英语词汇学引论

Chapter1Language，LinguisticsandLexicology

1-1-1IntroductoryRemarks

1-1-2ADefinitionofLanguage

1-1-3Language，SocietyandThought

1-2-1ADefinitionofLi.nguistics

1-2-2TheScopeofLinguistics

1-3-1WhatIsLexicology？

1-3-2AimsandSignificanceoftheCourseof.EnglishLexicology

1-3-3TheConnectionofLexicologywithOtherBranchesofLinguistics

1-3-4TwoApproachestotheStudyofEnglishLexicology

Chapter2TheSourcesoftheEnglishVocabulary

2-1-1WhatisEtymology？

2-1-2TheEnglishPeopleandtheEnglishLanguage

2-1-3ThePositionandCharacteroftheEnglishLanguageintheIndo-EuropeanFamily

2-1-4TheDivisionsoftheHistoryOftheEnglishLanguage

2-1-5SomeCharacteristicsofOldEnglish

2-1-6SomeCharacteristicsofMiddleEnglish

2-1-7SomeCharacteristicsofModernEnglish

2-1-8EtymologicalTwinsinEnglish

2-1-9SomeCombiningFormsUsedinModemEnglish

2-2-1WordsofNativeOrigin

2-2-2BorrowedWordsintheEnglishVocabulary

2-3-1TheForeignElementsintheEnglishVocabulary

2-3-2TheScandinavianElementintheEnglishVocabulary

2-3-3TheFrenchElementintheEnglishVocabulary

2-3-4TheLatinElementintheEnglishVocabulary

2-3-5TheGreekElementintheEnglishVocabulary

2-3-6TheInfluenceoftheClassicalElementsupontheEnglishVocabulary

2-3-7OtherForeignElementsintheEnglishVocabulary

2-3-8TheInterrelationBetweentheNativeandForeignElementsintheEnglishVocabulary

2-3-9TheLinguisticandHistoricalOriginsofSomeCommonEnglishWords

Chapter3WordMeaningandSemanticRelations

3-1-1SomeGeneralRemarksonSemanticsandMeaning

3-1-2TheRelationshipBetweenMeaningandtheObject

3-2-1WhatIsaWord？

3-2-2MeaningandMotivation

3-3-1ClassificationsofWords

3-3-2MainTypesofWordMeaning

3-3-3WordMeaningandContext

3-4-1Synonyms

3-4-2Antonyms

3-4-3PolysemyandHomonymy

3-4-4Hyponymy

Chapter4TheChangingEnglishVocabulary

4-1-1TheConstantChangeinLanguageandtheContinuousAppearanceofNeologisms

4-1-2TheDefinitionofNeologismsorNewWords

4-1-3TheRateofChangesoftheEnglishVocabulary

4-1-4TheSourcesofNewWords

4-1-5TheFormationofNeologisms

4-2-1Archaisms

4-3-1ChangesinMeaning

4-3-2FourTendenciesinSemanticChanges

4-3-3SemanticChangesfromtheLiteralUseofWordstoTheirFigurativeUse

Chapter5Word-formationinEnglish

5-1-1Introduction

5-1-2MorphologicalStructureofWords

5-1-3TwoTypesofMorphemes

5-1-4ThreeTypesofWords

5-1-5Root，Base，Stem

5-2-1TheMainProcessesofEnglishWord-formation

5-2-2TheMinorProcessesofEnglishWord-formation

Chapter6EnglishIdioms

6-1-1Introduction

6-1-2TheDefinitionofIdioms

6-1-3TheSignificanceofStudyingEnglishIdioms

6-1-4TheFeaturesofEnglishIdioms

6-1-5EnglishIdiomsinDifferentStyles

6-1-6TheDifferenceBetweenIdiomaticandFreePhrases

6-2-1ClassificationsofEnglishIdioms

6-2-2SomeUsefulLanguageAreasofIdioms

Chapter7EnglishCollocations

7-1-1Introduction

7-1-2WhatIsaCollocation？

7-1-3TheImportanceofLearningEnglishCollocations

7-2-1TheClassificationofEnglishCollocations

7-2-2RegisterUsedinEnglishCollocations

7-3-1SomeCommonestWordsUsedinEnglishCollocations.

7-4-1DifferentSubjectsofEnglishCollocations

7-4-2Families

7-4-3Houses，FlatsandRooms

7-4-4FoodandDrink

7-4-5StudyandLearning

7-4-6FitnessandIllness

7-4-7JobandWork

7-4-8Computers

7-4-9Sport

7-4-10Time

Chapter8BritishandAmericanEnglish

8-1-1EnglishasaLanguageofWorldwideUse

8-1-2BritishandAmericanEnglish

8-1-3TheHistoricalBackgroundofAmericanEnglish

8-2-1DifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish

8-2-2DifferencesinIndividualSounds

8-2-3DifferencesinStress

8-2-4DifferencesinSpelling

8-2-5DifferencesinVocabulary

8-2-6DifferencesinGrammar

8-3-1AComparisonBetweenWebstersPronunciationSymbols(WPS)andInternationalPhoneticAlphabet(IPA)

8-3-2BritishandAmericanEnglishintheFuture

Chapter9EnglishDictionariesandHowtoUseThem

9-1-1WhatIsaDictionary？

9-1-2CharacteristicsofDictionaries

9-2-1TypesofDictionaries

9-2-2Monolingual，BilingualandMulfilingualDictionaries

9-2-3GeneralandSpecialDictionaries

9-2-4Pocket，Medium-sizedandUnabridgedDictionaries

9-2-5SynchronicandDiachronicDictionaries

9-2-6EncyclopediasandEncyclopedicDictionaries

9-2-7ThePrintedandElectronicDictionaries

9-3-1TheHistoryofEnglishDictionaries

9-3-2ABriefIntroductionofFiveNewestEnglishDictionaries

9-3-3FivePeriodsintheHistoryofEnglishDictionaries

9-4-1HowtoUseEnglishDictionaries

Appendix1

AnEnglish-ChineseListofTechnicalTermsof

LexicologyUsedinThisBook

Appendix2

TheReviewofaNewestBook

Bibliography

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