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《新编简明英语语言学教程》第二版练习题参考答案Chapter1Introduction
1.Howdoyouinterpretthefollowingdefinitionoflinguistics:Linguisticsisthescientificstudyoflanguage.答Linguisticsisbasedonthesystematicinvestigationoflinguisticdataconductedwithreferencetosomegeneraltheoryoflanguagestructure.Inordertodiscoverthenatureandrulesoftheunderlyinglanguagesystemthelinguistshastocollectandobservelanguagefactsfirstwhicharefoundtodisplaysomesimilaritiesandgeneralizationsaremadeaboutthem;thenheformulatessomehypothesesaboutthelanguagestructure.Thehypothesesthusformedhavetobecheckedrepeatedlyagainsttheobservedfactstofullyprovetheirvalidity.Inlinguisticsasinanyotherdisciplinedataandtheorystandinadialecticalcomplementationthatisatheorywithoutthesupportofdatacanhardlyclaimvalidityanddatawithoutbeingexplainedbysometheoryremainamuddledmassofthings.
2.Whatarethemajorbranchesof...。