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1、1.Word：Awordisaminimalfreeformofalanguagethathasagivensoundandmeaningandsyntacticfunction.(1)aminimalfreeformofalanguage(2)asoundunity(3)aunitofmeaning(4)aformthatcanfunctionaloneinasentence2.vocabulary：（1）Totalnumberofthewordsinalanguage（2）Wordsusedinaparticularhistor

2、icalperiod（3）Allthewordsofadialect，abook，adiscipline...3.Thebasicwordstock：isthefoundationofthevocabularyaccumulatedovercenturiesandformsthecommoncoreofthelanguage.4.Terminology：consistsoftechnicaltermsusedinparticulardisciplinesandacademicareasasinmedicine、inmathemati

3、cs、inmusic、ineducation.5.Jargon：referstothespecializedvocabulariesbywhichmembersofparticulararts,sciences,tradesandprofessionscommunicateamongthemselves6.Slang：belongstothesub-standardlanguage,acategorythatseemstostandbetweenthestandardgeneralwordsincludinginformalone

4、savailabletoeveryoneandin-groupwordslikecant,jargon,andargot7.Contentwords：denoteclearnotionsandthusareknownasnotionalwords.Theyincludenouns,verbs,adjectives,adverbsandnumerals8.Functionalwords：donothavenotionsoftheirown.Therefore,theyarealsocalledemptywords.Astheirchi

5、effunctionistoexpresstherelationbetweennotions,therelationbetweenwordsaswellasbetweensentences9.borrowedwords：arewordstakenoverfromforeignlanguages，knownasborrowedwordsorloanwordsorborrowingsinsimpleterms10.Denizens：arewordsborrowedearlyinthepastandnowwellassimilate

6、dintotheEnglishlanguage.11.Aliens：areborrowedwordswhichhaveretainedtheiroriginalpronunciationandspelling12.Translation-loans：arewordsandexpressionsformedfromtheexistingmaterialintheEnglishlanguagebutmodelledonthepatternstakenfromanotherlanguage.13.Semantic-loans：Words

7、ofthiscategoryarenotborrowedwithreferencetotheform.Buttheirmeaningsareborrowed14.Creation：referstotheformationofnewwordsbyusingtheexistingmaterials,namelyroots,affixesandotherelements15.Semanticchange：meansanoldformwhichtakesonanewmeaningtomeetthenewneed16.morpheme：is'

8、thesmallestfunctioningunitinthecompositionofwords'17.monomorphemicwords：coincidewithwordsastheycanstandbythemselvesan