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1、ReferenceAnwerstotheExercisesChapter1LanguageandLinguistics1.1TheNatureofLanguage，pg3１.1.1LanguageIsSystematicEx3.a.Thissentenceisgrammatical,butisnonsensical.b.Thissentenceisungrammaticalandnonsensical.c.Thisisagoodsentence.d.Thisisagoodsentence.1.1.2Language
2、IsSymbolic略1.1.3Arbitrariness，pg7Ex1.Accordingtotheconceptofarbitrariness,theformsoflinguisticsignsbearnonaturalresemblancetotheirmeaning.Thelinkbetweenthemisamatterofconvention.Thus,thenameXiaoLongisjustalabelfortheson.However,inChineseculturedragonwasthesymb
3、olfortheemperor.Thus,thenamemayhavecertainassociativemeanings.Ex2.No.Thespeakerofalanguage,basedupontheconventionestablishedinthespeechcommunity,associateslinguisticsignswiththingsandconcepts.Inpeople’smind,“pig”standsforstupidityandlaziness.IfInameitPigHairSh
4、ampoo,noonewillbuyit.Ex3.Wordsarearbitraryinform,buttheyarenotrandomintheiruse.Althoughthelinkbetweenformandmeaningisarbitrary,therehasexistedcertainrelationshipbetweenthemintheyearsofuse,whichcanbecalledrules.Theindividualdoesnothavethepowertochangeasigninany
5、wayonceithasbecomeestablishedinthelinguisticcommunity.1.1.4LanguageIsPrimarilyVocal，pg10Ex1.Iprefertousethespokenlanguage.Inasupermarket,thespokenlanguageismuchmoreconvenientforpeopletocommunicatewitheachother.Peopledonothavethetimeandnecessitytousewrittenlang
6、uageincommunication.Ex2.Ithinklisteningandspeakingshouldcomefirst.Theprimarymediumoflanguageissound,andlanguageisprimarilyvocal.What’smore,childrencanlearntolistenandspeakaforeignlanguagemorequicklythantheycanreadandwriteinaforeignlanguage.However,weshouldnotn
7、eglectreadingandwriting,astimegoeson.1.1.5LanguageIsHumanSpecific，pg12Ex1.No,Idon’tagreetothispointofview.Languageishumanspecific.Althoughdogscanlearnthemeaningofcertainsounds,thenumberofsoundstheycanunderstandisverylimited.Ifwelookatthekindofcommunicationamon
8、ghumans,wecannotsayhumansanddogscannotcommunicatewitheachother..Ex2.Thatisonlytheresultofthestimulus-responsetraining.Throughthiskindoftraining,acatmayunderstandthemeaningofafewsim
