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1、BasicConceptsofLexicologyLexicologySession1MajorTopicsThedefinitionoflinguistics;Thedefinitionoflexicology;Theaimsandsignificanceofthecourse;Thedifinitionofaword;Thedefinitionofvocabulary;AbriefintroductionoftheEnglishvocabulary;classificationofwordsI.DefinitionofLing
2、uisticsGenerallyspeaking,linguisticsisthescientificstudyoflanguage.Linguisticsprovidesbasicinformationabouttheanalysisanddescriptionoflanguagesonthisearth,andaboutthewaysinwhichhumanbeingsusetheirlanguagestocommunicatewithoneanother.II.DefinitionofLexicologyBrieflyspe
3、aking,lexicologydealswithwords.Comprehensivelyspeaking,lexicologyisthebranchoflinguisticsconcernedwiththestudyofthevocabularyofagivenlanguage.Itdealswithwords,theirorigin,development,history,structure,meaningandapllications.Inshort,itisthestudyofthesignification(thein
4、tendedmeaningofaword)andapplicationofwords.III.AimsandSignificanceoftheCourse-1TheaimofthecourseistogiveasystematicdescriptionoftheEnglishvocabulary.Concretelyspeaking,EnglishlexicologyoffersstudentsaninsightintotheoriginanddevelopmentoftheEnglishvocabulary.III.Aimsan
5、dSignificanceoftheCourse-2ThecoursewillhelptheleanerstoenlargetheirvocabularyandimprovetheirabilitytoanalyzeanduseEnglishwords.StudentswillusethebasicknowledgeofEnglishlexicologytounderstandthematerialalreadyfamiliartothemfromEnglishclasses,andapplyitintheirfuturestud
6、yofEnglish.IV.DefinitionofaWord-1Generallyspeaking,thedefinitionofawordwillcoverthefollowingpoints:Aminimalfreeformofalanguage;Asoundunit;Ameaningunit;Agrammaticalunit;IV.DefinitionofaWord-2Aminimalfreeformofalanguage:thesmallestformthatmayappearinisolation/canbeuseda
7、loneinasentenceIV.DefinitionofaWord-3Asoundunit:Everywordhasafixedsoundform,andsoundistheexternalaspectofaword.IV.DefinitionofaWord-4Ameaningunit:Everywordhasacertainmeaning,andmeaningistheinternalaspectofaword.IV.DefinitionofaWord-5Agrammaticalunit:Awordisalsoafundam
8、entalstrucrualunitofasentence,becauseasentenceismadeupofwords,evenofoneword.Analyzethesentenceforthedefinitionofaword:Theyou
