英语词汇学教程期末总结.docxVIP

— PAGE \* Arabic 1 — 英语词汇学教程期末总结 1、what is lexicology?  Lexicology is the study of the vocabulary or lexicon of a given language. It deals not only with simple words, but also with complex and compound words.  2、morphology is the study of the forms of words and their components. In  morphology, morpheme is a basic concept. Morphemes are considered as the smallest meaningful units which may constitute words or parts of words.  Semantics is often defined as the study of meaning. Semantics is usually approached from one of two perspectives: philosophical or linguistic. Etymology is the study of the whole history of words. First…second…third P2  3、lexicography is closely related to the words in a given language. It involves the  writing and compilation of dictionaries, especially dealing with the principles that underlie the process of compiling and editing dictionaries.  4、Major features of words:  1). a word is a sound or combination of sounds which we make voluntarily with  our vocal equipment.  2). a word is symbolic and is used to stand for something else.  3). the word is an uninterruptible unit.  4). a word has to do with its social function.  5). a word may consist of one or more morphemes.  6). Words are part of the large communication system we call language.  7). A word occurs typically in the structure of phrases.  5、Lexical words: are nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Grammatical words are  words like pronouns, prepositions, demonstrative, determiners, conjunctions, auxiliary verbs, and so on.  6、The morphemes are the ultimate grammatical constituents, the smallest  meaningful units of language.  One morpheme: boy, desire, say  Two morphemes: boy+ish, desire+able  Three morphemes: boy+ish+ness, desire+able+ity  Four morphemes: gentle+men+li+ness, un+desire+able+ity  7、Phonemes, which are the smallest working units of sound per se, build up into  m