词汇学笔记和论文网址.docx

Chapter 11-The definition prises the following points: (1) aminimal free form ofalanguage; (2) asound unity; (3) aunit ofmeaning; (4) aform that can function alone inasentence. A word isaminimal free form ofalanguage that has agiven sound and meaning and syntactic function. 2- Sound and Meaning :symbolic connection isalmost always arbitrary and conventional. Adog iscalled adog not because the sound and the three letters that make upthe word just automatically suggest the animal inquestion. 3-Old English, the speech ofthe time was represented very much more faithfully inwriting than itistoday. The internal reason for this is that the English alphabet was adopted from the Romans, which does not have aseparate letter torepresent each sound inthe language sothat some letters must dodouble duty orwork together bination. Another reason isthat the pronunciation has changed more rapidly than spelling over the years, and insome cases the two have drawn far apart. Athird reason isthat some ofthe differences were created bythe early scribes. es the borrowing, which isanimportant channel ofenriching the English vocabulary. 5- Vocabulary :All the words inalanguage make upits vocabulary. Not only can itrefer tothe total number ofthe words inalanguage, but it can stand for all the words used inaparticular historical period. Wealso use ittorefer to all the words ofagiven dialect, agiven book, agiven discipline and the words possessed byanindividual person. The general estimate ofthe present-day English vocabulary isover million words. words used inaparticular historical period. Wealso use ittorefer to all the words ofagiven dialect, agiven book, agiven discipline and the words possessed byanindividual person. The general estimate ofthe present-day English vocabulary isover million words. words used inaparticular historical period. Wealso use ittorefer to all the words ofagiven dialect, agiven book, agiven discipline and the words possessed byanindividual person. The general estimat