★1. Lexicology is the study of the structures, origins, meanings and usages of words.
★2. A word is a minimal free form of a language that has a given sound and meaning and
syntactic function.
★3. Vocabulary refers to the total number of the words in a language. It also stands for all
the words used in a particular historical period, of a given dialect or discipline, or possessed by a
person.
4. Classification of Words:
（1）by use frequency :A .Basic Word Stock(基本词汇)
B. Nonbasic Vocabulary（非基本词汇）: Terminology 术语/ Jargon
行话/ slang 俚语 / argot黑话/ Dialectal words 方言词 /
Archaism 古语词 / Neologism 新词
（2）by notion: Content words and functional words 实义词与功能词
（3）by origin: Native words and borrowed words 本族词与外来词
5. Indo-European Language Family(印欧语系):
Language and Language Families
语言和语系
• Number of languages in the world:
1. Word单词: is the smallest meaningful linguistic unit that can be used on its won.
2. Vocabulary词汇: refers to all the words used in a particular kind of work, business, etc. or
known to a particular person.
3. Morpheme词素: a morpheme is the minimal unit—an arbitrary union of a sound and a meaning
that cannot be further analyzed.
Lexicology 词汇学 research not only the structure and meaning of words but also their
development, including their origin, history, change, their use and learning, and lexicography词典编撰者.
4. Free morphemes自由词素：are the morphemes which can be used by itself as a word.如book,
wall, dog, bag.
5. Bond morphemes粘着词素：are the morphemes that cannot be used by its own as a word, that’s
to say, they must combined with other morphemes.如tele-, -tive, -ful.
6. Content morphemes实意词素: are the morphemes that carry meaning, also often called
(完整word版)英语词汇学试题汇编
英语词汇学试题汇编
Chapter 1 Basic Concept of Words and Vocabulary
1. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. The English language is noted for its modest borrowings.
B. Loan words only refer to those borrowings in form.
C. Loan words are all unrecognizable as being foreign in origin.
D. Loan words can be grouped according to manner of borrowing.
2. The term "vocabulary "is used in different ways because of all the following reasons
EXCEPT that_____.
A. it can refer to the common core of a language
B. it can refer to the total number of the words in a language
C. it can represent all the words used in a certain historical period
D. it can stand for words in a given dialect or field
3. A word is a symbol that________.
A. is used by the same speech community
B. represents something else in the world
《英语词汇学》知识点归纳
《英语词汇学》知识点归纳
English Lexicology(英语词汇学) Lexicology（词汇学）: is a
branch of linguistics, inquiring into the origins and meanings of
words.
The Nature and Scope of English lexicology：
English lexicology aims at investigating and studying the
morphological structures of English words and word equivalents,
their semantic structures, relations, historical development,
formation and usages.
The subjects that English Lexicology correlated with and
extent to：
English Lexicology is correlated with such linguistic
disciplines as morphology(形态学), semantics(语义学),
etymology(词源学),stylistics（文体论）and lexicography(词典学)
The reason for a student to study English lexicology：
According to the textbook, English Lexicology will definitely
be beneficial for students of English.
A good knowledge of morphological structures of English
