英语词汇学.ppt

现代英语词汇学概论
Lexicology
What is the longest word in English?
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honorificabilitudinitatibus ---- The longest word used by Shakespear (in Love’s Labour lost) consists of 27 letters, meaning “with no honourableness”)
floccinaucinihilipilification ---- The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary contains 29 letters, which was first used in 1741 and later by Sir Walter Scott, meaning “deciding something is worthless”)
praetertransubstantiationalistically --- Contermporary novelist Mark McShane used a long word of 36 letters in his novel Untimely Ripped, meaning:”the act of surpassing the act of transubstantiation”. (“超过化体的行为”---”化体”指耶酥的肉和血化为圣餐的面包和葡萄酒)
[preittrnsbstein]
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis ( 肺尘病)----The longest word in the Webster Third International Dictionary consists of 45 letters, referring to a miner’s lung disease.
[ju:mnum]
Osseocarnisanguineoviscericartilagininervomedullary --- The longest English word is commonly considered to be a word used by Thomas Love Peacock in his novel Headlong Hall(大客厅), which consists of 51 letters, used to describe the structure of the human body.
Chapter 2 Morphological Structure of English Words
英语词汇的形态结构
Morphemes
词素 /语素/ 形位
Classification of Morphemes
词素分类
How is an English word formed?
. disagreeable
disagreeable (by letter)
dis · a · gree · a · ble (by syllable)
dis + agree + able (by morpheme)
What is the difference between “morpheme” and “syllable”?
Syllable: has nothing to do with meaning
Morpheme: two-facet →both sound and meaning
Morphemes词素 /语素/ 形位
1. The Definition of “Morphemes”
词素的概念
2. Allomorphs
词素变体
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The Definition of “Morphemes”  词素的概念
Questions:
1. What is “Morpheme”? What is the relation between “morpheme” and “word”? *
2. What are “Allomorphs” *