearer.
⑵会话原则CP 逻辑哲学家Paul Grice提出;
2. 合作原则的准则4Maxim of Cooperative Principle
数量the maxim of Quantity-----你说的话应包含所需内容且不可超过内容要求
Make your contribution as informative as required;
Do not make your contribution more informative than is required
质量the maxim of Quality -----不要说你认为是假的话或你缺乏足够证据的话
Do not say what you believe to false.
Do not say for which you lack adequate evidence
关系the maxim of relation-----使你的话与话题相关be relevant
方式the maxim of manner-----避免模糊、歧义，应简明有序
Avoid obscurity of expression and ambiguity;
Be brief/be orderly.
3.六七十年代时，美国哲学语言学家John Searle对言外行为分成了5类
阐述性Representatives---to commit the speaker to something’s being the
Case ,to the truth of what has been said.
例词:stating, believing, swearing, hypothesizing最有代表性,
指令性Directives---are attempts by the speaker to get the hearer to do
something.
例词:inviting, suggesting ,requesting ,advising ,warning ,threatening,
ordering 是特有实例
承诺性Commissives---when speaking the speaker puts himself under
obligation.
例词:promising, undertaking, vowing最典型
表达类Expressives---the speaker is expressing his feelings or attitude towards
an existing state of affairs.
例词:apologizing ,thanking, congratulating
宣告类Declarations---the successful performance of an act of this type brings
about the correspondence between what is said and reality. 例句
I now declare the meeting open/I appoint you chairman of the committee/I fire you.
这五类differ in their strength or force.
4.Semantics 和Pragmatics的区分
Pragmatics studies how meaning is conveyed in the process of communication.
The basic difference between them is that pragmatics considers meaning in context, traditional semantics studies meaning in isolation from the context of use.
5.语境中听者与说话者shared knowledge is of two types:
The knowledge of the language they use, the knowledge about the world, including the general knowledge about the world and the specific knowledge about the situation in which linguistic communication is taking place.
6.Sentence meaning与Utterance meaning的区别
Sentence meaning---abstract, decontextualized.
Utterance meaning---concrete, contextualized it’s based on sentence meaning, it’s the realization of the abstract meaning of a sentence in a real situation of communication, or simply in a context.
区分句子和话句，类似区分语义和语用学，关键在于是否考虑语境。
7.While most utterances take the form of sentences ,i.e. most utterances are complete sentences
In terms of syntax, some utterances are not, and some can’t even be restored to complete sentences Chapter 7 Historical linguistics
一、定义
1.历时语言学Diachronic linguistics
A term used in stead of historical linguistics to the study of language change at various points in time at various historical stage.
2.元音大交替Great V owel Shift
A series of systematic sound change in the history of English that involved seven long vowels and consequently led to one of the major discrepancies between English pronunciation and its spelling system.
3.词尾脱落Apocope
The deletion of a word-final vowel segment.
4.插入音Epenthesis
The insertion of a consonant or vowel sound to the middle of a word.
5.首字母缩略词Acronym
A word created by combining the initials of a number of words.
6.混合法Blending
A process of forming a new word by combining parts of two other words.
7.缩写词Abbreviation
A shortened form of a word or phrase which represents the complete form.
8.略写词Clipping
A kind of abbreviation of otherwise longer words or phrases.
9.逆向构词法Back-formation
A process by which new words are formed by taking away he suffix of an existing word.
10.语义扩大化Semantic broadening
The process in which the meaning of a word becomes more general or inclusive than its historical earlier denotation.缩小less general or inclusive
11.原始语Protolanguage
The original form of a language family which has ceased to exist.
12.语系Family language
A group of historically related languages that have developed from a comon ancestral language.
13.同源词Cognate
A word in one language which is similar in form and meaning to a word in another language because both languages have descended from a common source.
14.语音同化Sound assimilation
The physiological effect of one sound on another.
15.内部借用Internal borrowing
The application of a rule from one part of the grammar to another part of the grammar by analogy to its earlier operation.
16.派生法Derivation
It refers to the process by which new words are formed by the addition of affixes to the roots, stems, or words.
17.语义转换Semantic shift
It’s a process of semantic change in which a word loses its former meaning and acquires a new, sometimes related meaning.
18.语义细化Elaboration
Rule elaboration occurs when there is a need to reduce ambiguity and increase communicative clarity or expressiveness.
19.古英语Old English
Old English dates back to the mid-fifth century when Anglo-Saxsons invaded b the British Isles from northern Europe.
20.中世纪英语Middle English in 1066
Middle English began with the arrival of the Norman French invaders in England under William.
二、知识点
1.the historical study of language is of great importance to our understanding of human languages and human linguistic competence.
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/444483354.html,nguage change is universal, continuous and, to a considerable degree, regular and systematic.
3.Middle English had been deeply influenced by Norman French in vocabulary and grammar.
4.in old English, nearly half of the nouns are inflected to mark nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative cases.
5.one of the most obvious change in English is the systematic and regular change in the Vowel Change.
6英语发展的三个历史时期及历史事件
Old English(449-1100):
Began with the invasion of the British Isles by English-speaking Anglo-
Saxons from Europe, ended with the arrival of Norman French invaders
historically known as the Norman Conquest.
Middle English(1100-1500)
It’s distinguished from the Old English period by the Norman Conquest.
Shakespeare’s plays and Milton’s Poems 受欧洲文艺复兴运动影响最大。
Modern English(1500 up to now)
From the Modern English period as the result of the cultural influence
of the European renaissance movement.
7.古英语和现代英语词的对比
Old English Modern English
Mann man
Wif woman
Cild child
Hus house
Mete food
Etan eat
Drincan drink
Feohtan fight
8.the most wide-spread morphological change in the historical development of English are the loss and addition of affixes.
9.As the result of Norman Conquest of 1066, vast quantities of French words were added to English vocabulary.
10.in general, linguistic change in the sound system and the vocabulary of a language is more noticeable than that in other systems of the grammar.
11.the ancient adjective agreement rule was dropped out of English mainly because the inflectional endings to show agreement in case, number and gender became distinct.
12.英语的语言变化linguistic change of English (loss, addition, change)
声音Sound change
形态Morphological change
句法Syntactic change
语义Semantic change
词汇Lexical change
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/444483354.html,nguage change is essentially a matter of change in the Grammar.
14.Sound change includes changes in vowel sounds, and in the loss, gain and movement of sounds. Great Vowel Shift Sound Loss Sound Gain
Middle
E. Modern
E. Middle
E. Modern E. Middle
E. Modern E.
Five Fi:v Faiv Nicht/nixt nait Spinle spindle
Mous Mu:s Maus Goose/go:si Gu:s Film Filum
口语发音
Feet Fe:t Fi:t Name/na:ma Neim Glimse Glimpse
Mood Mo:d Mu:d Love/luv l∧v Timer timber
Break Brз:ken Breik Helpe尾音Help消失
Broke Brc:ken Brзuk
15.The most widely-spread morphological changes in the historical development of English are the loss and addition of affixes.
16.Sound loss的特征或现象
⑴Voiceless velar fricative/x/ which existed in Old english words such as’’nicht’’,pr onounced as
/nixt/,the sound absent in the present-day form of ‘night’.
⑵ Consonant loss involves the/kn/ clusters in the word-initial position. 如goose
⑶Systematic sound losses such as plural pronunciation rule has disappeared.
⑷Deletion of Word-final vowel segment, 如name.love
17.判断题a change that involves the insertion of a consonant or vowel sound to the middle of a word is known as Epenthesis. (此现象属于sound addition)
例子
Spinle→spindle emty→empty glimse→glimpse timer→timber
18.语音的移位
Sound change as a result of sound movement,known as metathesis.it involvesa reversal in position of two adjoining sound segments.一般是r的移位
例子: bridd→bird hros→horse
19. Affix loss的特征或现象
⑴Morphemes wound change a word from one lexical category to another
⑵The drop of the causative verb formation rule.使意动词的丢失:
如-yan加在adj word后可变成causative verb.
⑶The loss of gender and case markings
20.the most dramatic morphological loss concerns the loss of gender and case markings.Old english had a gender-marking system has 3genders:
Masculine , feminine and neuter.阳性、阴性和中性词。
如：stan(stone) 阳性；gief(gift)阴性；deor(wild animal)中性
21.语音的移位大多数是因为influence of foreign languages.其中french影响最大，如
-able,-ment,-ize.
22. Rule addition的特征或现象
⑴Particle movement,古英语没有此现象，现代英语有
⑵Auxiliary verbs and main verbs的区分,16世纪前没有此现象
如：助动词疑问词interrogative sentences的前面
23.在句法规则的增加中，old english period is known as the Particle movement rule,for modern english showes the particle of some phrasal verbs like”throw out”,”turn-off”to postpone to the right of the object.
如John thew out the ball through the door/John thew the ball out through the door.
在古代英语中，没有particle移位现象。
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/444483354.html,nguages vary in the order of the subject,the verb and the object.the two typical ways to represent distinction of subject and object nouns are through extensive case marking and rigid word order.
25.在古英语中，句子的顺序是SVO,VSO,SOV和OSV,The loss of case contrasts was compensated for with the adoption of the consistent SVO order.
26.The most vigorous and on-going change in the historical development of a language is the change in its V ocabulary.
27.French loan words did not always replace Old english words,but in many instances existed alongside of the native English vocabulary.sometimes, french loan words were used in conjunction with native English words to create Contrast.
28.词汇的增加borrowing 和word formation.
The most obvious way in which modern english differs lexically from old english is the number of Borrowed words from other languages.
29.Old english contained a number of morphological rules that are extinct.
例子：大部分是derivational affixes.
-baere , lust(“pleasure”)+baere→lustbaere(“agreeable”)-bora,
mund(“protection”)+bora→(“protector”)During the Renaisance,many latin and Greek words became part of the educated egnlish lexicon
30.New words have made their entry into english via word formation rules.
例子Compounding: sailboat, big-mouth, cross-cultural, three-year-old
Derviation :uglification, finalize,
Acronym formation: radar(radio detecting and ranging)、CD-ROM(compat disk of read-only memory)、laser、UNESCO
Blending : smog(smoke+fog) brunch(breafast+lunch) motel(motor+hotel)
Abbreviation :TV(televistion) Dr(doctor ) ft(foor or feet) N.Y(New York)
Clipping :gym(gymnasium) sci fi(science fiction) e-mail、
phys ed(physical education)、hi-fi(high fidelity高保真)
Back-formation ：typewriter(typewriter) edit (editor)
Coinage : Kleenex (soft cleansing tissue) kodak 、xerox(photo copier)
※语义的变化Semantic Change 这一节非常重要
32.It’s comparative in t he sense that it aims at developing and elucidating the genetic relationships that exist between and among langauges, classifying related languages into language families,and reconstructin their ancestral languages.what follows is a very brief account focusing on how historical linguists established genetic relationships of languages,and in particular,the Indo-Europeean language family.
33.至今世界上已有over five thousand langauges are spoken.
chinese :over 1.2billion native speakers
Danish : less than 5million native speakers
English: fewer than chinese,400million
The four thousand languages have developed from their historical roots.
To today,about thirty language families have been documented in historical linguistic literature.
34.To identify and classify families of related languages in a genealogical family tree,and to reconstruct the protolanguage,the original form of a language family that has ceased to exist.
35. A language family is established by the use of a method known as Comparative reconstruction.
36.Reliable linguistic signs of family relationships include systematic phonological, morphological, and semantic resemblances among the vocabulary items of different languages.
37.语义的变化类型※
语言学重点概念总结
Design features（定义特征）: the distinctive features of human language that essentially make human language distinguishable from languages of animals. Synchronic（共时的）: said of an approach that studies language at a theoretical “point” in time. Diachronic（历时的）: said of the study of development of language and languages over time. Prescriptive（规定式）: to make an authoritarian statement about the correctness of a particular use of language. Descriptive（描写式）: to make an objective and systematic account of the patterns and use of a language or variety. Competence（语言能力）: unconscious knowledge of the system of grammatical rules in a language. 对于一门语言的语法规则系统的无意识获得的知识。Performance（语言运用）:
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④反射意义:通过同一表达方式的其他意思所传达的意义。 ⑤搭配意义:通过词语的常用搭配而传达的意义。 (3主位意义 通过顺序和重音这种组织信息的方式所传达的意义。主位意义是最边缘的意义,因为它只由语序及重音所决定。 5.语境论 语境论是建立在如下假设之上:意义源于语境,存在于语境。语境有两种:情景语境和上下文。所有的话语都是在特定的时空情景下产生的,除了话语产生的时间地点以外,情景因素还包括说话人和听话人、他们当时的行为以及情景中所存在的物与事。 上下文不仅涉及词与其他词的搭配,这种搭配构成词义的一部分,即搭配意义,它也涉及特定话语的前后部分。 6.行为主义 行为主义理论把意义定义为说话者说话的环境以及听者的反应。 Ⅲ.指称理论 1.定义 把词语意义跟它所指称或所代表的事物联系起来的理论,叫做指称理论。 2.语义三角 奥格登和理查兹在《意义的意义》一书中提出了语义三角的理论。他们认为词与所指事物之间没有直接的关系。它们是以概念为中介的。概念是抽象的,没有物质存在,只能通过我们的思维来感知。
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Desig n features （定义特征）： the disti nctive features of huma n Ian guage that esse ntially make huma n Ian guage disti nguishable from Ian guages of ani mals. Synchronic （共时的）： said of an approach that studies Ianguage at a theoretical point "in time. Diachro nic （历时的）： said of the study of developme nt of Ian guage and Ian guages over time. Prescriptive （规定式）： to make an authoritaria n stateme nt about the correct ness of a particular use of Ian guage. Descriptive （描写式）： to make an objective and systematic acco unt of the patter ns and use of a Ian guage or variety. Compete nee （语言能力）： uncon scious kno wledge of the system of grammatical rules in a Ian guage. 对于一门语言的语法规则系统的无意识获得的知识。 Performa nee （语言运用）： the Ianguage actually used by people in speaking or writing. 人们说话写作时实际使用的语言。 Langue （语言）： the Ianguage system shared by a speech community ” 一个“语言社团”共有的语言系统。 Parole （言语）： the con crete uttera nces of a speaker. 说话人实际说的话语。 Pho no logy （音系学）： the study of the sound patter ns and sound systems of Ian guage. It aims to discover the principles that govern the way sounds are organized in Ianguages, and to explain the variati ons that occur. Intern ati onal Phon etic Alphabet （国际音标） a set of standard phonetic symbols in the form of a chart （the IPA chart）, designed by the Intern ati onal Phon etic Associati on si nee 1888. It has bee n revised from time to time to include new discoveries and changes in phonetic theory and practice. Cardi nal Vowels （基本元音）： a set of vowel qualities arbitrarily defined, fixed and unchanging, intended to provide a frame of reference for the descriptio n of the actual vowels of exist ing Ian guages.
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