Unit 1一,Views on language: 1、Structural view (language competence)结构主义语言观The founder: Saussure,lasen freeman&long The structural view of language sees language as a linguistic system made up of various subsystems:1、the sound system(phonology) 2、sound combinations(morphology)thediscreteunitsofmeaning 3、 thesystemofcombiningunitsofmeaning for communication(syntax) The structural view limits knowing a language to knowing its structural rules and vocabulary