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English Lexicology Some Interesting Facts cheeseburger take French leave to go away, or do anything, without permission or notice He took French leave and slipped out through the back door when nobody was watching. Indian giver to describe a person who gives a gift (literal or figurative) and later wants it back, or something equivalent in return.? Toby may have given you these books, but don’t start celebrating yet. He’s famous for being an Indian giver. Greek gift one given with intent to harm; a gift sent in order to murder sb He is always buying you expensive clothes, Im afraid they are Greek gifts for you. Be on guard against the Greek gifts! tooth teeth booth beeth? one goose two geese one moose two meese? one mouse two mice one house two hice? a slim chance a fat chance get in and out of a car get on and off a bus “Without grammar, very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary, nothing can be conveyed.” The Basic Concepts of Words and Vocabulary The definition of word What is a word? 1.1 The definition of word A word is a minimal free form of a language that has a given sound, meaning and syntactic function. 1.2 Sound and Meaning “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” ---- Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet 我们把那叫做玫瑰的东西， 改用其它名称， 它闻起来依然香气馥郁。 “This not enough no harshness gives offense, the sound must be an echo to the sense.” ---Pope Essay on Criticism 只是不作刺耳之声是不够的， 音必须成为义的一种回声。 The difference between the two schools lies in the belief that sound has or hasn’t direct or necessary connection with meaning. Which viewpoint do you agree? Words that convey the same meaning have different phonological(语音逻辑) forms in different languages. “I l