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1、+-+IntroductiontoLexicology1.LexicologyThetermlexicologycontainstwoGreekmorphemes:lexiconandlogie.Theformermeans‘word’,thelattermeans‘learning’,or‘thestudyof’.Sotheliteralmeaningofthetermis‘scienceofwords.’Lexicologyisthebranchoflinguisticsconcernedwiththestudyofthe
2、vocabularyofagivenlanguage.Itdealswithwords,theirorigin,development,history,structure,meaningandapplication.Inshort,itisthestudyofthesignificationandapplicationofword.Lexicology:subdisciplineoflinguisticsor,morespecifically,semanticsthatinvestigatesanddescribesthest
3、ructureofthevocabularyofalanguage.Lexicologyalsoexamineslinguisticexpressionsfortheirinternalsemanticstructureandtherelationshipsbetweenindividualwordsorlexical10units.lexicography2.AimsandsignificanceofthecourseofEnglishlexicologyAllthewordsinalanguagetogetherconst
4、itutewhatisknownasitsvocabulary.Vocabularyisoneofthethreeelementsoflanguage:speechsounds,grammarandvocabulary.Inlearningaforeignlanguage,itisveryimportanttoenlargeone’svocabulary.TheaimofthecourseinEnglishlexicologyistogiveasystematicdescriptionoftheEnglishvocabular
5、y.Concretelyspeaking,itoffersstudentsaninsightintotheoriginanddevelopmentoftheEnglishvocabulary.ItdealswithmeaningsofmodernEnglishwordsandtheirchangesinthecourseofhistoricaldevelopment.ItdiscussestheproblemsofwordstructureandwordformationinEnglish,includingtheformat
6、ionofnewwordswhichhaveappearedsinceWWIIespeciallysincethe1960s.ItalsostudiestheuseofEnglishwords,phrasesandidioms.ThesignificanceofacourseinEnglishlexicologyforlanguagelearnersisalsoevident.Thecoursewillhelpthelearnerstoenlargetheirvocabularyandimprovetheirabilityto
7、analyzeanduseEnglishwords.AgoodknowledgeofmorphologicalstructureofEnglishwordsandrulesofwordformationwillhelplearnersdeveloptheirpersonalvocabularyandconsciouslyincreasetheirwordpower.Theinformationofthehistoricaldevelopmentandtheprinciplesofclassificationwillgiveth
8、emadeepunderstandingofwordmeaningandenablethemtoorganize,classifyandstorewordsmoreeffectively.Theunderstandingofthesemanticstructuresofwor
