语言学简明教程Chapter 4.pptVIP

Chapter 4 Lexicon 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 Closed class words—grammatical or functional words, such as conjunction, articles, preposition and pronouns. 4.4 Morpheme (词素) --the minimal unit of meaning (not word) --Words are composed of morphemes. Words may consist of one morpheme or more morphemes, e.g. 1-morpheme boy, desire 2-morpheme boy+ish, desir(e)+ble 3-morpheme bo