英語辭彙學

This book mainly studies and analyzes Modern English vocabulary in some aspects.Based on the theory of Semantics and Grammar, the phenomenon of English vocabulary is synchronically and diachronically researched for the guidance of the practice of English language.

Introduction

Preface

1 English lexicology

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The relation of lexicology to other branches of linguistics

1.3 Two approaches to the study of English lexicology

1.4 Aims and significance of the course of English lexicology

1.5 Questions and tasks

2 The development of the English vocabulary

2.1 English today

2.2 The Indo-European language family

2.3 Native words and borrowed words

2.4 English people and English vocabulary

2.5 The divisions of the history of the English language

2.6 The perfection of the English language

2.7 Questions and tasks

3 Word

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Sound and meaning

3.3 Sound and form

3.4 Lexemes,words and vocabulary

3.5 Classification of words

3.6 Word structure

3.7 Questions and tasks

4 Word-formation Ⅰ

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Affixation

4.3 Conversion

4.4 Compounding

4.5 Questions and tasks

5 Word-formation Ⅱ

5.1 Blending

5.2 Clipping

5.3 Acronymy

5.4 Back-formation

5.5 Analogy

5.6 Word-formation by onomatopoeia

5.7 Words from proper names

5.8 Questions and tasks

6 Word meaning and motivation

6.1 Some general remarks on semantics and meaning

6.2 Relationship between meaning and the object

6.3 Meaning and motivation

6.4 Main types of word meaning

6.5 Questions and tasks

7 Eense relationsⅠ

8 Eense relationsⅡ

9 English vocabulary in motion

10 English idioms

11 Regional varieties of English vocabulary

12 The mental lexicon

13 Vocabulary in use

14 Vocabulary as data for learning

15 Teaching Vocabulary

Glossary

References

Today, as the English position in the world is getting more and more stable, we need English urgently in order to go into the world. Like any other language, English eonsists of speech sound, grammatical structure and vocabulary. To learn English well, the very essential is to enlarge his/her vocabulary. English linguist Wilskin (1972) said, "Without grammar, very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary, nothing can be conveyed''. And British lexicologist Michael McCarthy also said (1990) "No matter how well the student learns grammar, no..

2《英語辭彙學》“English Lexicology"

課程性質與設置目的：

英語辭彙學是全國高等教育自學考試英語語言文學專業本科段選修課程，是培養和檢驗自學能力應考者詞

匯學的基本理論知識和實際語言能力而設置的一門專業課程。

英語辭彙學是以現代語言學理論為指導，以英語辭彙為研究對象的課程。主要內容有詞的基本知識，詞的

形態結構，詞的構成方式，詞的意義及語義關係，英語辭彙的來源與發展，詞義的變化，習語及詞典知識

。英語辭彙學以傳授英語辭彙的基本理論和基本知識為任務，屬於理論知識課。但是，其實踐性很強，因

為辭彙本身是構成語言的具體材料，在傳授理論的過程中必然要涉及豐富的語言材料和大量的詞語例證。

設置本課程的目的要求：是自學應考者對英語辭彙學具有比較系統，比較完整的知識，比較深入地了解英

語辭彙的現狀及其歷史演變過程，並能對現代英語辭彙發展所出現的現象作出分析和解釋，提高詞語的理

解，釋義和綜合運用的能力，以便畢業后能夠較好地適應工作的需要。

課程內容 Contents

以下是內容概要（主幹），其實在每一章含內容具體介紹（枝節）

Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Words and Vocabulary

Chapter 2 The development of the English Vocabulary

Chapter 3 Word Formation I

Chapter 4 Word Formation II

Chapter 5 Word Meaning

Chapter 6 Sense Relations and Semantic Field

Chapter 7 Changes in Word Meaning

Chapter 8 Meaning and Context

Chapter 9 English Idioms

Chapter 10English Dictionaries

Sugegested Answers

Reference Books

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後記

英語辭彙學自學考試大綱

《英語辭彙學》“English Lexicology"

作者：主編：張濰友

組編：全國高等教育自學考試指導委員會

出版社：外語教學與研究出版社 Foreign Language Teaching And Research Press

資料來源：《英語辭彙學》“English Lexicology" 主編：張濰友