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英语专业词汇学复习
1.Whatislexicology?
Lexico-(语素,meaning‘word’)
Lexicon(词典,字典)
Lexical((词的,词汇的)
Lexicography((词典编纂)
Sociology(社会学)
Psychology(心理学)
Lexicologyisthestudyofthestructure,usage,originsandmeaningsofwords.
EnglishlexicologystudiesEnglishwordsindifferentaspectsandfromdifferentangles.
Withoutgrammarwecanexpresslittle;Withoutwordswecanexpressnothing.
2.Define“word”
Aminimalfreeformofalanguage;Asoundunity;Aunitofmeaning;Aformthatcanfunctionaloneinasentence.
3.OriginofEnglishWords
Nativewords本族词
Borrowedwords/loanwords外来词
Latin,Scandinavian,French,Greek,Spanish,German,Portuguese,Dutch,Arabic,Chinese,Hebrew,Persian,Japanese,Indonesian,Russian
Nativewords:
Anglo-Saxonwords
Bodyparts—hand,foot,arm,eye,bone
Nature—land,field,earth,hill,sun,moon
Time—month,year,day
Animalsandplants—horse,sheep,dog,lamb,oak,elm,beech
Adjectives—black,high,wide,long,small
Verbs—drive,ride,shine,choose,fly,see
Auxiliaries—shall,may,will,do,be
BorrowedwordsP.9
Theboykeptinterruptingthegovernmentman.
NativewordsonP.5
Whatfeaturesdothesewordshave?
FormthebasicstockofEnglishlanguagemostfrequentlyused,Denotethecommonestthingsnecessaryforlife,Acquiredearliestbychildren,Denotethemostbasicthingsinlanguage
Borrowing
cake,knife,crop,ill,husband,Danish
coolie,litchi,dimsum,typhoon,kaolin,loquat,bureau,honor,literature,courtFrench
saunaFinnish
hamburger,blitz,zincGerman
macaroni,sonata,spaghettiItalian
sultan,roc,harem,sheik,yashmakArabic
czar,commissar,intelligentsiaRussian
geometry,gymnastics,tragedy,mythGreek
genius,memorandum,formulaLatin
kimono,judo,Japanese
Reviewquestions
(1)._____studiesthestructure,meanings,originsandusageofwords.
A.WordformationB.LexicologyC.Morphology
(2).Thereisalogicalconnectionbetweenthesoundandmeaningofwords.Thisisa____view.
A.naturalistB.conventionalistC.objective
(3).____isaminimalfreeformofalanguagethathasagivensoundandmeaningandsyntacticfunction.
A.affixB.phraseC.word
4.Morphemene
onemorphemenation
twomorphemesnation+al
threemorphemesinter+nation+al
fourmorphemesinter+nation+al+ist
5.Wordformation:
affixation词缀法
Affix词缀(aformthatisattachedtoamorphemetomodifymeaningorfunction)prefix前缀,suffix后缀)
root词根(thebasicformofawordwhichcannotbefurtheranalyzedwithouttotallossofidentity.)
6.WordandVocabulary
ThegeneralestimateofEnglishvocabularyisoveronemillionwords.
JohnhasagoodknowledgeofMiddleEnglishvocabulary.
ThevocabularyofBlackEnglishprovedtoodifficultforme.
Thefive-year-oldchildhasacquiredavocabularyofover2000words.
Thisarticlegivesagoodintroductionofspecializedvocabularyofnuclearphysics.
Vocabulary
Thetotalnumberofthewordsinalanguage.
Allthewordsusedinaparticularperiod.
Allthewordsofagivendialect.
Allthewordspossessedbyaperson.
Allthewordsofagivendiscipline.
BasicWordStockandNonbasicVocabulary基本词汇和非基本词汇(Thecommoncoreofthelanguage.)
Rain,snow,fire,water,sun,moon,spring,summer,wind,hill;
Head,foot,hand,face,father,mother,son
Apple,tree,horse,cow,cat,dog,sheep
Come,go,eat,beat,carry,old,young
One,ten,hundred,I,you,who,but,as,till
CharacteristicsofBasicWordStock
Allnationalcharacter全民性,Stability稳定性,Productivity能产性,Polysemy多义性
Dothesebelongtobasicwordstock?
(1)Doyouknowwhatsubjectmatterjurisdictionis?
(subjectmatterjurisdiction诉讼标的管辖权;事物管辖权)
(2)DuetoHabeasCorpus,youandMissFontanahadacommonlawmarriage,whichentitleshertowhatislegallyreferredtoasequitabledivisionoftheassets.(DuetoHabeasCorpus人身保护法,commonlawmarriage习惯法婚姻,同居婚姻,equitabledivisionoftheassets资产平均分配)
(3)Duetothefactthatyouretainedtheresidence,MissFontanaisentitledtofullcaninepropertyownership.We’llenforcethatownershiprightnow.
NonbasicVocabulary非基本词汇
Photoscanning,indigestion,algebra
Terminology术语(technicaltermsusedinparticulardisciplinesandacademicareas)
Hypo,buster,bargainingchips
Jargon行话(specializedwordsusedbymembersofparticularartssciences,tradesandprofessionsamongthemselves)
Dough(money),pot(drug)slang俚语(sub-standardwords)
Can-opener(all-purposekey),dip(pickpocket)argot黑话(jargonofcriminals)
Reviewquestions
(1)Theword‘limitless’containstwo_____.
A.affixesB.rootsC.morphemes
(2)Whichofthefollowingisnottrue?
A.Awordisthesmallestformoflanguage
B.Awordisasoundunity.
C.Awordhasagivenmeaning.
D.Awordcanbeusedfreelyinasentence.
(3)Accordingtosemanticists,awordisaunitof______.
A.soundsB.meaningC.formD.function
(4)Awordisa_____thatstandsforsomethingelseintheworld.
A.symbolB.systemC.structureD.pattern
(5)Howmanymorphemesdoesthiswordhave?
Whatkindofmorpheme?
•misleadingly
7.Affixation词缀法
Prefixation前缀法
Negativeprefixes表示否定意义的前缀
Prefixesofdegreeorsize(extra,hyper,mini,)表示程度、大小等意义的前缀
Prefixesoforientationandattitude表示倾向和态度等意义的前缀(pro,anti)
Locativeprefixes表示方位意义的前缀(intra,inter,tele,sub)
Prefixesoftimeandorder表示时间和顺序意义的前缀(ex,fore,post,pre)
Numberprefixes表示数字的前缀(mono,bi,tri,penta,)
Miscillaneousprefixes其他意义的前缀(eco,auto,neo)
Class-changingprefixes改变词性的前缀(a,en,un,de)
Suffixation后缀法
Suffixationistheformationofnewwordsbyaddingsuffixestoroots.
Theprimaryfunctionofsuffixesistochangethegrammaticalfunctionofroots.
Reviewquestions
(1)Turnthefollowingintoverbswith-en,-ify,-ize
(Horror,modern,Memory,apology,False,sterile,Length,intense,Beauty,fatSympathy,memory)
He____forinterruptingher.
Shetriedto____herroomwithpostersandplants.
Astudyhasbeenorderedintothefeasibilityof_____theairport’smainrunwayby200m.
Howevermuchthey_____withher,theyallfeltitwasherfault.
Soyaisexcellentfoodto___cattle.
Over$40000hadbeenspenton_____thestation.
_____thebottlesbyimmersingtheminboilingwaterfor15minutes.
Ifyouareemployedbyacompany,you’reoneofits_____.
Apoliticianissomeonewhosejobispolitics.
The_____inadiscussionarethepeoplewhoparticipateinit.
Awomanwhoworksasa______doesthesamejobasawaiter.
A____issomeonewhoearnstheirlivingbyplayingthepiano.
Ifsomeoneexaminesyou,youarethe____andhe/sheisthe_____.
8.Conversion转类法
#Nounattribute
•Economymeasure节约措施economicmeasure经济措施
•Bankruptcylawyer处理破产诉讼的律师bankruptbusinessman破了产的商人
•Riotpolice防暴警察riotouspolice闹事的警察
•Dangerzone危险区
•Depthcharge深水炸弹
•Adepartmentdecision部门作出的决定
•Impulsebuying凭一时的冲动买东西
Bankruptcylawyer
#Nountoverb,verbtonoun
Thenewspapersheadlinedhislongrecordofaccomplishments.
Hewasadmittedtotheuniversityafterathree-yearwait.
Thisfilmisaremake.
#Adjectivetonoun
–Partialconversion
Thesebooksareintendedforthedeafandmute.
Itishighlyimportanttodistinguishbetweenthefalseandthetrue
–Completeconversion
Manyclassicsarenowavailableinbookstores.
Thepolicearenetting25illegalsadayinChicago
Theyneededtogettherewithinthreedays.Noifsandbutswereaccepted.SoTomgottheplansandhelicopteredtothehostcity,whileDavidgotvisaedupinBerlinandwenttherebyAirFrance.Attheairportshop,hewasattractedbysomecelebrityashtraysandboughtoneofthem.
Wecan’tstomachsuchainsult.
RobertAchesonroomedrightnexttome.
Hewolfeddownhislunch.
I’moneofhisfamiliars.
Poorinnocents!
Theengineersahedandouchedatthenewmachines.
HeHamletedthechanceandthenregrettedforit.
Theseshoeswereanexcellentbuy.
Theyliftedtheriflesandhithiminthesmalloftheback.
9.WordFormation:
Composition/Compounding
•Aprocessofword-formationbywhichtwoormoreindependentwordsareputtogethertomakeoneword.
Cruisemissile巡航导弹Laserbomb激光炸弹Fox-bat狐蝠式战斗机(米格-25)
Well-balanced平衡了的Dog-eat-dog狗咬狗的Cross-question盘问
Compoundnoun
PoorhouseidentitycrisisRainbowfox-batpickpocketInpatient
Compoundadjective
Bittersweetlifelongfeelgoodinborn
One-man(concert)Around-the-moon(flight)
Be-kind-to-animal(campaign)The-end-justifies-the-means(philosophy)
One-family-one-childfamilyplanning(policy)
No-one-dared-to-walk-in-the-street(situation)
Compoundverb
breast-feedsleepwalkUndertakewhitewashBadmouth
10.ThedevelopmentoftheEnglishVocabulary
HistoricalReviewofEnglishVocabulary
FirstlanguageusedinBritain:
Celtic
TheRomanLegions(古罗马军团):
Latin(55-54BC)
Germanictribes:
Anglo-Saxon(450)
ThreeperiodsoftheEnglishLanguage
OldEnglish(450AD—1150AD)whenthefirstGermanictribesbegantosettleinEngland.
•Anglo-Saxon—theGermanictribes
•Latin–introductionofChristianityattheendofthe6thcentury.
•Scandinavian–NorwegianandDanishvikings
•5000-6000words;highlyinflected
MiddleEnglish(1150—1500)duringtheNormanConquest.
•FrenchinfluenceNormanConquest1066
•9000FrenchwordscontinuallyflowedintoEnglish
•DutchwordsenteredEnglishwiththetraderelation.
•Englishregainedpositionofimportance
–WyclifftranslationoftheBible(威克利夫)
–WritingsofChaucerandLangland(乔叟、朗兰)
–Englishgraduallycamebacktoschools
ModernEnglish(1450—)
•EarlyModernEnglish(1500-1700)早期现代英语
•LateModernEnglish(1700-uptonow)后期现代英语
EarlyModernEnglish(1500-1700)早期现代英语
•TheRenaissance文艺复兴—anewupsurgeoflearningancientGreekandRomanclassics
•1500-1700–over10,000