目录 Contents Unit 1 An Invitation to Lexicology1 Text A What Is Lexicology2 Text B The Secrets of a Word9 Text C The Synonyms of Word10 Text D Morphology11 Unit 2 Historical Development of English Vocabulary14 Text A English Vocabulary A Historical Perspective15 Text B The Growth of Present-Day English Vocabulary23 Text C A Brief History of English25 Unit 3 Foreign Elements of English Vocabulary28 Text A The Sources of English Vocabulary29 Text B Latin and Greek Borrowings35 Text C French Borrowings36 Text D Borrowings from Other Languages38 Unit 4 Classification of English Vocabulary40 Text A Content Words and Function Words41 Text B Stylistic Classification of the English Vocabulary42 Text C Colloquialism in Literature49 Text D The Importance of Function Words51 Unit 5 Morphological Structure of English Vocabulary53 Text A Morphemes54 Text B Latin and Greek Roots and Affixes in English Vocabulary62 Text C Roots and Stems66 Unit 6 Major Word Formations in English68 Text A English Compound69 Text B Derived Words 77 Text C Conversion 79 Text D Deriving Nouns from Verbs Names for People83 Unit 7 Minor Word Formations in English87 Text A Minor Process of Word Formation88 Text B Acronymy95 Text C Reduplication96 Text D Eponyms97 Unit 8 Word Meaning and Motivation99 Text A Word Meaning in the English Language100 Text B Motivation of Words102 Text C Aspects of Meaning107 Text D Onomatopoeia108 Unit 9 Sense Relations Between Words111 Text A Synonymy112 Text B Antonymy113 Text C Hyponymy118 Text D Oxymoron120 Unit 10 Polysemy and Homonymy124 Text A Polysemy and Homonymy125 Text B Lexical Relations Hyponymy and Homonymy132 Text C Fun with Homonyms134 Unit 11 Semantic Changes137 Text A Semantic Changes and the Causes138 Text B Semantic Shift145 Text C The History of Semantic Change146 Text D Metaphor and Metonymy147 Unit 12 Figurative Use of Words151 Text A What Is Figurative Speech152 Text B Literal and Figurative Language153 Text C Synecdoche and Metonymy158 Text D Taboos and Euphemisms159 Unit 13 Meaning and Context162 Text A Context as the Key to Unlocking Word Meaning163 Text B Ambiguity171 Text C Context and Context of Situation?174 Text D Decoding Meaning Through Context175 Unit 14 English Idioms179 Text A English Idioms—Cream of the Language180 Text B Major Sources of English Idioms182 Text C Animals and English Idioms187 Text D Food and English Idioms190 Unit 15 English Vocabulary and Greek Mythology193 Text A English Words of Greek Mythological Origins194 Text B The English Word Roots and Mythology200 Text C Words in Astronomy of Greek Mythological Origins202 Text D The Adventures of Odysseus204
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