英语词汇学课件Unit2.pptVIP

UNIT 2 STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH WORDS Contents Discussion Agree or disagree: English vocabulary consists of only single words. How many words are there in the following sentence: I saw him yesterday. 2.1 English vocabulary Definition 英语所有单词及单词等价物的总称。 lexis: The vocabulary of a language, especially in dictionary form. lexicon: The vocabulary of a language, together with information about the pronunciation, use and meaning of each item in it. vocabulary: The set of lexical items (words) in a language; also called lexicon. glossary: An alphabetical list of the terms used in a special field. 2.2 English word 2.2.1 Definition: the minimal meaningful unit of language that can function independently. Group A: a. cat b. dog Group B: a. cat b. cats Question: How many words are illustrated above??? lexeme: A minimal form that conveys one meaning and can be used in reference or predication. (CAT, PUT UP WITH) word form: The concretely realized grammatical form of a word in the context of a sentence. Ex: go, knife, went, gone, going, knives This dictionary contains 50000 words. I know 5000 words of Greek. 2.2.2 Word classes/ part of speech/ grammatical category: terms in linguistics for a category of words that have been grouped together because they are similar in their inflection, meaning, functions, or a combination of these. 2.3 Morpheme 2.3.1 Definition: 词的组成部分，是语言中语音和语义的最小结合体。 morpheme: A minimal unit of meaning. (形位、语素，希腊语morphe+法语-eme构成） （the smallest component of a word which contributes to its meaning.) morph: The physical form of a morpheme. allomorph: A variant of a morpheme. 词素变体：不同的读音和拼写。 nation national nationality music musical musicality origin original originality in- il- ir- im- go went gone (?) 附录1：root stem 附录2：lexeme morpheme 附录3：P22, Ex.2 课后作业 预习教材第二单元。 预习31页派生词的结构后，思考25页派生法的定义是否完整。 * * 词汇的定义 1 词的定义及分类 2 词素的定义及分类 3 syntactic behavior/function number of morphemes