词汇学chapter1.ppt

English Lexicology Course

东北师范大学人文学院
授课人:徐文娜
What is lexicology?
Why do you learn this course?
How to use the textbook?
What is lexicology?
The study of the vocabulary items of a language, including their meanings and relations, and changes in their form and meaning through time.
Requirements:
Course Hours: hours per week
Credit Value: 2 credits
Course Assessment:
Assignments and Quizzes (20%)
Attendance (10%)
Final Oral Exam (70%)
Chapter 1 The basic concept of
words and vocabulary
The definition of a word
Vocabulary
Sound and Meaning
Sound and Form
Classification of words
The definition of a word
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A word is a minimal free form of a language that has a given sound, meaning and syntactic function.
(1) a minimal free form of a language;
(2) a sound unity;
(3) a unit of meaning;
(4) a form that can function alone in a sentence.
Vocabulary
All the words in a language make up what is generally known as its vocabulary. p2
Sound and Meaning
Why we call a dog, call a cat?

Why knight and night pronounce in the same sound but different in meaning? P3
Read page 3, find the relationship between sound and meaning.
Sound and Form
It’s generally agreed that the written form of a natural language is the orthographical (拼写) record of the oral form.
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Read P3, and find out the reasons.