精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Chapter 1 Introduction What is linguistics? 什么是语言学A The definition of linguisticsLinguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language (对语言进行的科学研究)Process of linguistic study: Certain linguistic facts are observed, generalization are formed; Hypotheses are formulated; Hypotheses are tested by further observations; A linguistic theory is constructed.B The scope of linguistics General linguistics普通语言学: the study of language as a whol
