[英语学习]语言学教程第三版03Chapter 3_lexicon.ppt

Loan translation, or calque free verse L verse libre black humor Fr humour noir found object Fr objet trouvé 3.2 Phonological change Loss of sound: loss of the velar fricative /x/ which existed in O.E. loss of sound in fast speech, eg library, laboratory and ’n in connected speech, eg rock-’n-roll Addition of sound: L. studium O.F. estudie, Sp. estudio, Port. estudo English: rascal rapscallion Metathesis: changing the sequence of sound O.E. brid bird, O.E. ox/ax ask Assimilation: impossible, immovable irregular, irresponsible illogical, illegal 3.3 Morphosyntactic change