英语词汇学 复习重点

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1、Chapter1Thedefinitionoflexicology1.1LexicologyThetermlexicologycontainstwoGreekmorphemes:lexiconandlogie.Theformermeanswordandthelattermeanslearningorthestudyof.TheliteralmeaningofthetermisthescienceofwordsLexicologyisthebranchoflinguisticsconcernedw

2、iththestudyofthevocabularyofagivenlanguage.Itdealswithwords,theirorigin,development,history,structure,meaningandapplication.Inshort,itisthestudyofthesignificationandapplicationofwords.1.1.1AimsofthecourseofEnglishLexicologyAllthewordsinalanguagetoget

3、herconstitutewhatisknownasitsvocabulary.Vocabularyisoneofthreeelementsoflanguage:speechsounds,grammarandvocabulary.Inlearningaforeignlanguage,itisveryimportanttoenlargeone’svocabulary.InordertolearnanduseEnglishwordscorrectly,thosewhomajorintheEnglis

4、hlanguageshouldacquireabasicknowledgeofEnglishlexicology.TheaimofthecourseinEnglishlexicologyistogiveasystematicdescriptionoftheEnglishvocabulary.Concretelyspeaking,EnglishlexicologyoffersstudentsaninsightintotheoriginanddevelopmentoftheEnglishvocabu

5、lary.ItdealswithmeaningsofModernEnglishwordsandtheirchangesinthecourseofhistoricaldevelopment.Itdiscussestheproblemsofword-structureandword-formationinEnglish,includingtheformationofnewwordswhichhaveappearedsincetheSecondWorldwar.Italsostudiestheuseo

6、fEnglishwords,phrasesandidioms.1.1.1ThesignificanceofacourseinEnglishlexicologyforlanguagelearningisalsoevident.ThecoursewillhelpthelearnerstoenlargetheirvocabularyandimprovetheirabilitytoanalyzeanduseEnglishwords.EnglishlexicologyasatheoryofModernEn

7、glishmaybeusefulinvocabularystudybecauseitderivesfrompracticeandshouldguidepracticesinceitisknownthatlanguagelearningrequirespractice.StudentswillusethebasicknowledgeofEnglishlexicologytounderstandthematerialalreadyfamiliartothemfromEnglishclassesand

8、applyitintheirfurtherstudyofEnglish.1.2TheconnectionofLexicologywithotherBranchesofLinguistics.1)Withphonetics语音学:Phoneticsisthestudyandsystematicclassificationofthesoundsmadeinthespokenutterance,thatis,thestudyofspeechsounds.Itiscloselyrelatedtolexi