大学英语词法用法.pptVIP

词法 The rules and usages of words The rules of words Word classes Word formation The conversion of words Word Classes Word classes such as noun, verb, adjective, etc., are traditionally called parts of speech. There is not a fixed number of word classes. We can set up as many classes and subclasses as we need for our analysis. open classes and closed classes Word classes can be divided into open classes and closed classes. Open classes are readily open to new words; closed classes are limited classes that rarely admit new words. For example, it is easy to create new nouns, but not new pronouns.