chapter l introducing lexicology 1.1 the scope of lexicology 1.2 the significance of studying vocabulary 1.3 lexicology and linguistic studies 1.4 research methods in lexicology 1.5 questions for further study chapter 2 the sources and development of english vocabulary 2.1 the origins of english words 2.2 the influences of foreign languages 2.3 the formation of english words 2.4 the characteristics of modern english vocabular 2.5 questions for further study chapter 3 the forms and structures of english words chapter l introducing lexicology 1.1 the scope of lexicology 1.2 the significance of studying vocabulary 1.3 lexicology and linguistic studies 1.4 research methods in lexicology 1.5 questions for further study chapter 2 the sources and development of english vocabulary 2.1 the origins of english words 2.2 the influences of foreign languages 2.3 the formation of english words 2.4 the characteristics of modern english vocabular 2.5 questions for further study chapter 3 the forms and structures of english words 3.1 morphological structures of english words 3.2 morphemes 3.3 roots 3.4 questions for further study chapter 4 word formation via affixation 4.1 lexica i prefixes 4.2 grammatical prefixes 4.3 lexica l suffixes 4.4 gjrammaticai suffixes 4.5 questions for fu rther study chapter 5 word formation via compounding 5.1 three forms of compounds 5.2 structures of compounds 5.3 functions of compounds 5.4 characteristics of compounds 5.5 compound nouns 5.6 compound adjectives 5.7 phrasal compounds 5-8 questions for further study chapter 6 word formation via other methods 6.1 blending 6.2 conversion 6.3 borrowi ng 6.4 clipping 6.5 acronymy and initialism 6.6 questions for further study chapter 7 sense relations 7.1 types of meaning 7.2 sense relations 7.3 polysemy 7.4 homonymy 7.5 questions for further study chapter 8 figurative language 8.1 simile 8.2 metaphor 8.3 pe-rsonification 8.4 dehumanization 8.5 hyperbole 8.6 allusion 8.7 paradox 8.8 0nomatopoeia 8.9 questions for further study chapter 9 language variation and word choice 9.1 speakers./writers.choice of words 9.2 word choice for formal english 9.3 words to avoid in formal english 9.4 questions for further study chapter l0 collocations 10.1 noun coliocations 1 0.2 verb collocations 1 0.3 adjective collocations 1 0.4 adverb collocations 1 0.5 preposition collocations 1 0.6 conjunction collocations 1 0.7 questions for further study chapter ll dictionaries and vocabulary learning 11.l types of dictionaries 11.2 information in dictionaries 11.3 monolingual and bilingual dictionaries 1 1.4 principles of selecting a dictionary 1 1.5 questions for further study chapter l2 english vocabulary learning strategies 1 2.1 classifications of vocabulary learning strategies 1 2.2 suggested methods in learning vocabulary 1 2.3 questions for further study appendix i a selected list of english prefixes appendix ii a selected list of english su ffixes appendix iii a selected list of english combining forms appendix iv a selected list of english word roots bib¨ography suggested answers