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Chapter1 Introduction 1

1.1 The English Vocabulary 1

1.2 The Structure of English Words 18

Chapter2 Basic Word-formation 30

2.1 Derivation 30

2.2 Compounding 35

2.3 Conversion 51

Chapter3 Other Word-formation Categories 63

3.1 Abbreviation 63

3.2 Back-formation 69

3.3 Onomatopoeia 70

Chapter4 Word Meaning 71

4.1 The Meaning of the Word 71

4.2 Kinds of Meaning 92

Chapter5 Polysemy and Homonymy 101

5.1 Introduction 101

5.2 Polysemy 104

5.3 Homonymy 105

5.4 Polysemy or Homonymy？ 108

5.5 Ambiguity and Vagueness 109

Chapter6 Sense Relations 115

6.1 Synonymy 115

6.2 Antonymy 122

6.3 Hyponymy and Meronymy 137

Chapter7 Changes in Meaning 146

7.1 Meaning Changes 146

7.2 Why Does Language Change？ 153

Chapter8 Meaning Shift 155

8.1 Categorizing Figurative Language 155

8.2 Metaphor 158

8.3 Metonymy 162

8.4 Synecdoche 162

Chapter9 Semantic Evolution 164

9.1 Causes of Semantic Evolution 164

9.2 The Process of Semantic Evolution 176

Chapter10 Sources of English Vocabulary 184

10.1 English in Relation to Language Families and Its Development 184

10.2 Sources of English Vocabulary 193

Chapter11 Current Development of English Words 207

11.1 Introduction 207

11.2 Patterns of Lexical Development 212

11.3 New Words Resulted from Meaning Change 213

11.4 The Future of the English Language 215

Chapter12 English Variations across Countries 217

12.1 The Vocabulary of American English 217

12.2 Canadian English 238

12.3 Australian English 239

12.4 New Zealand English 242

Chapter13 Idioms 245

13.1 What Are Idioms？ 245

13.2 Characteristics of Idioms 250

13.3 Different Aspects of the Idiom 252

Chapter14 Phrasal Verbs and Collocations 261

14.1 What Are Phrasal Verbs？ 261

14.2 What Are Collocations？ 265

Chapter15 Other Idioms 278

15.1 Metaphor and Simile 278

15.2 Idiomatic Pairs 282

15.3 Proverbs 283

Chapter16 English Dictionaries 292

16.1 Dictionary ABC 292

16.2 Find Your Dictionaries 306

16.3 Further Development of Dictionaries 317

Bibliography 323