词汇学Chapter_4_The_changing_English_vocabulary.pptVIP

Chapter 4 The changing English vocabulary 4.1.1 *The constant change and appearance of Neologism (new word) New concepts occur, thus neologisms show up. Three kinds of situations in English vocabulary: old words die out; new words are born; existing words add new senses. In English language (every language), as many thousand of new words are born each day, yet only a few will enter dictionary. 4.1.2 *The definition of Neologism “any word, phrase, or sense that came into popular use in the given period”. “novel arrangement of letters with a meaning not quite duplicated