English Lexicology
CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Word and Vocabulary
1.1 What Is a Word
1.2 Sound and Meaning
1.3 Sound and Form
1.4 Vocabulary
1.5 Classification of Words
1.5.1 Basic Word Stock and Nonbasic Vocabulary
1.5.2 Content Words and Functional Words
1.5.3 Native Words and Borrowed Words
Chapter 2 The Development of the English Vocabulary
2.1 The Indo-European Language Family
2.2 A Historical Overview of the English Vocabulary
2.2.1 Old English (450-11