语言学简明教程Chapter_4.pptVIP

Chapter 4 Lexicon Questions: 1. Why do we say words are important? 2. What is word? “Without grammar very little can be conveyed; without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed.” (Wilkins, 1972: 111). meaningful grammatical unit can be used independently relatively stable and uninterruptible 1. Word class 2. Grammatical words and lexical words 3. Closed-class words and open-class words 4. Variable and invariable words Word class Traditional word classes: 8 or 9 categories More categories: Particles (小品词) Auxiliaries（助动词） Pro-forms （替代形式） Determiners （限定词） Particles (小品词): used