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1、ASurveyofEnglishLexicology英语词汇学教程Unit1Introduction1.Introduction2.BasicConceptsofWordsandVocabulary1.Introduction1.1Language,LinguisticsandLexicology1.2AimsandSignificanceoftheCourse1.1Language,LinguisticsandLexicologyWhatislanguage?Languageisasystemofarbitrary
2、vocalsymbolsusedforhumancommunication.Itisaspecificsocialactionandacarrierofinformation.“Languageisman’swayofcommunicationwithhisfellowmanandItislanguagealonewhichseparatehimfromtheloweranimals”Whatislinguistics?Generallyspeaking,linguisticscanbedefinedasthesci
3、entificstudyoflanguage.Tobemoreexact,linguisticsstudiesthegeneralprinciplesuponwhichlanguagesareconstructedandoperateassystemsofhumancommunication.Whatislexicology?Lexicologyisabranchoflinguisticsconcernedwiththestudyofthevocabularyofagivenlanguage.Itdealswithw
4、ords,theirorigin,development,structure,formation,meaningandusage.1.2AimsandSignificanceoftheCourseThenatureofthecoursetheoretically-oriented:Englishlexicologyisatheoretically-orientedcourse.ItischieflyconcernedwiththebasictheoriesofwordsingeneralandofEnglishwor
5、dsinparticular.apracticalcourse:However,itisapracticalcourseaswell,forinthediscussion,weshallinevitablydealwithcopiousstocksofwordsandidioms,andstudymanyusageexamples.Naturally,therewillbealargequantityofpracticeinvolved.TheroleofvocabularyinthelanguagesystemVo
6、cabularyisthebuildingmaterialofthelanguagesystem.Itisoneofthethreeessentialelementsoflanguage:speechsounds,grammarandvocabulary.“Withoutgrammarverylittlecanbeconveyed,withoutvocabularynothingcanbeconveyed.”“…thereisasenseinwhichlearningaforeignlanguageisbasical
7、lyamatteroflearningthevocabularyofthatlanguage.Notbeingabletofindthewordstoexpressyourselfisthemostfrustratingexperienceinspeakinganotherlanguage.”AimsofthecourseGiveasystematicdescriptionoftheEnglishvocabulary.OfferaninsightintotheoriginanddevelopmentoftheEngl
8、ishvocabulary.Discusstheproblemsofword-structureandword-formationStudytheuseofEnglishwords,theirmeaningsandchangesinmeaning,theirsenserelations.ThesignificanceofthecourseDev
