Chapter 1 Development of English Lexicology 1
1.1 Development of English Lexicology 1
1.2 An Introduction of an English Book: Words, Meaning and Vocabulary 12
1.3 An Introduction of a Russian Book: English Lexicology 31
Chapter 2 Research Fields and Research Methods of English Lexicology 46
2.1 Research Fields 46
2.2 Research Methods 57
Chapter 3 Paradigmatic Relations 80
3.1 Synonymy 80
3.2 Antonymy 89
3.3 Polysemy 99
3.4 Homonymy 110
3.5 Hyponymy 114
Chapter 4 Syntagmatic Relations 117
4.1 Collocations 117
4.2 Idioms 137
Chapter 5 Historical Studies of the English Vocabulary 150
5.1 Proto-Indo-European Roots 150
5.2 Origin of English Words 158
5.3 Changes of English Words over History 167
Chapter 6 Studies on New English Words 188
6.1 Semantic Fields of New Words 188
6.2 Origins of New Words 220
6.3 Development of New Words 233
Chapter 7 Regional Varieties of English Words 254
7.1 British English 254
7.2 American English 261
7.3 Canadian English 268
7.4 Australian English 274
7.5 Words in Other Englishes 277
Chapter 8 Social Studies on the English Vocabulary 292
8.1 Standard English and the Core Vocabulary 292
8.2 Lexical Varieties 302
8.3 Slang 306
8.4 Dialectical Words 323
8.5 Gender Studies on Words 330
8.6 Social Varieties 335
8.7 English for Special Purposes 338
Chapter 9 Cultural Studies on the English Vocabulary 346
9.1 Cultural Connotations of the English Vocabulary 346
9.2 Connotations of National Cultures 359
9.3 Influence of Chinese Culture on the English Vocabulary 369
9.4 Connotations of English Words and the Teaching of English 372
Chapter 10 Rhetorical Studies on the English Vocabulary 374
10.1 Figures of Speech 374
10.2 Word Formation 388
10.3 Morphologization 402
10.4 Euphemism 405
Chapter 11 Pragmatic Studies on the English Vocabulary 411
11.1 Lexical Meaning vs. Pragmatic Meaning 411
11.2 Mechanisms for Pragmatic Meaning 418
11.3 Nature of Pragmatic Meaning 420
11.4 Classification of Pragmatic Meaning 429
11.5 Comprehension of Pragmatic Meaning 434
Chapter 12 Discourse Analysis and Lexical Research 454
12.1 Discourse Analysis 454
12.2 Semantics and Discourse 467
12.3 Meaning in Discourse 483
12.4 Lexical Coherence 504
Chapter 13 Dictionaries and Lexicography 511
13.1 English Dictionaries and Lexicography 511
13.2 Corpus Linguistics 553
13.3 Dictionary Criticism 575
Chapter 14 Borrowings from and into Chinese 590
14.1 Borrowing 590
14.2 Borrowings from Chinese 595
14.3 Borrowings from English 597
Chapter 15 Teaching of the English Vocabulary 607
15.1 The History of English Vocabulary Teaching 607
15.2 English Vocabulary Acquisition 621
15.3 English Vocabulary Teaching 659
Bibliography 685