英语词汇学概论PDF电子书下载

Unit 1 Introduction 1

1.1 The Rapid Development of English 2

1.2 The Demand for English 4

1.3 The Future of English 6

Exercises 6

Unit 2 The Development of Engiish Vocabulary 9

2.1 English in Relation to Language Families and Its Development 9

2.2 The Indo-European Language Family 9

2.3 Native Words and Borrowed Words 10

2.4 English People and English Vocabulary 12

2.5 The Divisions of The History of The English Language 16

2.6 The Perfection of The English Language 23

Exercises 26

Unit 3 Lexicology and Some Concepts of Words and Vocabulary 30

3.1 Definition of Lexicology 30

3.2 Connection of Lexicology with Other Branches of Linguistics 30

3.3 Two Approaches to The Study of English Lexicology 32

3.4 Aims and Significance of The Course of English Lexicology 33

3.5 Some Basic Concepts of Words and Vocabulary 34

3.6 Classification of Words 35

3.7 Word Structure 37

Exercises 46

Unit 4 Word-formation 49

4.1 Derivation ＆ Affixation 49

4.2 Compounding(Compound/Composition) 55

4.3 Conversion 57

4.4 Abbreviation 61

4.5 Blending 62

4.6 Back-formation 63

4.7 Onomatopoeia 63

4.8 Word from Proper Names 64

Exercises 65

Unit 5 Word Meaning 68

5.1 The Meaning of The Words 69

5.2 Relationship between Meaning and The Object 72

5.3 Meaning and Motivation 72

5.4 Main Types of Word Meaning 73

Exercises 79

Unit 6 Sense Relations（Ⅰ） 82

6.1 Introduction 82

6.2 Polysemy and Homonymy 82

6.3 Homonymy 87

6.4 Semantic Fields 90

6.5 Componential Analysis 91

6.6 Ambiguity and Vagueness 92

6.7 What Is A Vague Word? 94

Exercises 95

Unit 7 Sense Relations（Ⅱ） 98

7.1 Introduction 98

7.2 Synonymy and Synonyms 98

7.3 Association and Collocation 105

7.4 Antonymy and Antonyms 107

7.5 Some Characteristics of Antonyms and The Use of Antonyms 109

7.6 Hyponymy 111

7.7 Hyponymy and Meronymy 112

Exercises 113

Unit 8 Changes in Word Meaning 124

8.1 Changes in Meaning 124

8.2 Four Tendencies in Semantic Change 125

8.3 Semantic Change from The Literal Use of Words to Their Figurative Use 130

8.4 Why Does Language Change? 135

8.5 Neologisms 135

8.6 Causes of Changes 137

Exercises 139

Unit 9 Context and Meaning 145

9.1 Types of Context 145

9.2 Clues for Inferring Word Meaning in Context 147

Exercises 149

Unit 10 English Idioms 157

10.1 The Definition of Idioms 157

10.2 The Significances of Studying English Idioms 157

10.3 Sources of Idioms 158

10.4 The Features of English Idioms 158

10.5 English Idioms in Different Styles 163

10.6 Classification of English Idioms 164

10.7 Using Idioms 176

Exercises 178

Unit 11 British and American English 181

11.1 British and American English 182

11.2 The Historical Background of American English 184

11.3 Differences between British English and American English 185

11.4 Characteristics of American English 187

11.5 Two Contrasting Word-lists 187

11.6 British and American English in The Future 197

Exercises 197

Unit 12 English Dictionaries 199

12.1 The Development of Dictionaries 199

12.2 Types of Dictionaries 208

12.3 Using A Dictionary 209

Exercises 214

Keys to Exercises 218

Glossary 229

Bibliography 234