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我跟你说meow Day1. What is English Lexicology?
Just for Fun
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from:《蒙娜丽莎的微笑》
Lexicology(词汇学)
A branch of linguistics(语言学), inquiring into the origins and meanings of words.
Word(词的定义)
A word is a minimal free form of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function.
Features of English words(4)
①Spelling(形式)a minimal free form of a language
②Sound(读音)a sound unity
③Meaning(意义)a unit of meaning
④Syntactic function(用法)a form that can function alone in a sentence
Classification of English words(3)
①By origin:native words(本地词) & loan words(外来词)
②By usage(5)
common words(常用词)& literary words(文学)& colloquial words(口语) & slang(俚语)& technical words(术语)
③By notion:content words(实词) & function words(虚词)
The Development of the English Vocabulary(3)
①Old English (450-1100)
②Middle English (1150-1500)
③Modern English (1500-up to now)
以上是对词汇学基本概念的介绍,明天会推形态学(Morphology)的相关内容,也就是从词形的角度来研究词汇。通过这门课程,我发现学术上对词汇现象的分类很详细,过去英语学习中遇到的语言点都可以从中找到对应,这大概也是拓展词汇量的一种思路。