本书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。

Chapter 1 Properties of Language

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