Introduction
Preface
1 English lexicology
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The relation of lexicology to other branches of linguistics
1.3 Two approaches to the study of English lexicology
1.4 Aims and significance of the course of English lexicology
1.5 Questions and tasks
2 The development of the English vocabulary
2.1 English today
2.2 The Indo-European language family
2.3 Native words and borrowed words
2.4 English people and English vocabulary
2.5 The divisions of the history of the English language
2.6 The perfection of the English language
2.7 Questions and tasks
3 Word
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Sound and meaning
3.3 Sound and form
3.4 Lexemes,words and vocabulary
3.5 Classification of words
3.6 Word structure
3.7 Questions and tasks
4 Word-formation Ⅰ
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Affixation
4.3 Conversion
4.4 Compounding
4.5 Questions and tasks
5 Word-formation Ⅱ
5.1 Blending
5.2 Clipping
5.3 Acronymy
5.4 Back-formation
5.5 Analogy
5.6 Word-formation by onomatopoeia
5.7 Words from proper names
5.8 Questions and tasks
6 Word meaning and motivation
6.1 Some general remarks on semantics and meaning
6.2 Relationship between meaning and the object
6.3 Meaning and motivation
6.4 Main types of word meaning
6.5 Questions and tasks
7 Eense relationsⅠ
8 Eense relationsⅡ
9 English vocabulary in motion
10 English idioms
11 Regional varieties of English vocabulary
12 The mental lexicon
13 Vocabulary in use
14 Vocabulary as data for learning
15 Teaching Vocabulary
Glossary
References
