英语词汇学.ppt

Lexicology(词汇学)
Lexicology is the study of form, meaning and behavior of words. (The New Oxford Dictionary of English )
Morphology(形态学), semantics(语义学), etymology(词源学)
Vocabulary(口语化), lexis(两者之间), lexicon(学术味) (词汇)
1011学年第二学期词汇学试题类型
I. Explain the following terms. (20 points)
II. Complete the following statements or passages with
proper expressions according to the text. (10 points)
III. Fill in each blank with a word contrary in meaning to the word given in the bracket. (10 points)
IV. Complete the following idioms. (10 points)
V. Fill in the blanks with the following verbal phrases in their suitable forms. (20 points)
VI. Express the following in pound word. (10 points)
VII. Answer the following questions. (20 points)
I. Explain the following terms.
pounding connotative meaning
Morpheme blending initialism antonymy synonym denotative meaning polysemy Conversion derivation motivation Acronym back-formation radiation
VII. Answer the following questions.
1. How do you define antonyms?
2. What is the difference between conversion and suffixation?
3. What do we mean by literary mon words?
4. What is the difference between grammatical meaning and lexical meaning?
5. What are the differences between inflectional and derivational affix?
6. What is the difference between prefixation and suffixation?
7. Why should we give primary importance to denotative meaning of words?
8. What is the difference between root antonyms and derivational antonyms?
9. State the vital role of context in determination of word meaning.
10. What are verb phrase idioms? What are their peculiar features?
Part oneChapter I
A General Survey of
English Vocabulary
Development of the English vocabulary
2. Classification of English words according to different criteria
3. Varieties of English
4. Classification of languages
Chapter 1 A Brief Survey of the English Language
Definition of WordBloomfield: some linguistic forms, which we call bound forms are never used as sentences.
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