现代英语词汇学第一章.ppt

;1. Course Name: Modern English Lexicology 2. Hours : 90mins/lecture, one lecture / week 3. Teaching Material: Modern English Lexicology 《现代英语词汇学》 by Lu Guoqiang(陆国强) 4. Reference Books: 1) 张维友：《英语词汇学教程》（第2 版），武汉：华中师范大学出 版社， 2004 年2 月版。 2) 汪榕培、卢晓娟编著：《英语词汇学教程》（第1 版），上海外语教育出版 社，1997 年10 月版 3) 汪榕培、王之江、吴晓维的《英语词汇学教程读本》，上海外语教育出版社，英语编写。 ;4) 林承璋、刘世平的《英语词汇学引论》，武汉大学出版社，英语编写，但较厚、较难。 5. What will you get from such course? 1) Wider vocabulary CET4: 4000 , CET6: 6000 , TEM4: 8000, TME8: 10000 -12000 , TOFEL: 15000, GRE: 20000 ;2) The history of English vocabulary development Roman Invasion--- Anglo-Saxon?Conquest--- Norman?Conquest?---- the Renaissance ---the 17th and18th century----the 19th and 20th century----after World War II;3) Some acceptable topics for your graduation thesis 现代英语词汇迅速发展的源泉 网络英语的词汇类型及其特点 广告英语的词汇特点 英语词汇意义的特点与词汇教学 论中英文中动物词汇的文化差异 英汉文化内涵在动物词汇上的体现 ;(Background information) 1.The Nature and Domain of English Lexicology (lexicon: lexikon, Greek origin,”of words”) Lexicology is a branch of linguistics, concerned with the study of the vocabulary of a given language. English lexicology deals with English words, their origin meaning, historical development, morphological structures(形态结构), semantic structures, sense relations, idioms, formation and usages. In short, it is the study of the signification and application of English vocabulary.;English lexicology is a theoretically oriented course in which the basic theories of English words are discussed. However, it is also a practical course, for in the discussion, we shall inevitably deal with copious(=rich) stocks of words and idioms, and study a great many usage examples. There will, naturally, be a lot of practice involved.;English lexicology itself is a sub branch of linguistics. But it is closely related to other branches of linguistics, such as phonetics（语音学）, morphology（形态学）, grammar, semantics,etym