张维友英语词汇学的教程.pptVIP

1.1 What Is a Word Bound form and Free form -ess countess, lioness… -ish boyish, childish, greenish… -s hats, books, cups… A free form which consists entirely of two or more lesser free forms, as for instance, poor john or john ran away or yes, sir, in a phrase, is a word. A word, then, is a free form which does not consist entirely of (two or more) lesser free forms; in brief, a word is a minimum free form.” (Bloomfield, 1993:177-178) “Fire!” “Help!” “Old.” “Mother.”/ the, a, my… 1.1 What Is a Word “A word is defined by the association of a given sense with a given group of sounds capa