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自考《英语词汇学》复习资料
自考《英语词汇学》复习资料第一章
以下是我整理的英语词汇学的资料。
我在考的时候主要就是靠这个东东。
希望对还没有过的人有所帮助。
大家请注意:
笔记中大多数是以名词解释的形式出现的,这些是绝对的基础,应该一字不漏的背下来。
其实不少简答题也就是几个定义的汇总,再加上个例子就可以拿满分了。
区分两个词的区别,主要还是指明其各自的定义。
第一章
1.Word——Awordisaminimalfreeformofalanguagethathasagivensoundandmeaningandsyntacticfunction.
2.Thereisnologicalrelationshipbetweensoundandmeaningasthesymbolicconnectionbetweenthemisarbitraryandconventional.E.g.“woman”means’Frau’inGerman,’Femme’inFrenchand’Funv’inChinese.Ontheotherhand,thesamesound/rait/canmeanright,riteandwrite,thoughdenotingdifferentthings,yethavethesamesound.
3.Thedifferencebetweensoundandformresultfrom4majorfactors.
(Atleast80%oftheEnglishwordsfitconsistentspellingpatterns)
a).theinternalreasonisEnglishalphabetdoesnothaveaseparatelettertorepresenteachsoundinthelanguage.
b).Pronunciationhaschangedmorerapidlythanspelling
c).Influenceoftheworkofscribes/printingfreezesthespellingofwordsin1500
d).Borrowingofforeignlanguage
4.Vocabulary——Vocabularyismostcommonlyusedtorefertothesumtotalofallthewordsofalanguage.Itcanalsorefertoallthewordsofagivendialect,agivenbook,agivensubjectandallthewordspossessedbyanindividualpersonaswellasallthewordscurrentinaparticularperiodoftimeinhistory.
ThegeneralestimateofthepresentdayEnglishvocabularyisover1millionwords.
5.ClassificationofWords—byusefrequency,bynotion,byorigin
1).Basicwordstock–thefoundationofthevocabulary.
1.allnationalcharacter(mostimportant)–naturalphenomena
mostcommonthingsandphenomenaofthehumanbodyandrelations
worldaroundusnamesofplantsandanimals
action,size,domain,state
numerals,pronouns,prep.,conj.
2.stability–theydonatethecommonestthingnecessarytolife,theyareliketoremainunchanged.Onlyrelative,someareundergoingsomechanges.Butthechangeisslow.
e.g.arrow,bow,chariot,knight–past
electricity,machine,car,plane——now
3.productivity–theyaremostlyrootwordsormonosyllabicwords,theycanformnewwordswithotherrootsandaffixes.
e.g.foot–football,footage,footpath,footer
4.polysemy–oftenpossessmorethanonemeaning.Becomepolysemous.
e.g.taketomoveorcarryfromoneplacetoanother
toremove
5.collocability–quiteanumberofsetexpressions,idiomaticusages,proverbialsayingandothers
e.g.heart–achangeofheart,aheartofgold
Non-basicvocabulary——
1.terminology–technicalterms
photoscanning,hepatitis,indigestion,penicillin,algebra,trigonometry,calculus
2.jargon–specializedvocabularyincertainprofessions.
Bottomline,ballparkfigures,bargainingchips,holdhimback,holdhimin,paranoid
3.slang——substandardwordsoftenusedininformaloccasions
doughandbread,grassandpot,beaver,smoky,bear,catch,holler,Roger,X-rays,
Certainwordsarelabeledslangbecauseoftheirusage.
4.argot–wordsusedbysub-culturedgroups
can-opener,dip,persuader
cant,jargon,argotareassociatedwith,ormostavailableto,specificgroupsofthepopulation.
5.dialectalwords–onlybyspeakersofthedialect
beauty,chook,cocky,station,auld,build,coo,hame,lough,bog
6.archaisms–wordsnolongerincommonuseorrestrictedinuse.Inolderpoems,legaldocumentandreligiouswritingorspeech.
7.neologism–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,50,000-60,000
Whatistrueofthebasicwordstockisalsotrueofnativeworld.Moreare
1.neutralinstyle(notstylisticalspecific)
2.2.frequentinuse(inacademicfieldsandscienceFrench,LatinorGreekareused)(usage70-90%)
Borrowedwords(loanwords,borrowing)–wordstakenoverfromforeignlanguage.80%
Accordingtothedegreeofassimilationandmannerofborrowing,wecanbringtheloanwordsunder4classes.
1.Denizens–wordsborrowedearlyandnowarewellassimilatedintoEnglishlanguage.
e.g.portfromportus(L)shift,change,shirt,pork
cupfromcuppa(L)
2.Aliens–retainedtheiroriginalpronunciationandspelling
e.g.décor(F)blitzkreeg(G)emir,intermez,rowtow,bazaar,rajar,statusquo
3.translationloans–formedfromtheexistingmaterialintheEnglishlanguagebutmodeledonthepatternstakenfromanotherlanguage.
1).Wordtranslatedaccordingtothemeaning
e.g.mothertoughfromlinguamaternal(L)
blackhumorfromhumornoir
longtimenosee,surplusvalue,masterpiece
2).Wordstranslatedaccordingtothesound
e.g.kulakfromkyrak(Russ)
lamafromlama(Tib)
ketchup
tea
4.Semanticloans–theirmeaningareborrowedfromanotherlanguage
e.g.stupidolddump
newsassy
dreamoldjoyandpeace
pioneeroldexplorer/persondoingpioneeringwork
newamemberoftheyoungpioneer
fresholdimpertinent,sassy,cheeky
自考《英语词汇学》复习资料第二章
第二章
Indo-Europeanlanguagefamily(Europe,theNearEast,India)
Balto–SlavicIndo-IranianItalicGermanic
PrussianPersianPortugueseNorwegian
LithuanianHindiSpanishIcelandie
PolishItalianDanish
BulgarianRoumanianSwedish
SlovenianFrenchEnglish
RussianGerman
AlbanianArmenianCelticHellenic
IrishGreek
Breton
Scottish
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:
highlyinflectedlanguage
complexendingsorvowelchanges(fullending)
2)MiddleEnglish(1150-1500)English,Latin,French
Until1066,althoughtherewereborrowingsfromLatin,theinfluenceonEnglishwasmainlyGermanic.ButtheNormanConqueststartedacontinualflowofFrenchwordsintoEnglish.
Bytheendofthe13thcentury,Englishgraduallycomebackintopublicareas.
Between1250and150about9000wordsofFrenchorigincomeintoEnglish.75%ofthemaretillinusetoday.
Asmanyas2500wordsofDutchorigincomeintoEnglish.
特点:
fewerinflections
leveledending
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.wordsassociatedwithlife-styleconstituteof24%andsocialandeconomictermsamounttoover10%.
mentionshouldbemadeofanoppositeprocessofdevelopmenti.e.oldwordsfallingoutifuse.
特点:
endingarealmostlost.
3.Threemainsourcesnewwords
1.Therapiddevelopmentofmodernscienceandtechnology
2.Social,economicandpoliticalchanges
3.Theinfluenceofotherculturesandlanguages
4.Threemodesofvocabularydevelopment
1.Creation–theformationofnewwordsbyusingtheexistingmaterials,namelyroots,affixesandotherelements.(Thisisthemostimportantwayofvocabularyexpansion.)
2.Semanticchange-anoldformwhichtakeonanewmeaningtomeetthenewneed.
3.Borrowing–totakeinwordsfromotherlanguages.(particularlyinearliertime)
4.(Revivingarchaicorobsolete)
French30%,Latin8%,JapaneseItalian7%,Spanish6%,GermanGreek5%,RussianYiddish4%
自考《英语词汇学》复习资料第三章
第三章
1.Morpheme——Amorphemeisthesmallestmeaningfulunitofalanguage.(Thesmallestfunctionalunitinthecompositionofwords.)
2.Morph——Amorphememustberealizedbydiscreteunits.Theseactualspokenminimalcarriersofmeaningaremorphs.
3.Monomorphenicwords–morphemesarerealizedbysinglemorphs.
4.Allomorph——Somemorphemesarerealizedbymorethanonemorphaccordingtotheirposition.Suchalternativemorphsareallomorphemes.E.