定 價:36 元
叢書名:普通高等教育“十一五”國家級規(guī)劃教材
- 作者:林承璋、劉世平 編著
- 出版時間:2009/7/1
- ISBN:9787307068834
- 出 版 社:武漢大學出版社
- 中圖法分類:H313
- 頁碼:452
- 紙張:膠版紙
- 版次:1
- 開本:16K
《英語詞匯學引論(第4版)》是高等學校英語專業(yè)教材;是大學英語課課教師和非英語專業(yè)的本科生、研究生、英語自學者等學習英語詞匯學理論,理解、運用、掌握英語詞匯,擴大英語詞匯量,提高英語語言實踐能力的參考書。
《英語詞匯學引論(第4版)》語詞匯為研究對象,著重論述英語詞匯的來源、發(fā)展、現(xiàn)狀及其研究方 法;分析英語詞的結(jié)構(gòu)、類型、意義、理據(jù)、相互關(guān)系、語義的變化方式、過程及用法;研究英語和美國英語的差異;還對英語習語的特點、分類、語義以及英語詞內(nèi)的發(fā)展和使用都作了較詳盡的闡述,并提供了大量的例證。
采用歷時和共時分析的研究方法,講述了許多英語詞匯的有趣故事,論述了詞義的歷時演變和同源詞的比較,并對大量例詞指出了產(chǎn)生的年代。
對英語新詞語的定義、時間劃分標準、大小分類及其出現(xiàn)的年代都作了明確的界定,并用簡單的英語解釋新詞的含義。
英語構(gòu)詞法分類獨特,例證豐富,配上大量新詞.對擴大英語詞匯量起到了指導(dǎo)作用。
增加了英語常用習語15種表達法,其中還有未曾學過的新習語,并注明其含義。
增加了英語詞語搭配一章。對詞語搭配的定義、重要性及其分類作了詳盡的闡述,并通過大量實例進行剖析,在必要的地方還配了中文解釋,起到了一部小型英語詞語搭配詞典的作用。
闡述了詞典的新定義。增加了21世紀初(2001年到2006年間)5部英美國家出版的英語學習詞典的評介。
附錄2介紹了著名詞匯學家、語言學家Pa…ckHanks主編的《詞匯學:語言學中的關(guān)鍵概念》一書于2006年在英國出版的最新信息:它是一部迄今為止最全面的詞匯學巨著,全書共6卷,2768頁,值得推薦。
《英語詞匯學引論(第4版)》內(nèi)容新穎,材料翔實,反映了21世紀初英語語言詞匯的新發(fā)展。
《英語詞匯學引論(第4版)》語言通俗易懂,理論聯(lián)系實際,融趣味性、科學性、思想性為一體,是一本英語專業(yè)學生、英語自學者、研究生可讀性強的教材和英語教師的教學參考書。
英語詞匯學是研究英語語言詞匯的一門重要學科。當前,高等學校的本科生、研究生,在比較熟悉英語語音、語法的情況下,學習和研究英語詞匯就顯得更加重要,更加迫切。
《英語詞匯學引論》,是高等學校英語專業(yè)教材;是大學英語課(即公共英語課)教師和非英語專業(yè)的本科生、研究生,英語自學者及翻譯工作者學習英語詞匯學理論,理解、運用、掌握英語詞匯,擴大英語詞匯量,提高英語語言實踐能力的參考書。
本書共八章。以現(xiàn)代語言學理論作為指導(dǎo),以英語詞匯為研究對象,著重論述英語詞匯的來源、發(fā)展、現(xiàn)狀及其研究方法;分析英語詞的結(jié)構(gòu)、類型、意義、理據(jù)、相互關(guān)系、語義的變化方式、過程及用法;研究英國英語和美國英語的差異;還對英語習語的特點、分類、語義以及英語詞典的發(fā)展和使用都作了較詳盡的闡述,并提供了大量的例證。
本書承北京外國語學院、北京第二外國語學院、北京師范大學、北京外交學院、復(fù)旦大學、上海外國語學院、上海師范大學、洛陽外國語學院、大連外國語學院、南京大學、四川大學和武漢大學12所院校,16位專家、教授參加審稿,并提出寶貴的意見和建議。北京外國語學院劉世沐教授代表高等學校外語專業(yè)教材編審委員會主持并指導(dǎo)了審稿工作。北京師范大學張韻斐教授和北京第二外國語學院周錫卿教授擔任主審。武漢大學英文系主任潘耀瓊教授,在整個編寫過程中,給予熱情的指導(dǎo)和幫助。武漢大學許海蘭教授和美國專家PeterRoss對本書的語言文字進行了潤飾和加工。編著者在此一并表示衷心感謝。
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Chapter 1 Language,Linguistics and Lexicology
1-1-1 Introductory Remarks
1-1-2 A Definition of Language
1-1-3 Language,Society and Thought
1-2-1 A Definition of Li.nguistics
1-2-2 The Scope of Linguistics
1-3-1 What Is Lexicology?
1-3-2 Aims and Significance of the Course of English Lexicology
1-3-3 The Connection of Lexicology with Other Branches of Linguistics
1-3-4 Two Approaches to the Study of English Lexicology
Chapter 2 The Sources of the English Vocabulary
2-1-1 What is Etymology?
2-1-2 The English People and the English Language
2-1-3 The Position and Character of the English Language in the Indo-European Family
2-1-4 The Divisions of the History Of the English Language
2-1-5 Some Characteristics of Old English
2-1-6 Some Characteristics of Middle English
2-1-7 Some Characteristics of Modern English
2-1-8 Etymological Twins in English
2-1-9 Some Combining Forms Used in Modem English
2-2-1 Words of Native Origin
2-2-2 Borrowed Words in the English Vocabulary
2-3-1 The Foreign Elements in the English Vocabulary
2-3-2 The Scandinavian Element in the English Vocabulary
2-3-3 The French Element in the English Vocabulary
2-3-4 The Latin Element in the English Vocabulary
2-3-5 The Greek Element in the English Vocabulary
2-3-6 The Influence of the Classical Elements upon the English Vocabulary
2-3-7 Other Foreign Elements in the English Vocabulary
2-3-8 The Interrelation Between the Native and Foreign Elements in the English Vocabulary
2-3-9 The Linguistic and Historical Origins of Some Common English Words
Chapter 3 Word Meaning and Semantic Relations
3-1-1 Some General Remarks on Semantics and Meaning
3-1-2 The Relationship Between Meaning and the Object
3-2-1 What Is a Word?
3-2-2 Meaning and Motivation
3-3-1 Classifications of Words
3-3-2 Main Types of Word Meaning
3-3-3 Word Meaning and Context
3-4-1 Synonyms
3-4-2 Antonyms
3-4-3 Polysemy and Homonymy
3-4-4 Hyponymy
Chapter 4 The Changing English Vocabulary
4-1-1 The Constant Change in Language and the Continuous Appearance of Neologisms
4-1-2 The Definition of Neologisms or New Words
4-1-3 The Rate of Changes of the English Vocabulary
4-1-4 The Sources of New Words
4-1-5 The Formation of Neologisms
4-2-1 Archaisms
4-3-1 Changes in Meaning
4-3-2 Four Tendencies in Semantic Changes
4-3-3 Semantic Changes from the Literal Use of Words to Their Figurative Use
Chapter 5 Word-formation in English
5-1-1 Introduction
5-1-2 Morphological Structure of Words
5-1-3 Two Types of Morphemes
5-1-4 Three Types of Words
5-1-5 Root,Base,Stem
5-2-1 The Main Processes of English Word-formation
5-2-2 The Minor Processes of English Word-formation
Chapter 6 English Idioms
6-1-1 Introduction
6-1-2 The Definition of Idioms
6-1-3 The Significance of Studying English Idioms
6-1-4 The Features of English Idioms
6-1-5 English Idioms in Different Styles
6-1-6 The Difference Between Idiomatic and Free Phrases
6-2-1 Classifications of English Idioms
6-2-2 Some Useful Language Areas of Idioms
Chapter 7 English Collocations
7-1-1 Introduction
7-1-2 What Is a Collocation?
7-1-3 The Importance of Learning English Collocations
7-2-1 The Classification of English Collocations
7-2-2 Register Used in English Collocations
7-3-1 Some Commonest Words Used in English Collocations.
7-4-1 Different Subjects of English Collocations
7-4-2 Families
7-4-3 Houses,F(xiàn)lats and Rooms
7-4-4 Food and Drink
7-4-5 Study and Learning
7-4-6 Fitness and Illness
7-4-7 Job and Work
7-4-8 Computers
7-4-9 Sport
7-4-10 Time
Chapter 8 British and American English
8-1-1 English as a Language of Worldwide Use
8-1-2 British and American English
8-1-3 The Historical Background of American English
8-2-1 Differences between British English and American English
8-2-2 Differences in Individual Sounds
8-2-3 Differences in Stress
8-2-4 Differences in Spelling
8-2-5 Differences in Vocabulary
8-2-6 Differences in Grammar
8-3-1 A Comparison Between Websters Pronunciation Symbols (WPS) and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
8-3-2 British and American English in the Future
Chapter 9 English Dictionaries and How to Use Them
9-1-1 What Is a Dictionary?
9-1-2 Characteristics of Dictionaries
9-2-1 Types of Dictionaries
9-2-2 Monolingual,Bilingual and Mulfilingual Dictionaries
9-2-3 General and Special Dictionaries
9-2-4 Pocket,Medium-sized and Unabridged Dictionaries
9-2-5 Synchronic and Diachronic Dictionaries
9-2-6 Encyclopedias and Encyclopedic Dictionaries
9-2-7 The Printed and Electronic Dictionaries
9-3-1 The History of English Dictionaries
9-3-2 A Brief Introduction of Five Newest English Dictionaries
9-3-3 Five Periods in the History of English Dictionaries
9-4-1 How to Use English Dictionaries
Appendix 1
An English-Chinese List of Technical Terms of Lexicology Used in This Book
Appendix 2
The Review of a Newest Book
Bibliography
2-1-8 Etymological Twins in English
In the course of the development of the English vocabulary we may findthat there are a few pairs of words which came from the same languagesource. At the beginning of the formation of words they were similar notonly in form but also in meaning. As time went by their senses becamedivergent, especiaUy today. AcCording to the linguistic phenomenon we callthese pairs of words etymological twins or etymological variants in English.
Let us take six pairs of words for example.
human and humane:
The word human used as an adjective in the 14th century was derivedfrom the Middle French word humain, also from the Latin word h~m~nus.The meaning is of or belonging to man, and the stress is on the firstsyllable. Now it has two meanings: one is of or characteristic of man; theother is having or showing the better qualities of man; kind; good.
The word humane was also used as an adjective in the 15th century. Atthat time~ the word meant of or belonging to man. Later, in the 18thcentury, the word meant kind, merciful.The stress is on the secondsyllable. Now it has two meanings: one is having or showing sympathy,kindness and understanding, the other is (of areas of learning) tending tocivilize. urban and urbane:
The word urban used as an adjective came from the Latin word urbanusin 1619. The meaning is of or pertaining to a city or city life, and the
This part is chiefly based on Chambers Dictionary of Etymology. New York:Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd., 20011 and Websters Word Histories. Springfield,MA: Merriam-Webster.
The present meanings of the examples given are quoted from Oxford AdvancedLearners English-Chinese Dictionary( Extended Fourth Edition). Beijings The Commercial Press and Oxford University Press, 2002.