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1、毕业论文题目：论英语词义的变化准考证号:学生姓名：指导老师：武汉大学外语学院制OntheMeaningChangeofEnglishWords论文摘要语义学是关于意义的学问，它旨在研究语言单位，特别是单词和句子的意义。词是语言中具有意义的，最小的能够独立运用的单位，所以关于词的意义（即词汇语义学）在语言学中占用重要的位置。单词一直处在不断的变化过程当中，形式上的或是内容上的,常常是后者发生变化。正像Quirk在1963年指出的那样，“…几乎我们现在使用的每一个词与其在一个世纪以前的意义稍有不同,而一个世纪以前的单词又和它在一个世纪Z前的意义稍有差别”。宽泛的讲，意义的变化指
2、的是现行词义的变化，或是对现行词语添加新的义项。这种变化随着时间的流逝而产牛。木论文探究了英语词义变化的方式、类型及原因。希望本论文可以帮助英语专业的学生更好地学习英语词义。关键词：词义；变化；方式；类型；原因AbstractThesubjectconcerningthestudyofmeaningiscalledsemantics,whichtargetsatthestudyofthemeaningsoflinguisticsunits,suchaswordsandsentences.Awordistheminimumfreeformwithcertainmeaning,
3、thusthestudyofwordmeaning(lexicalsemantics)occupiesanimportantpositioninlinguisticsstudy.Wordhasbeenconstantlyundergoingtheprocessofchanges,eitherinformsorinmeanings,withthelatterbeingmorefrequent.JustasQuirksaidin1963,"•…almosteverywordweusetodayhasadifferentmeaningfromtheoneithadacentury
4、ago,andacenturyagoithadaslightdifferentmeaningfromtheoneithadacenturybeforethatM.Broadlyspeaking,meaningchangereferstothealternationofthemeaningofexistingwords,aswellastheadditionofnewmeaningtoestablishedwords.Thischangeoccursalongwithtime.Thisthesisexplorestheapproaches,modes,causesofword
5、meaningchange.Hopefully,itmayhelpusEnglishmajorsstudyEnglishwordmeaningbetterKeywords:meaning；change；approach;mode;causeContentsLIntroduction1II・ApproachestomeaningchangeofEnglishwords22.1extensionapproach22.2figurativeapproach32.3mergerapproach3IILModesofmeaningchangeofEnglishwords43.1gen
6、eralization53.2specialization63.3elevation73.4degradation7IVCausesofmeaningchangeofEnglishwords8extra-linguisticsfactors8linguisticsfactors10V>Conclusion11Bibliography12OntheMeaningChangeofEnglishWordsLIntroductionAsabranchofsemanticstudy,thelexicalsemanticshasbeenlongregardedasthefocalpoi
7、nt.Andthequestionastowhatisthemeaningofwordbecomesthefirstinquiryforlanguageleaners.Theobjectivematters,whichexcludehumanmind,includingallthelivingcreatures,unanimatedobjects,eventsandtheirbehavior,stateandcharacteristics,etc.arereflected,thussensation,percept
