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Preface to English Lexicology
Today, with the more and more stable position of English in the world, we urgently need English in order to go global. Like other languages, English consists of pronunciation, grammatical structure and vocabulary. To learn English well, the most important thing is to enlarge his/her vocabulary. British linguist Wilskin (1972) said that without grammar, it is almost impossible to express, and without vocabulary, nothing can be expressed. Michael mccarthy, a British lexicographer, also said (1990) that no matter how well students learn grammar, the answer is no. ..

2 "English Lexicology" "English Lexicology"

Nature and purpose of the course:

English Lexicology is an optional course for English language and literature majors in the national higher education self-study exam, and it is a word used to cultivate and test self-study ability.

Xue Hui's basic theoretical knowledge and practical language ability is a specialized course.

English Lexicology is a course with modern linguistic theory as the guidance and English vocabulary as the research object. The main content is the basic knowledge of words and the meaning of words.

Morphological structure, word formation, word meaning and semantic relationship, the origin and development of English vocabulary, the change of word meaning, idioms and dictionary knowledge

. English Lexicology is a theoretical knowledge course, and its task is to teach the basic theory and knowledge of English vocabulary. However, it is very practical because

Because vocabulary itself is the concrete material that constitutes language, it will inevitably involve rich language materials and a large number of word examples in the process of teaching theory.

The purpose of this course is to require self-taught candidates to have a systematic and complete understanding of English lexicology and a deeper understanding of English.

The present situation of English vocabulary and its historical evolution process, and can analyze and explain the phenomena in the development of modern English vocabulary and improve vocabulary.

Ability to understand, interpret and comprehensively apply, so as to better meet the needs of post-graduation work.

course content

The following is a summary of the content (trunk), in fact, each chapter contains a specific introduction to the content (marginal note)

1 Chapter Basic Concepts of Words and Vocabulary

Chapter II Development of English Vocabulary

Chapter iii word formation I

Chapter iv word formation II

Chapter V Meaning of Words

Chapter VI Meaning Relation and Semantic Field

Chapter VII Changes of Word Meaning

Chapter 8 Meaning and Context

Chapter 9 English Idioms

Chapter 10 English dictionary

Suggested answer

reference book

English vocabulary academic English-Chinese comparison table

postscript

Syllabus of English Lexicology Self-study Examination

"English lexicology"

Author: editor: Zhang

Compilation: National Steering Committee for Self-taught Higher Education Examination

Press: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

Source: English Lexicology Editor: Zhang