課程簡介
英語語言學課程由三個知識模組組成：理論啟蒙、基礎理論、研究方法。理論啟蒙模組內容涉及英語的辭彙知識、語音知識、語法知識、修辭知識、語體知識、英語變體、英語學習策略等。基礎理論模組由英語語言學概論執行，內容涉及語言的各種屬性、語言學的學科知識、語音學、形態學、句法學、語義學、語用學、社會語言學、語言與心理、語言與文化、語言習得等。研究方法模組通過介紹語言學研究的設計與分析方法，幫助學生掌握從事語言研究的本領，並直接與本科畢業論文的寫作掛鈎。
課程重點
1、語言學基礎理論和概念
2、語言研究能力的培養。
課程難點
1、抽象概念的講解
2、理論的具體套用
採取的解決方法包括：積極探索教學手段和方法的革新，嘗試運用研究性教學的教學路線，注重理論聯繫實際，充分運用網際網路和現代教育技術，編寫課程電子教案，實施課程網路化，拓展課程教學資源，最終實現課程趣味性、系統性、自主性、先進性和科學性的有機結合。
相關內容
語言學的概念
What is linguistics?
Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language. It studies not only particular language, but languages in general.
語言學的研究範疇
The scope of linguistics
The study of language as a whole is often called general linguistics. (普通語言學)
The study of sounds, which are used in linguistic communication, is called phonetics. （語音學）
The study of how sounds are put together and used in communication is called phonology. （音系學）
The study of the way in which morphemes are arranged to form words are called morphology. （形態學）
The study of how morphemes and words are combined to form sentences is called syntax. （句法學）
The study of meaning in language is called semantics. （語義學）
The study of meaning in context of use is called pragmatics. （語用學）
The study of language with reference to society is called socio-linguistics. （社會語言學）
The study of language with reference to the working of mind is called psycho-linguistics. （心理語言學）
The study of applications (as the recovery of speech ability) is generally known as applied linguistics. （套用語言學） But in a narrow sense, applied linguistics refers to the application of linguistic principles and theories to language teaching and learning, especially the teaching of foreign and second language.
Other related branches include anthropological linguistics, （人類語言學） neurological linguistics, （神經語言學） mathematical linguistics, （數字語言學）and computational linguistics. （計算機語言學）
