第一章 绪论 1/ What is linguistics? 什么是语言学？ Linguisticsis 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 calledgeneral linguistics. (普通语言学) The study of sounds, which are used in linguistic communication, is calledphonetics. （语音学） The study of how sounds are put together and used in communication is calledphonolog
