英语词汇学chapter1

ii. What do you expect to learn from the
course? iii. The content of the course? iv. How to learn the course?
Linguistics & Lexicology
I. Introducing language Sound: Phonetics Phonology Form: Morphology Syntax Meaning: Semantics Pragmatics
1.6 Lexical item & vocabulary
Active vocabulary: vocabulary that one uses. Passive vocabulary: vocabulary that one
understands.
The English vocabulary is characterized by a
Denotation: the process by which the word refers to the referent. Aspect 2: Connotation: it refers to the emotional aspect of a word.
1.5 Lexical words & grammatical words
Chapter 1 A General Survey of a Word
1.1 Definition of a word
It is commonly agreed that a word is
the smallest meaningful unit of speech that can stand in isolation, and that it is the unity of form and meaning.
Reference Books
Reference Books
现代英语词汇学(新版)
陆国强 编著 上海外语教育出版社
英语词汇学教程
张维友 编著 华中师范大学出版社
现代英语词汇学概论
张韵斐 周锡卿 编著 北京师范大学出版社
Warm-up Activities
Questions
i. What do you know about this course?
1.2 Sound & meaning
Two schools : The Naturalists & The Conventionalists The Naturalists argue that the origin of
language lies in onomatopoeia, that people began talking by creating iconic signs to imitate the sounds heard around them in nature. There is a natural connection between sound and meaning.
mixture of native words (which are mostly of Anglo-Saxon origin) and borrowed words (loan words).
The Conventionalists:
The Conventionalists hold that the relations between sound and meaning are conventional and arbitrary. Valid: meat (English), 肉 (Chinese); the same phonological forms → different meanings (sight, site, cite).

Word lexical item vocabulary Lexical item: a unit of vocabulary (dictionary). Vocabulary usually refers to a complete inventory of the words in a language, and the words and phrases used in the variants of a language, e.g. dialect, register, terminology.
Content words: large and open (noun, verb, adjective, adverb)
Functional words: closed set (pron, prep, conj, au. v, determiners, some adverb)
1.6 Lexical item & vocabulary

II. Introducing Lexicology
Lexicology: it deals with words and word-
forming morphemes, namely, with significant units. It follows that these elements must be investigated in their form and in their meaning. Lexicologically, a word is a combination of form (phonological) and meaning (lexical and grammatical), and a word acts as a structural unit of a sentence.
1.3 Meaning & concept
Word—concept—referent This
diagram illustrates that WORD refLeabharlann Baidurs to REFERENT through CONCEPT
1.4 Two aspects of MEANING
Aspect 1: