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1、1.givethedefinitionofthelexicology.
2.givethedefinitionoftheword
3.whatarethemainthreetypesofwordformationandthemainfeaturesofthethreetypes?
4.whataretheycharacteristicsoftheEnglishidioms?
5.whatdoyouthinkofthecourse:Englishlexicology.
第一题Lexicologyisabrancho
2、flinguisticsinquiringintotheoriginsandmeaningsofwords.(WNWD)Englishlexicologyisasubbranchoflinguistics.Butitembracesotheracademicdisciplines,suchasmorphology,semantics,etymology,stylistics,lexicography.Morphology:thebranchofgrammar,studiesthestructureorformof
3、words,primarilythroughtheuseofmorphemeconstruct.Etymology:traditionallyusedforthestudyoftheoriginsandhistoryoftheformandmeaningofwords.Semantics:thestudyofmeaningsofdifferentlinguisticslevels:lexis,syntax,utterance,discourse,etc.Stylistics:thestudyofstyle,con
4、cernedwiththeuser’schoicesoflinguisticelementsinaparticularcontextforspecialeffects.Lexicography:recordthelanguageasitisusedsoastopresentthegenuinepictureofwordstothereader,providingauthoritativereference.(Editadictionary).第二题Thedefinitionofawordcomprisesthef
5、ollowingpoints:(1)aminimalfreeformofalanguage;(2)asoundunity;(3)aunitofmeaning;(4)aformthatcanfunctionaloneinasentence.Awordisaminimalfreeformofalanguagethathasagivensoundandmeaningandsyntacticfunction.第三题Themostproductivewordformationsareaffixations,compound
6、ingandconversion.Therestofnewwordscomefromshorteningincludingclippingandacronymy,togetherwithwordsbornoutofblendingandothermeans.Whileapplyingtherules,weshouldrememberthattherearealwaysexceptions.1.AffixationAffixationisgenerallydefinedastheformationofwordsby
7、addingword-formingorderivationalaffixestostems.Thisprocessisalsoknownasderivation,thewordsformedinthiswayarecalledderivations.1.1Prefixation.Itistheformationofnewwordsbyaddingprefixestostems.Themajorityofprefixesarecharacterizedbytheirnon-class-changingnature
8、.Negativeprefixes:a-,dis-,in-(il-,ir-,im-),non-,un-.Reversativeprefixes:de-,dis-,un-.Pejorativeprefixes:mal-,mis-,pseudo-.Prefixesofdegreeorsize:arch-,extra-,hyper-,macro-,micro-,mini-,ou
