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4.Vocabulary——Vocabularyismostcommonlyusedtorefertothesumtotalofallthewordsofalanguage.Itcanalsorefertoallthewordsofagivendialect,agivenbook,agivensubjectandallthewordspossessedbyanindividualpersonaswellasallthewordscurrentinaparticularperiodoftimeinhistory.ThegeneralestimateofthepresentdayEnglishvocabularyisover1millionwords.
5.ClassificationofWords—byusefrequency,bynotion,byorigin
1).Basicwordstock–thefoundationofthevocabulary.
1.allnationalcharacter(mostimportant)**naturalphenomenamostcommonthingsandphenomenaofthehumanbodyandrelations**worldaroundusnamesofplantsandanimals**action,size,domain,state**numerals,pronouns,prep.,conj.
②stability–theydonatethecommonestthingnecessarytolife,theyareliketoremainunchanged.Onlyrelative,someareundergoingsomechanges.Butthechangeisslow.e.g.arrow,bow,chariot,knight–pastelectricity,machine,car,plane——now
③productivity–theyaremostlyrootwordsormonosyllabicwords,theycanformnewwordswithotherrootsandaffixes.e.g.foot–football,footage,footpath,footer
④polysemy–oftenpossessmorethanonemeaning.Becomepolysemous.e.g.taketomoveorcarryfromoneplacetoanothertoremove
⑤collocability–quiteanumberofsetexpressions,idiomaticusages,proverbialsayingandotherse.g.heart–achangeofheart,aheartofgold
Non-basicvocabulary——
①terminology–technicalterms.photoscanning,hepatitis,indigestion,penicillin,algebra,trigonometry,calculus
②jargon–specializedvocabularyincertainprofessions.Bottomline,ballparkfigures,bargainingchips,holdhimback,holdhimin,paranoid
③slang——substandardwordsoftenusedininformaloccasions.doughandbread,grassandpot,beaver,smoky,bear,catch,holler,Roger,X-rays,Certainwordsarelabeledslangbecauseoftheirusage.
④argot–wordsusedbysub-culturedgroupscan-opener,dip,persuader,cant,jargon,argotareassociatedwith,ormostavailableto,specificgroupsofthepopulation.
⑤dialectalwords–onlybyspeakersofthedialect.beauty,chook,cocky,station,auld,build,coo,hame,lough,bog
⑥archaisms–wordsnolongerincommonuseorrestrictedinuse.Inolderpoems,legaldocumentandreligiouswritingorspeech.
⑦neologism–newlycreatedwordswithnewmeaninge.g.microelectronics,futurology,AIDS,internet,E-mail
oldmeaningacquirednewmeaninge.g.mouse,monitor
2).Contentword(notionalword)–denoteclearnotions.
Functionalword(emptyword,formword)–donothavenotionsoftheirown,expresstherelationbetweennotions,wordsandsentences.a.ContentwordsconstitutethemainbodyoftheEnglishvocabularyarenumerous.Functionalwordsareinasmallnumber.b.Contentwordsaregrowing.,Functionalwordsremainstable.
c.Functionalwordsdofarmoreworkofexpressionthancontentwords.
3).Nativewords–arewordsbroughttoBritaininthe15centurybytheGermantribes.Ango-SaxonWords,50,000-60,000Whatistrueofthebasicwordstockisalsotrueofnativeworld.Moreare①neutralinstyle(notstylisticalspecific)②2.frequentinuse(inacademicfieldsandscienceFrench,LatinorGreekareused)(usage70-90%)
Borrowedwords(loanwords,borrowing)–wordstakenoverfromforeignlanguage.80%
Accordingtothedegreeofassimilationandmannerofborrowing,wecanbringtheloanwordsunder4classes.
①Denizens–wordsborrowedearlyandnowarewellassimilatedintoEnglishlanguage.
e.g.portfromportus(L)shift,change,shirt,pork,cupfromcuppa(L)
②Aliens–retainedtheiroriginalpronunciationandspelling
e.g.dé
cor(F)blitzkreeg(G)emir,intermez,rowtow,bazaar,rajar,statusquo
③translationloans–formedfromtheexistingmaterialintheEnglishlanguagebutmodeledonthepatternstakenfromanotherlanguage.
▲Wordtranslatedaccordingtothemeaninge.g.mothertoughfromlinguamaternal(L)
blackhumorfromhumornoir,longtimenosee,surplusvalue,masterpiece
▲Wordstranslatedaccordingtothesounde.g.kulakfromkyrak(Russ),lamafromlama(Tib),ketchup,tea
4.Semanticloans–theirmeaningareborrowedfromanotherlanguagee.g.stupidolddumpnewsassy,dreamoldjoyandpeace,pioneeroldexplorer/persondoingpioneeringwork,newamemberoftheyoungpioneer,fresholdimpertinent,sassy,cheeky,
第二章Indo-Europeanlanguagefamily(Europe,theNearEast,India)东Balto–Slavic(Prussian,Lithuanian,Polish,Bulgarian,Slovenian,Russian,Czech)Indo-Iranian(Persian,Hindi,Romany,Bengali,Sanskrit)Albanian,Armenian.
西Italic(Portuguese,Spanish,ItalianRoumanian,French)Germanic(Norwegian,Icelandie,Danish,Swedish,German,English,Dutch,Flemish)Celtic(Irish,Breton,Scottish,Welsh)Hellenic(Greek)
2.History(时间,历史事件,特征)
1)OldEnglish(450-1150)totally50,000-60,000words.The1stpeopleknowntoinhabitEnglandwereCelts,thelanguagewasCeltic..ThesecondlanguagewastheLatinoftheRomanLegions..TheGermanictribescalledangles,SaxonsandJutesandtheirlanguage,Anglo-SaxondominatedandblottedouttheCeltic.NowpeoplerefertoAnglo-SaxonasoldEnglish..Attheendof6thcentury,theintroductionofChristianityhasagreatimpactontheEnglishvocabulary.Thecommonpracticewastocreatenewwordsbycombiningtwonativewords.Inthe9thcentury,manyScandinavianwordscameintoEnglish.Atleast900wordsofScandinavianareinmodernEnglish,ourdailylifeandspeech.
特点:
highlyinflectedlanguagecomplexendingsorvowelchanges(fullending)
2)MiddleEnglish(1150-1500)English,Latin,French
Until1066,althoughtherewereborrowingsfromLatin,theinfluenceonEnglishwasmainlyGermanic.ButtheNormanConqueststartedacontinualflowofFrenchwordsintoEnglish..Bytheendofthe13thcentury,Englishgraduallycomebackintopublicareas.Between1250and150about9000wordsofFrenchorigincomeintoEnglish.75%ofthemaretillinusetoday.Asmanyas2500wordsofDutchorigincomeintoEnglish.
fewerinflectionsleveledending
3)ModernEnglish(1500-uptonow)earlymodernEnglish(1500-1700)latemodernEnglish(1700-uptonow)
TheRenaissance,LatinandGreekwererecognizedasthelanguagesoftheWesternworld’sgreatliteraryheritage.
TheIndustrialRevolutionwasinthemid-17century.Withthegrowthofcolonization,Britishtentaclesbeganastretchingoutoftoeverycorneroftheglobe,thusenablingEnglishtoabsorbwordsfromallmajorlanguagesoftheworld.AfterWorldWarII,manynewwordshavebeencreatedtoexpressnewideas,inventionsandscientificachievements.Morewordsarecreatedbymeansofword-formation.thousandsandthousandsofnewwordshavebeenenteredtoexpressnewideasinventions,andscientificachievements.,morewordsarecreatedbymeansofword-formation.,inmodernEnglish,wordendingsweremostlylostwithjustafewexceptionsEnglishhasevolvedfromasyntheticlanguagetothepresentanalyticlanguage.scienceandtechnologytermsmakeupabout45%ofnewwords.Words,associatedwithlife-styleconstituteof24%andsocialandeconomictermsamounttoover10%.mentionshouldbemadeofanoppositeprocessofdevelopmenti.e.oldwordsfallingoutifuse.
endingarealmostlost.
3.Threemainsourcesnewwords1.)Therapiddevelopmentofmodernscienceandtechnology2.)Social,economicandpoliticalchanges3)Theinfluenceofotherculturesandlanguages
4.Threemodesofvocabularydevelopment
1.)Creation–theformationofnewwordsbyusingtheexisting
materials,namelyroots,affixesandotherelements.(Thisisthemostimportantwayofvocabularyexpansion.)
2.)Semanticchange-anoldformwhichtakeonanewmeaningtomeetthenewneed.
3.)Borrowing–totakeinwordsfromotherlanguages.(particularlyinearliertime)
4.)(Revivingarchaicorobsolete)French30%,Latin8%,JapaneseItalian7%,Spanish6%,German
Greek5%,RussianYiddish4%
第三章
1.Morpheme——Amorphemeisthesmallestmeaningfulunitofalanguage.(Thesmallestfunctionalunitinthecompositionofwords.)
2.Morph.Amorphememustberealizedbydiscreteunits.Theseactualspokenminimalcarriersofmeaningaremorphs.
3.Monomorphenicwords–morphemesarerealizedbysinglemorphs.
4.Allomorph——Somemorphemesarerealizedbymorethanonemorphaccordingtotheirposition.Suchalternativemorphsareallomorphemes.E.g.themorphemeofplurality(-s)hasanumberifallomorphemesindifferentsoundcontext,e.g.incats/s/,inbags/z/,inmatches/iz/.
5.FreemorphemesorFreeroot——Themorphemeshavecompletemeaningandvanbeusedasfreegrammaticalunitsinsentences,e.g.cat,walk.Theyareidenticalwithrootwords.morphemeswhichareindependentofothermorphemesareconsideredtobefree.
6.BoundMorphemes——Themorphemescannotoccurasseparatewords.Theyareboundtoothermorphemestoformwords,e.g.recollection(re+co