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英语词汇学重点名词解释
Lexicology is a branch
of linguistics,
inquiring into
the origins and meanings of words.
Morphology : the study of morpheme
and their
different
forms.
Semantics：the study of word meaning.
Etymology: the study of the origin of words, and of
their history and changes in their meaning.
Stylistics : the study of the variation in language
which is dependent on the situation in which the language
is used and also on the effect the writer
or speaker
wishes
to create on the reader or hearer
Lexicography : the compiling of dictionaries.
Synchronic study : the study of a
word or words at one
particular point in time.
Diachronic study: an approach to lexicology which
studies how a word (or words) changes over a period of
Introduction 绪论
0.1 The nature and Domain of English lexicology 英语词汇学的定义及研究范围
Lexicology is a branch of linguistics, inquiring into the origins and meanings of words. 词汇学是语言学的一个分支，研究词汇的起源和意义。
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. 英语词汇学研究英语词汇的形态结构、词的对应及其语义结构、词义关系、词的历史演变、词的构成及词的用法等。
English lexicology is a theoretically-oriented course. 英语词汇学是一门理论性课程。
It is chiefly concerned with the basic theories of words in general and of English words in particular. 该课程主要论述词汇学的基本理论，特别是英语词汇的理论知识。
However, it is a practical course as well, for in the discussion, we shall inevitably deal with copious stocks of words and
idioms, and study a great many usage examples. 但是，英语词汇学也是一门实践性课程，在该书的论述中，我们将遇到大量的词汇和习语，学习大量词汇用法实例。
1 Abstract
词汇是我们在英语学习过程中最大的障碍。然而，英语构词法能够帮助我们很好的辨别
并正确理解英语，同时也可以在短时间内增加我们的词汇量，英语构词法是学习英语的有效
途径和强有力的“武器”，在所有的英语构词法中，词缀法能够生成的新单词是最多的也是
最广泛，它被认为英语学习的最佳途径之一。除了词缀发以外，复合法、转类法、混成法、
截短法、首字母拼音法、逆向构词法也都是英语学习的有效途径
Vocabulary is one of the main obstacles of English study. However English word formation
can help us recognize English words, understand them correctly, and enlarge our vocabulary
quickly. It is an efficient way and powerful weapon for English study. Among them，affixation is
the strongest one to form a great range of vocabulary, and it is claimed to be one of the best ways
of learning English. Besides, compounding, conversion, blending, clipping, acronyms,
back-formation are also efficient ways of learning English. In the paper the ways and
characteristics of word formation is analyzed form these aspects: affixation, compounding,
English Lexicology(英语词汇学)
Lexicology: is a branch of linguistics, inquiring into the
origins and meanings of words.
Chapter 1--Basic concepts of words and vocabulary
Word: A word is a minimal free form of a language that has a
given sound and meaning and syntactic function. (1)a minimal
free form of a language (2)a sound unity (3)a unit of meaning
(4)a form that can function alone in a sentence
Sound and meaning: almost arbitrary, “no logical relationship
between the sound which stands for a thing or an idea and the
actual thing and idea itself”
Sound and form:不统一的四个原因
（1）the English alphabet was adopted from the Romans, which
does not have a separate letter to represent each other
（2）the pronunciation has changed more rapidly than spelling
over the years
（3）some of the difference were creates by the early scribes
