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Chapter 1 The Basic Concepts of Words and Vocabulanr
1．1 The Definition of a Word
1．2 Vocabulary
1．3 Sound and Meaning
1．4 Sound and Form
1．5 Classification of Words
1．Basic Word Stock and Nonbasic Vocabulary
2．Content Words and Functional Words
3．Native Words and Borrowed Words
Questions and Tasks
Chapter 2 The Development of the English Vocabulary
2．1 The Indo-European Language Family
2．2 Three Phases of the Historical DeveloDment
1．Old English(450—1150)
2．Middle English(1150——1500)
3．Modern English(1500 up to the present)
2．3 General Characteristics
1．Receptivity，Adaptability and HeteFOgeneity
2．Simplicity of Inflection
3．Relatively Fixed Word—order
2．4 Foreign Elements in the English Vocabularv
1．Latin
2．Greek
3. French
4. Scandinavian
5. Other Foreign Elements
2.5 Growth of Contemporary English Vocabulary
2.6 Modes of Vocabulary Development
Questions and Tasks
Chapter 3 Morphological Structure of English Words
3.1 Morphemes
3.2 Morphs and Allomorphs
3.3 Classifying Morphemes
1. Free versus Bound Morphemes
2. Derivational versus Inflectional Morphemes
3. Content versus Grammatical Morphemes
3.4 Identifying Morphemes
3.5 Morpheme and Word-formation
1. Affix
2. Root, Stem, Base
Questions and Tasks
Chapter 4 Word Formation
4.1 Affixation
1. Prefixation
2. Suffixation
4.2 Compounding
1. Characteristics of Compounds
2. Formation of Compounds
4.3 Conversion
1. Conversion to Nouns
2. Conversion to Verbs
3. Conversion to Adjectives
4.4 Blending
4.5 Clipping .
4.6 Acronymy
1. Initialisms
2. Acronyms
4.7 Back-formation
4.8 Sound Reduplication
4.9 Commonization of Proper Names
Questions and Tasks
Chapter 5 Word Meaning and Componential Analysis
5.1 Word Meaning ...
I. Reference
2. Concept
3. Sense
5.2 Motivation
1. Onomatopoeic Motivation
2. Morphological Motivation
3. Semantic Motivation :
4; Etymological Motivation
5.3 Types of Meaning
1. Grammatical Meaning and Lexical Meaning
2. Conceptual Meaning and Associative Meaning ...
5.4 Componential Analysis
Questions and Tasks
Chapter 6 Sense Relations
6.1 Polysemy
1. Two Approaches to Polysemy
2. Two Processes of Development
6.2 Homonymy
1. Types of Homonyms
2. Origins of Homonyms
3. Differentiation of I-brmnyms frcxn Polysmiants
4. Rhetoric Features of Homonyms
6.3 Synonymy
1. Definition of Synonyms
2. Types of Synonyms
3. Sources of Synonyms
4. Discrimination of Synonyms
6.4 Antonymy
1. Types of Antonyms
2. Some of the Characteristics of Antonyms
3. The Use of Antonyms
6.5 Hyponymy
6.6 Semantic Field
Questions and Tasks
Chapter 7 Changes in Word Meaning
7.1 Types of Change
1. Extension of Meaning
2. Narrowing of Meaning
3. Elevation of Meaning
4. Degradation of Meaning
5. Transference of Meaning
6. Euphemism
7.2 Mechanism of Change
7.3 Causes of Change
1. Extra-linguistic Factors
2. Linguistic Factors
Questions and Tasks
Chapter 8 Meaning and Context
8.1 Types of Context
1. Extra-linguistic Context
2. Linguistic Context
8.2 The Role of Context
1. Elimination of Ambiguity
2 Indication of Referents
3. Provision of Clues for Inference of Word-meaning
Questions and Tasks
Chapter 9 English Idioms
9.1 Characteristics of Idioms
1. Semantic Unity
2. Structural Stability
9.2 Classification of Idioms
1. Idioms Nominal in Nature
2. Idioms Adjectival in Nature
3. Idioms Verbal in Nature
4. Idioms Adverbial in Nature
5. Sentence Idioms
9.3 Use of Idioms
1. Stylistic Features
2. Rhetorical Features
3. Variations of Idioms
Questions and Tasks
Chapter 10 English Dictionaries
10.1 The Development of the Dictionary
1. Early Glossaries and Word Books
2. Modern English Dictionaries
3. American Dictionaries
10.2 Types of Dictionaries
1. Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionaries
2. Linguistic and Encyclopaedic Dictionaries
3. General Purpose Dictionaries
4. Specialized Dictionaries
10.3 Using the Dictionary
1. Choice of Dictionaries
2. Making Full Use of the Dictionary
10.4 Recommending Four Dictionaries
1. Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary
(1997)
2. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English——English-Chinese
(2001)
3. Collins COBUILD English Dictionary (2000)
4. Longman Language Activator (1997)
Questions and Tasks
Chapter 11 Aspects of Vocabulary Learning
1 l. 1 Vocabulary Storage
11.2 Schematic Learning
11.3 Learning by Lexical Phrases
11.4 Learning Words in Discourse
1. Cohesion
2. Discourse Markers and Organizers
Questions and Tasks
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