英語詞匯學：理論與實踐

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Preface
Chapter One： An Introduction to English Lexicology
1.1 Definition：WhatlsLexicology？
1.2 Scope：What Does Lexicology Study？
1.3 Related Fields： Howls Lexicology Related to Other Disciplines of Linguistics？
1.4 Classification： What Are the Different Types of Lexicology？
1.5 The Object Language： Why Do We Study English？
1.6 Literature Review： How Does English Lexicology Develop as an Independent Discipline？
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Chapter Two： Word and Vocabulary
2.1 What Is Word？
2.2 Is Word Form and Word Meaning Directly Related？
2.3 Whatls an English Word？
2.4 Enuf or Enough？ Why Is English Spelling So Irregular？
2.5 WhatlsVocabulary？
2.6 What Constitute a Person’’s Vocabulary？
2.7 How Largels English Vocabulary？
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Chapter Three： Classification of English Words
3.1 Classifying English Words by Word Class
3.2 Classifying English Words by Semantic Content
3.3 Classifying English Words by Use Frequency
3.4 Classifying English Words by Origin
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Chapter Four： Word Structure
4.1 MorphologicaIUnits
4.2 TypesofMorphemes
4.3 Root and Stem
4.4 Latin and Greek Roots and Aflixes
4.5 MorphologicaITypesofLanguages
4.6 MorphologicaIAnalysis
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Chapter Five： Word Formation
5.1 Compounding
5.2 Affixation
5.3 Conversion
5.4 Clipping
5.5 Blending
5.6 Acronymy
5.7 Back—formation
5.8 ProperNames
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Chapter Six： Word Meaning
6.1 WhatlsMeaning？
6.2 Main Types ofWord Meaning
6.3 Motivation
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Chapter Seven： Sense Relations
7.1 Synonymy
7.2 Antonymy
7.3 Homonymy
7.4 Hyponymy
7.5 Polysemy
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Chapter Eight： Meaning and Context
8.1 LinguisticAmbiguity
8.2 TypesofContexts
8.3 Contextualization：WaysofDisambiguating
8.4 Contextual Clues for Inferring Word Meaning
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Chapter Nine： Language Family
9.1 Language Origin Hypotheses
9.2 LanguageChange
9.3 LanguageFamily
9.4 Indo—European Language Fanuly
9.5 Proto—Indo—EuropeanLanguage
9.6 Proto—GermanicLanguage
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Chapter Ten： The Origins and Development of the English Vocabulary
10.1 Pre—English Period（800 B.C.—450 A.D.）
10.2 Old English Period（450 A.D.—1100 A.D.）
10.3 Middle English Period（1100 A.D.—1500 A.D.）
10.4 Early Modern English Period（1500 A.D.—1700 A.D.）
10.5 Late Modern English Period（1700 A.D.—Present）
10.6 Summary
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Chapter Eleven： English Neologisms
11.1 A Brief History of Neologism Research
11.2 Causes of Neologisms
11.3 Classification of English Neologisms
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Chapter Twelve： World Englishes
12.1 The Global Spread of English
12.2 World Englishes
12.3 Classification of Englishes
12.4 Varieties of English
12.5 The Future of World Englishes
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Chapter Ihirteen： Chinese Englishes
13.1 History of the English Spread in China
13.2 Clunese Varieties of English
13.3 Borrowings from Chinese into English
13.4 Borrowings from English into Chinese
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Chapter Fourteen： English Dictionaries
14.1 English Lexicography
14.2 A Brief History of English Dictionaries
14.3 Types of English Dictionaries
14.4 How to Use a Dictionary
14.5 The Choice ofDictionaries
14.6 Recommendations of Two Printed Dictionaries
14.7 Recommendations of Electronic and On—Iine Dictionaries
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Chapter Fifteen： Vocabulary Development
15.1 Make Full Use of Memory
15.2 Balancelnput and Output
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Appendix 1： A List of Books on English Lexicology in China
Appendix 2： English Phonemes
Appendix 3： Tree Diagram of the Indo_European Language Family
Appendix 4： Chronology of Events in the History of English
Appendix 5： The History of English Language Education in China
Appendix 6： Classification of Major English Dictionaries
Glossary 1： English Neologisms
Glossary 2： Technical Terms of English Lexicology
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