蓝纯等的《语言导论》是供英语专业高年级本科生使用的语言学入门教材，涵盖语言学基本知识，共分11个单元，语言通俗易懂，生动流畅，引用的例子丰富，阐述详尽，主要介绍的语言知识是最近语言学领域研究的热点，有助于学生在掌握英语技能的基础上进一步扩充知识领域，培养应用能力，提高综合素养。
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目录
Chapter 1 Properties of Language
1 Introduction--Nature or Nurture?
2 The Nature of Language
2.1 Creativity
2.2 Arbitrariness of linguistic signs
2.3 Duality
2.4 Displacement
2.5 Structure-dependence
3 Linguistic Competence and Linguistic Performance
4 Descriptive Grammar and Prescriptive Grammar
5 Summary
Exercises
References
Chapter 2 The Structures of Language
Chapter 3 Meaning of Language
Chapter 4 Origins of Language
Chapter 5 Language in Use:The Pragmatic Perspective
Chapter 6 Language and Power
Chapter 7 Language and Gender
Chapter 8 First Language Acquisition
Chapter 9 Second Language Acquisition
Chapter 10 Language and the Brain
Chapter 11 Language,Metaphor and Thought
Exercises
References