《英语词汇学》复习资料IntroductionEnglishasaglobal1
Lexicology(词汇学)isabranchoflinguistics(语言学)
Lexicology和哪些重要的学科建立了联系1)Morphology(构词学)2)Semantics(语义学)3)Stylistics(语体学)4)Etymology(词源学)3
研究lexicology的两大方法1)Diachronicapproach:历时语言学2)Synchronicapproach:共时语言学Chapter1Lexicologyandbasicconceptsofwordsandvocabulary1
Word——Awordisaminimalfreeformofalanguagethathasagivensoundandmeaningandsyntacticfunction
Thereisnologicalrelationshipbetweensoundandmeaningasthesymbolicconnectionbetweenthemisarbitrary(任意的)andconventional(约定的,俗称的)
sound&formThesoundshouldbesimilarto/consistentwiththeform,buttherearesomeillogical不合逻辑的andirregularity不规则的1)influencedbyRomans2)Pronunciationchanged3)earlyscribes(抄写员)4)borrowing4
Vocabulary——Notonlycanitrefertothetotalnumberofthewordsinalanguage,butitcanstandforallthewordsusedin