词汇学复习提纲.doc

词汇学复习提纲
Lecture One Introduction to English Lexicology
Relation to other Disciplines
Morphology (how a word is formed through the morpheme structure),
Semantics (the study of meanings),
Etymology (the study of the origins and history of the meaning and form of words),
Stylistics (the study of style),
Lexicography (description of the origins, form, meaning and usage of words)
Lecture Two Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Words and Vocabulary
What is a word
a minimal free form of a language
a sound unity
a unit of meaning
a form that can function alone in a sentence
Sound and meaning
Arbitrary (conventional) relationship between linguistic unit and its reference
Sound and form
Theoretically sound and form should agree with each other, but actually there are many differences between the two.
Reasons: 1 alphabet was from the Romans, letters do not correspond to each sound.
2 pronunciation changed more rapidly than spelling over the years.
3 early casualness in spelling
4 Borrowing words are not all assimilated.
What is Vocabulary?
Classification of words
Basic word stock and non-basic vocabulary (classification via use frequency)
Content words/notional words and functional words/empty/form words (via notion)
Native words and borrowed words (via origin)
Lecture Three Chapter 2 The Development of the English Vocabulary
Indo-European language famil