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1、English LexicologyChapter 1,Basic concepts of words and vocabulary,Abstract,This chapter gives a scientific definition of a word,discusses the relationship between sound and meaning,between sound and form,between words and vocabulary,puts forward the three main principles of lexical classification a

2、nd elaborates on the features of basic word stock and non-basic vocabulary,content words and functional words,native words and borrowed words.,Main point,definition of a wordsound and meaningsound and formvocabulary classification or wordsbasic word stock and non-basic vocabularycontent words and fu

3、nctional wordsnative words and borrowed words,What is a word?,A minimal free form of a languageA sound unityA unit of meaningA form that can function alone in a sentence,Definition of the word,A word is a minimal free form of a language that has a given sound and meaning and sentence function.,Anoth

4、er definition of the word,A combination of vocal sounds,or one such sound,used in a language to express an idea(e.g.to denote a thing,attribute,or relation),and constituting an ultimate minimal element of speech having a meaning as such;a vocable（以语音、字母为单位而不以意义为单位的）词，词外壳.Heidi Harley,English words,b

5、lackwell Publishing,2006,One more definition of the word,An uninterruptible unit of structure consisting of one or more morphemes,which typically occurs in the structure of phrases.Howard Jackson,Words,meaning and vocabulary,Cassell Wellington House,2000,Lexical and grammatical words,Lexical words:n

6、ouns,verbs,adjectives,and adverbs.They have fairly independent meanings and may be meaningful even in isolation or in a series.Grammatical words are elements like propositions,articles,conjunctions,forms indicating number or tense,and so on.,Characteristics of the word,The word is an uninterruptible

7、 unit.The word may consist one or more morphemes.The word occurs typically in the structure of phrases.The word should belong to a specific word class or part of speech.,Simple and complex words,Simple words word,and,if,we,thus,that,these,the,have,come,go,end,us,sum,sound,meanComplex words developme

8、nt,freely,different,differently,basically,meaning,misunderstand,misunderstanding,commonly,speaker blackboard,classroom,textbook,viewpoint,go-between,sportsman,sportsmanship,sportwoman,What is a Chinese morpheme(语素)?,语素是最小的语音语义结合体，是最小的语言单位。语素是构词的单位。语素也是构成成语、熟语等固定词组的基础。汉语语素的语音形式是音节，书面形式是汉字。(胡裕树，现代汉语，P

9、194-5)词和语素都是语言单位；字是记录语言的符号，是书写单位。语素分类单音节语素，读出来是一个音节，写下来是一个汉字。单音节语素在汉语里活动能量大，具有很大的构词能力。双音节语素，读出来是两个音节，写下来是两个汉字，但只表示一个意义。多音节语素，基本上是音译的外来词。（黄伯荣，现代汉语，甘肃人民出版社，1983）,What is a Chinese morpheme(语素)?,语素是音义相结合的最小的语言单位。一般地说，一个语素就是一个音节，书面上就是一个汉字，有时侯还是一个词。但是音节是从语音学角度分析的结果，文字是书面记录的符号，语素则是语言中构词的基本成份，词是指音义相结合的能够独立

10、运用的最小的语言单位。这四者角度不同，并不是一回事。1、同一个汉字，可以代表不同的语素。汉字虽然相同，但读音不同：会议/会计汉字和读音都相同，但是词性不同：老人/老虎/老是捣乱汉字、读音和词性都相同，但是意义不同：公家/公牛2、汉语的语素绝大多数是单音节的，但有时侯，一个汉字并不代表一个语素，只代表一个音节，也就是说，一个语素也可以是两个以上音节。连绵词：磅礴；口语词：尴尬；音译词：咖啡，奥林匹克3、有时侯，一个汉字在不同场合，有的是语素，有的不是语素。马匹（语素）/马达（非语素）（邵敬敏，现代汉通论，上海教育出版社，2001，P113-4）,What is a Chinese word?,词

11、，是意义单纯，语音形式独立、完整、固定，而且其中没有停顿的语言建筑材料单位。（邢公畹，现代汉语教程，南开大学出版社，P119）词是比语素高一级的语言单位。(胡裕树，现代汉语，P198)词是代表一定的意义、具有固定的语音形式、可以独立运用的最小的结构单位。(胡裕树，现代汉语，P203)词，是指一定的语音形式跟一定词汇意义相结合，并且可以独立运用的最小的语言单位。（邵敬敏，现代汉通论，上海教育出版社，2001，P115-6）,What is a Chinese word?,语素不等于词，它们的区别主要是两点：第一，语素的意义不太明确，也不太稳定。第二，更加重要的是语素不能独立运用，也不能自由地跟其

12、他词语组合。但是由于古代汉语中一单音节的词为主，有些语言单位，在某些场合就很难确定了。语素以单音节为主，词则以多音节为主。词语有明显的双音节化趋势。合成词的内部构造跟短语的构造大致一致。（邵敬敏，现代汉通论，上海教育出版社，2001，P115-6）词和语素都表示意义，但是词表示的意义比较明确、固定，而语素表示的意义往往不大具体，或不很固定。现代汉语里的语素，多数是从古代汉语的词演变来的。由于受现代汉语构词双音化规律的支配，古代的单音词，许多都转化为现代汉语的语素。（黄伯荣，现代汉语，甘肃人民出版社，1983）,What is a Chinese phrase(词组)?,词组又叫“短语”，是大于

13、词的语言单位，是由两个或两个以上的实词构成而不成为句子的语言单位。词和词组的区别：1、意义上，词表示简单的概念，词组复合的概念。2、语法功能上，词是句法结构中最小的独立运用的单位，词组也是句法结构中的运用的单位，但不是最小的，可以从中再分析为词的单位。3、概念的表达上，词所表达的概念一般是比较单纯、固定的，合成词里的语素所表示的意义是融合在一起的，不是简单的相加。4、成分之间的结合关系上，合成词的各个成分之间，结合关系是很紧密的，不容许随便拆开来，或随意加进什么成分。词组的各个成分之间，结合关系不是很紧密的，可以拆开来解释，也可以加进另一些词。(胡裕树，现代汉语，P204-5),What is

14、 a Chinese character(字)?,汉字基本上是一种表意文字。汉字基本上是一种语素文字。汉字在形体上表现为方块形。汉字在语音上代表音节。汉字在书面上不实行分词连写。总之，现代汉字是一种表意性质的语素文字。这是它区别于纯粹表音的音素文字或音节文字的基本特点。（邵敬敏，现代汉通论，上海教育出版社，2001）,What is a Chinese character(字)?,汉字是表意性质的文字（字母文字是表音的）。汉字字形记录的语音单位是音节。汉字是平面型文字（字母是线性排列的）。汉字记录汉语不实行分词连写（字母文字词与词是分写，词内连写）。(胡裕树，现代汉语，P152)字是能够独立运

15、用的最小的语言单位（注意：汉语语法学家在此有很大分歧，不少人认为是词而不是字是最小的语言单位）。问题：字是否等于word?,What is a Chinese character(字)?,汉字是形音义的结合体。字不仅是语法结构基本单位，而且是个语言基本结构单位。英语词的特点：1、词是英语的天然单位。2、词是英语民族认识世界的基本单位。3、词是语言各个平面研究的交汇点。4、词在语法上处于承上启下的枢纽位置，是词法与句法的交接点。汉语中只有字与英语的词有相同的作用。只需将各点中的词改为字即可。（潘文国，字本位与汉字研究，华东师范大学出版社，2002）,Sound and meaning,A wor

16、d is a symbol that stands for something else in the world.Each of the worlds culture has come to agree that certain sounds will represent certain persons,things,places,properties,processes and activities outside the language system.,Sound and meaning,This symbolic connection is almost always arbitra

17、ry.There is no logical relationship between the sound which stands for a thing or an idea and the actual thing and idea itself.Lodwig and Barrett,1973,Sound and meaning,Book 书Study 学习Pair pear 夜 叶气 汽激光 laser好(ho)吃，好(ho)吃，豪吃我是教授。/他会教授我们一些手艺。我们是来投诉/投宿的（西游记：孙悟空语）。,Sound and form,The written form of a n

18、atural language is the written record of the oral form.The written form should agree with the oral form.That is,the sound should be similar to the form.This is true of English in its earliest stage(Old English),and true of Spanish and Italian,and Esperanto,but always not true of Modern English.,Why

19、the written form is not always similar to the oral form?,The development of the language26 letters from Romans for 46 sounds in EnglishThe pronunciation has changed more rapidly than spelling over the years.Some of the differences were created by the early scribes.,Why the written form is not always

20、 similar to the oral form?,Printing helped to freeze the spelling of words and dictionaries helped to stop spelling changes while sounds continued to change,which brought more differences between sound and form.Word borrowing from other languages,which has enriched English vocabulary,but led to diff

21、erences between sound and form.,Vocabulary,Definition All the words in a language All the words use in a particular historical period All the words of a given dialect,a given book,a given discipline All the words possessed by an individual person,Active and Passive Vocabulary,Active vocabulary/produ

22、ctive vocabulary:speaking vocabulary,writing vocabularyPassive vocabulary/receptive vocabulary:listening vocabulary,reading vocabulary,guessing vocabulary,Classification of words,Basic word stock and non-basic vocabularyThe basic word stock:1.the foundation of the vocabulary accumulated over centuri

23、es 2.form the common core of the language 3.constitute a small percentage of the English vocabulary,but it is the most important part of the language.,Characteristics of basic words,1.All national characterNatuaral phenomenaHuman body and relationsNames of plants and animalsAction,size,domain,stateN

24、umerals,pronouns,prepositions,conjunctions,Characteristics of basic words,2.Stability in use for years3.Productivity with affixes and compounding4.Polysemy many meanings5.Collocability set expressions,idiomatic usages,proverbial sayings,etc,Nonbasic words,Teminology(术语)technical terms used in partic

25、ular disciplines and academic arease.g.laser(激光),power(幂)语法化，语义，释义，例证，二语习得,Nonbasic words,Jargon(行话)specialized vocabularies by which members of particular arts,sciences,trades and professions communicate among themselves a kind of language that is hard to understand because it is full of special wo

26、rds known only to the people of a certain groupe.g.corner ball(角球),ESP(特殊用途英语=English for special purposes),answer sheet(答卷)手球，擦边球,Nonbasic words,Slang(俚语)sub-standarad language,a category that seems to stand between the standard general words including informal ones available to everyone and in-gro

27、up words like cant,jargon,and argot,all of which are associated with,or most available to,specific groups of the population.e.g.buck(美元),go bananas(发疯)捣浆糊，粉丝，月光族,Nonbasic words,Argot(隐语，黑话)jargon of criminals a kind of speech spoken and understood by a small class of people,especially criminals,such

28、 as thieves,robbers,etce.g.can-opener(万能钥匙，开罐刀具)把他做了，趟混水,Nonbasic words,Dialectal words(方言词)words used only by speakers of the dialect in questione.g.hame(=home,Scottish English)摆龙门阵，侃大山,Nonbasic words,Archaisms(古旧词语)words of forms that were once in common use but are now restricted only to speciali

29、zed or limited usee.g.marquis(侯爵),quean(a badly behaved woman)太监，朝廷，朕,Nonbasic words,Neologisms(新词语)newly-created/coined words or expressions,or words that have taken on new meanings sometimes call vogue words,meaning they are newly popular and much usede.g.futurology(未来学),bionics(仿生学),disproduct(水货

30、，伪劣产品)爽，酷，旧闻，超女，超男，沙发博客播客，黑客，晒客，海归海派，海漂,Nonbasic words,Nonce words(临时词)New words are being invented on introduced all the time.Sometimes a new word is produced by a single person only,in some special situations.These words are call nonce words,that is,words coined for one occasion,and never occur ag

31、ain,also call nonce formation.e.g.yo-yo(摇摆),non-U(行为土气的，U代表upper class)保先（保持先进性），传单（传染性单核细胞增多症），德福，面的，特嫌（特务嫌疑），曌,水门：艳照门,短信门，偷税门（杭州女装），手机门，解说门（黄健翔），离婚门（影视明星的），点球门（孙继海没犯规却被罚的：08-3-31）罢飞门（08-4-2，东航18飞行员返航），返航门（4.6同一事件），口误门（中央台播音员播错澳大利亚首都为悉尼）,Nonbasic words,Colloquialism(俗词)Used in ordinary,familiar,or

32、informal conversationse.g.daddy,mommy,tell of(批评),brolly(伞)打的，大巴，爹地，妈咪,Nonbasic words,Vulgarisms(粗俗词)Words not usually used by educated personse.g.bloody(该死的，非常的=damned),gen(先生=gentleman),shit(放屁，呸)靠，他妈的(TMD),Content and functional words,Content words denote clear notions and thus are known as notio

33、nal words:nouns,verbs,adjectives,adverbs and numerals,which denote objects,phenomena,action,quality,state,degree,quantity,etc constitute the main body of the English vocabulary numerous the number is ever growing e.g.door,chair,work,begin,active,occasionally,Content and functional words,Functional w

34、ords not have notions of their own also called empty words express the relation between notions,the relation between words and sentences known as form words make up a small number of the English vocabulary remain stable do far more work of expression in English on average than content wordse.g.to,th

35、e,a,this,and,will,ought to,according to,within,beneath,Native and borrowed words,Native words words brought to Britain in the 5th century by the German tribes:the Angles,the Saxons,the Jutes known as Anglo-Saxon words 5000 to 60000 form the mainstream of the basic word stock and stand at the core of

36、 the languagee.g.rise,walk,work,run,begin,do,break,fight,swim,win,help,stand,gather,follow,shall,will,Characteristics of native words,1.All national character2.Stability 3.Productivity 4.Polysemy 5.Collocability The above five characteristics are the same as basic words,Characteristics of native wor

37、ds,6.Neutral in style denote the commonest things in human society used by all people,in all places,on all occasions,and at all times not stylistically specifice.g.bright(E)brilliant(F)force(E)compel(F),Characteristics of native words,7.Frequent in use most frequently used in everyday speech and wri

38、ting the percentage of native words in use runs usually as high as 70 to 90 percent,Characteristics of native words,Borrowed words,Loan words/borrowings The English language has vast debts.In any dictionary some 80%of the entries are borrowed.Encyclopedia Americana,1980,Vol.10,p.423,Classifications

39、of borrowed words,Denizens borrowed early in the past and now are well assimilated into English have come to conform to the English way of pronunciation and spelling e.g.pork porc(F)port portus(L),Classifications of borrowed words,Aliens borrowed words which have retained their original pronunciatio

40、n and spelling e.g.kowtow(Chinese)bazaar(义卖会）(Persian),Classifications of borrowed words,Translation-loans words and expressions formed from the existing material in the English language but modeled on the patterns taken from another language e.g.words translated according to the meaning mother tong

41、ue lingua materna(L)black humour humour noir(F)words translated according to the sound lama(Tibetan)tzar(Russian),Classifications of borrowed words,Semantic loans words not borrowed with reference to the form their meanings are borrowed that is,English has borrowed a new meaning for an existing word

42、 in the language e.g.dumb(stupid)dumm(German),Questions and tasks,5.What is vocabulary?Vocabulary is most commonly used to refer to the sum of all the words of a language.It can also refer to all the words of a given dialect,a given book,a given subject and all the words possessed by an individual p

43、erson as well as all the words current in a particular period of time in history.,Questions and tasks,Illustrate the relationship between sound and meaning with examples.Sound is the physical aspect of a word and meaning is what the sound refer to.Sound and meaning are not intrinsically related and

44、their connection is arbitrary and conventional.For example,tree/tri:/refers to 树 in English,because the English-speaking people have agreed to do so just as Chinese people use/shu/to refer to the same thing.This explains why people of different languages use different sound to express the same conce

45、pt.Even in the same language,the same sound can have different meaning,e.g.pear and pair.,Questions and tasks,Explain neologisms with examples.Neologisms are newly-created words or old words with new meanings.For example,in the fast-developing information era,a large number of new terms are created

46、in computer science,such as internet,email,data bank,cyberspace,which are brand-new words.There are also old words which have acquired new meaning,such as mouse（鼠标）,monitor（监视器）,etc.,Questions and tasks,How do you account for the role of native words in English in relation to loan-words?Native words

47、 are those of Anglo-Saxon origin,which are small in number.Loan-words are borrowed from other languages.It is estimated loan-words constitute 80%of the modern English vocabulary.Native words cannot compare with loan-words in number,but have a more important role in the language.Native words form the

48、 mainstream of the basic word stock whereas only a limited number of borrowed words belong to the common core.,Additional Exercises,I.True or falsea.A word can be defined in different ways from different points of views.b.Under no circumstances can sound and meaning be logically related.c.The introd

49、uction of printing press resulted in a lot more differences between sound and form.d.The words a person can use in speaking and writing form his passive vocabulary.e.Native words enjoy the same features as the basic word stock and more.,Additional Exercises,Key:a.t b.f c.t d.f e.t,Additional Exercis

50、es,II.Give a term for each of the following definitions.a.sub-standard words often used on informal occasionsb.specialized vocabulary common in certain professionsc.words used by sub-cultural groups particularly by underground societyd.words that have clear notions e.words of Anglo-Saxon originf.wor