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1、1.givethedefinitionofthelexicology.
2.givethedefinitionoftheword
3.whatarethemainthreetypesofwordformationandthemainfeaturesofthethreetypes?
4.whataretheycharacteristicsoftheEnglishidioms?
5.whatdoyouthinkofthecourse:Englishlexicology.
第一题Lexicologyisabranchoflinguisticsinquiring
2、intotheoriginsandmeaningsofwords.(WNWD)Englishlexicologyisasubbranchoflinguistics.Butitembracesotheracademicdisciplines,suchasmorphology,semantics,etymology,stylistics,lexicography.Morphology:thebranchofgrammar,studiesthestructureorformofwords,primarilythroughtheuseofmorphemecons
3、truct.Etymology:traditionallyusedforthestudyoftheoriginsandhistoryoftheformandmeaningofwords.Semantics:thestudyofmeaningsofdifferentlinguisticslevels:lexis,syntax,utterance,discourse,etc.Stylistics:thestudyofstyle,concernedwiththeuser’schoicesoflinguisticelementsinaparticularcont
4、extforspecialeffects.Lexicography:recordthelanguageasitisusedsoastopresentthegenuinepictureofwordstothereader,providingauthoritativereference.(Editadictionary).第二题Thedefinitionofawordcomprisesthefollowingpoints:(1)aminimalfreeformofalanguage;(2)asoundunity;(3)aunitofmeaning;(4)af
5、ormthatcanfunctionaloneinasentence.Awordisaminimalfreeformofalanguagethathasagivensoundandmeaningandsyntacticfunction.第三题Themostproductivewordformationsareaffixations,compoundingandconversion.Therestofnewwordscomefromshorteningincludingclippingandacronymy,togetherwithwordsbornout
6、ofblendingandothermeans.Whileapplyingtherules,weshouldrememberthattherearealwaysexceptions.1.AffixationAffixationisgenerallydefinedastheformationofwordsbyaddingword-formingorderivationalaffixestostems.Thisprocessisalsoknownasderivation,thewordsformedinthiswayarecalledderivations.
7、1.1Prefixation.Itistheformationofnewwordsbyaddingprefixestostems.Themajorityofprefixesarecharacterizedbytheirnon-class-changingnature.Negativeprefixes:a-,dis-,in-(il-,ir-,im-),non-,un-.Reversativeprefixes:de-,dis-,un-.Pejorativeprefixes:mal-,mis-,pseudo-.Prefixesofdegreeorsize:ar
8、ch-,extra-,hyper-,macro-,micro-,mini-,ou
