英语语言学教程最新课件3---词汇.pptVIP

Chapter 3 Lexicon 1. What is word Word: a unit of expression that has universal intuitive recognition by native-speakers, whether spoken or written 1.1 Three senses of “word”: A physically definable unit: Word may be seen as a cluster of sound segments or letters between tow pauses or blanks. Phonological and orthographic(书写上) Problem: When liaison and contracted forms occur 2) Word both as a general term and as a specific term: boy, boys check, checks, checked, checking Lexeme(词位): the abstract unit underlying the smallest unit in the lexical system of a language, which appears