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Chapter Two Lexicology What is lexicology? Lexicology is concerned with the study of the meaning of words and lexical items and also the composition of words. Objective of this class: how the components of words and the lexical items can be used to achieve stylistic effects How stylistic effects are achieved from the aspect of lexicology? Morphemic devices Lexical devices 1.Selection of words 2.Classification of words 3.Rhetorical series 4. Word implications Morphemic devices What are words made up of? Morpheme free morpheme simple word Morpheme bound morpheme affix combining form Morphemic devices Neologism formations which constantly appear in the English newspapers and periodicals generally have eight types: derivation, compounding, shortening ( including blending, clipping and initial letters ), conversion, back-formation and loanwords. Neologism New words and expressions Causes of neologism: Social and cultural development 1. science and technology 2. political and economic changes 3. education and sports 4. computer and internet 5. new types of culture Neologism Neologism formations generally have eight types: derivation, compounding, shortening ( including blending, clipping and initial letters (Acronymy )), conversion, back-formation and loanwords. Derivation Add affix to form a word from the root method is called derivation. prefix+root de+bug=debug 拆除……窃听装置 anti+quark=anti-quark 反夸克 root+suffix merit+crat=meritocrat 天才 gadget+eer=gadgeteer 摆弄小玩意的人 prefix+root+suffix dis+in+flat+ion=disinflation 通货紧缩 non+polit+al=nonpolital 非政治的 prefix + suffix tele+rama=telerama 大型电视机 Euro+crat=Eurocrat 欧洲经济共同体官员 Compounding Two or more separate words together constitute a new method c