Chapter One 英语词汇学课程简介.pptVIP

A French linguist said, “A word is defined by the association of a given sense with a given group sounds capable of a given grammatical use.” To Sum up: 4 following points 1. a minimum free form 2.a sound unity 3.a unit of meaning 4.grammatical function in a sentence A word is a minimal free form of a language that has a given sound, meaning and syntactic function. 词是语言中的最小单位，能独立运用，具有声音、意义和语法功能。 syntax句法 syntactics句法学 syntactic 1.2 Word and Vocabulary 词与词汇之间的关系是个体与总体之间的关系。词的总和构成语言的词汇。词汇不仅指语言中所有的词，而且还指方言，术语(terminology)等等语言变体中使用的词和短语。 英语词汇由native words和 borrowed words or loan words 组成。 Over one million, one of the largest and richest Old English v. Vocabulary in lexicology, chemical v. Christmas v. Cet-4 v. V. in this book Chinese v. Latin v. Basic v. My v. 1.3. Sound and Meaning The Naturalists: They have said that the origin of language lies in onomatopoeia(拟声), that people began talking by creating iconic(图标的) signs to imitate the sounds heard around them in nature. They maintain that there is a natural connection between sound and meaning. Pingpong mom mommy mama cuckoo The Conventionalists: They hold that the relation between sound and meaning are conventional and arbitrary. Facts have proved this argument to be valid. First, in different languages, the same meaning can be expressed in different sounds. eg. “woman”, in Chinese funu, in English woman, in German Frau, femme in French. Secondly, the same sound can express different meanings and concepts, eg. [rait], right, write, rite(仪式), eg. [mi:t] meet, meat, mete(边界). eg. toe and 头， pea and 屁 Sum up: 1.definition 2.word and vocabulary 3.sound and meaning Assignment Do the homework in your notebook the first five on Page 14, textbook. Thank You and See you next week! 英语词汇学教程 ENGLISH LEXICOLOGY  张  编  维