英语词汇学复习提纲.docxVIP

英语词汇学复习提纲 Part I概念题 （glossary） a list of the difficult words used in a piece of writing or subject, with explanations of their meanings (phrase) a group of words that form a unit within a clause (expression) unclassified linguistic unit of any length: words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, etc. (diction) the choice of words used in a speech or piece of writing (vocabulary) words in general known, learnt, used, etc. or a list of words, usually in alphabetical order and with explanations of their meanings (lexicon) all the words and phrases in a language or a dictionary (lexis) all the words in a language (word) the smallest unit of spoken or written language which has meaning and can stand alone (Etymology) the study of origins and development of words (Lexicography) the writing and making of dictionaries (Lexical semantics) the study of words and their meanings (lexicology) the study of meanings and uses of words (morphology) the study of how words are formed in a language (phraseology) the words and phrases used in a particular profession or activity, or a particular way of putting words together to express something (collocation) a group of words which naturally go together through common usage Morpheme: the smallest meaningful linguistic unit of language, not divisible or analyzable into smaller forms Root: a root is the basic unchangeable part of a word, and it conveys the main lexical meaning of the word. Affix: a collective term for the type of formative that can be used only when added to another morpheme. It can further be divided inflectional and derivational types. Prefix: a derivational or an inflectional affix that can be added to the beginning of a morpheme. Suffix: a derivational or inflectional affix that can be added to the end of a morpheme. Compounding /composition: a word formation process consisting of joining two or more bases to form a new unit, a compound word. Derivation/ affixation: a word-formation process by which new words a