英语词汇学复习题.docxVIP

Keytochapter1 1.Whatisaword?1.Awordisaminimalfreeformofalanguagethathasagivensound,meaningandsyntacticfunction. 2.Inwhatwayarewordsrelatedtovocabulary? Vocabularyreferstothesumtotalofallthewordsinalanguage.Inotherwords,vocabularyiscomposedofwordsandwordsmakeupvocabulary.Ifwecomparevocabularytoafamily,wordsarefamilymembers. 3.Illustratetherelationshipbetweensoundandmeaningwithexamples. Soundisthephysicalaspectofawordandmeaningiswhatthesoundrefersto.Soundandmeaningarenotintrinsicallyrelatedand theircollectionisarbitraryandconventional.Forexample,tree/tri:/means树inEnglishbecausetheEnglish-speaki