第一讲:1.考试题形式分为:Ⅰ.选择题(30分):完全是考书中的例子,理论与例子的结合,也就是‘Theory’和‘Example’的结合。Ⅱ.填空(10分):考特例,不是考简单的‘Examples?Theory’而是考‘Exceptions’.Ⅲ.(10分)考试内容:ⅰ.Typesofmeaningchanges:词意变化的种类ⅱ.Typesofmeaning:词义的种类,如:概念意义,联想意义,情感意义等。ⅲ.Languagesbranches:语系与语族,语系如:印欧语系;语族如:一个大的语系下分为那几个小的语族,如:日尔曼语族,斯堪的纳维亚语族等。ⅳ.Feathersofidioms:习语的特点Ⅳ.(10分)考试内容:ⅰ.TypesofBoundMorphemes:粘着词素的种类ⅱ.TypesofWordFormations:构词法的种类ⅲ.TypesofMeaning:词义的种类ⅳ.TypesofMeaningofIdioms:习语涵义的种类Ⅴ.名词解释(10分):Ⅵ.简答题(12分):ⅰ.比较题:两种理论/概念之间的区别就叫比较题,比如说‘概念意义与联想意义有何区别,粘着词素与派生词根有何区别,两种事物与两种理论之间的区别等。ⅱ.名词解释扩展题:难的名词解释派生的简答题,如:AffectedMeaning名词解释起来太长了,放在简答题里,就成为:WhatisAffectedMeaning,brieflyexemplifyit.ⅲ.Optional:可考可不考的题,往往是给出名词让你举例子Ⅶ.分析题(18分):给出例子,让你用理论加以分析。二.串讲内容:Introduction部分:Lexicology这门课算哪一种学科的分支:Lexicologyisabranchoflinguistics.Lexicology和那些重要的学科建立了联系:1)Morphology2)Semantics3)Stylistics4)Etymology5)Lexicography研究lexicology的两大方法:1)Diachronicapproach:历时语言学2)Synchronicapproach:共时语言学e.g.wife纵观历时语言学的方法论,woman词义的变化算是词义变化的哪一种模式?Woman的词义的变化算Narrowingorspecialization第一章部分:Whatisword?词具有哪些特点?词的特点也就是对词的名词解释。1)Awordisaminimalfreeformofalanguage;2)Asoundunityoragivensound;3)aunitofmeaning;4)aformthatcanfunctionaloneinasentence.以上词的四个特点也就是词的名词解释词的分类(classificationofaword)词根据发音可以分为哪两种词?或者说词根据拼写可以分为哪两类词?1)simplewords2)complexwords单音节词例子:e.g.Manandfinearesimple多音节词例子:e.g.Management,misfortune,blackmailmanagement可以次划分为manage和-mentmisfortune可以次划分为mis-和fortuneblackmail次划分为black和mailWhatistherelationshipbetweensoundandmeaning?1)Thereis‘nologicalrelationshipbetweenthesoundandactualthing.e.g.dog.cat2)Therelationshipbetweenthemisconventional.3)Indifferentlanguagesthesameconceptcanberepresentedbydifferentsounds.Whatisrelationshipbetweensoundandform?1)Thewrittenformofanaturallanguageisthewrittenrecordoftheoralform.Naturallythewrittenformshouldagreewiththeoralform,suchasEnglishlanguage.2)ThisisfairlytrueofEnglishinitsearlieststagei.e.OldEnglish3)Withthedevelopmentofthelanguage,moreandmoredifferencesoccurbetweenthetwo.Whatarethegreatchangesthatcausesillogicalrelationshiporirregularitybetweensoundandform?1)TheinternalreasonforthisisthattheEnglishalphabetwasadoptedfromtheRomans,whichdoesnothaveaseparatelettertorepresenteachsoundinthelanguagesothatsomelettersmustdodoubledutyorworktogetherincombination.2)Anotherreasonisthatthepronunciationhaschangedmorerapidlythanspellingovertheyears,andinsomecasesthetwohavedrawnfarapart.3)Athirdreasonisthatsomeofthedifferenceswerecreatedbytheearlyscribes.4)Finallycomestheborrowing,whichisanimportantchannelofenrichingtheEnglishvocabulary.要记住以上四句话中的关键词:1)influencedbyRomans2)pronunciationchanged3)earlyscribes4)borrowing你能不能举出外来语对英语发音,拼写造成不一致的例子有哪些?e.g.stimulus(L),fiesta(Sp),eureka(Gr),kimono(Jap)外来语对英语造成的最大的影响就是‘soundandform’不一致。Whatisvocabulary?Vocabularyreferstothetotalnumberofthewordsinalanguage,butitcanstandforallthewordsusedinaparticularhistoricalperiod.Vocabularyalsoreferstoallthewordsofagivendialect,givenbook,agivendisciplineandthewordspossessedbyanindividualperson.ClassificationofWords(本课的一个重点,年年考试都考)Whatistheclassificationofwords?Howtoclassifywordsinlinguistics?Threecriteria:1)Byuseoffrequency2)Bynotion3)ByoriginByuseoffrequency可划分为:1)Thebasicwordstock2)NonbasicwordvocabularyBynotion可划分为:1)Contentword2)FunctionalwordContentwordsarealsoknownasnotionalwords.(Contentwords的别称)Functionalwordsarealsoknownasemptywords,orformwords.(Functionalwords的别称)Functionalwordspossessesacharacteristicofbasicwordstock,i.e.stabilityAccordingtoStuartRobertson,etal(1957),*(年年考试必考)theninefunctionalwords,namely,and,be,have,it,of,the,to,will,youWhatarethecharacteristicsofbasicwordstock?1)Allnationalcharacter2)Stability3)productivity4)polysemy5)Collocability要把握住‘Allnationalcharacter’的词,就是和我们日常生活息息相关的,最普通的词稳定性是基本词的一个很大特点,请你举例说明?e.g.man,woman,fire,water…e.g.machine,video,telephone…e.g.bow,chariot,knightStabilityisrelative,notabsolute.根据词的usefrequency划分出的基本词之外,还有一类词叫作Nonebasicvocabulary,非基本词有几大特点?或者是几大分类?1)Terminologye.g.sonata,algebra2)Jargone.g.Bottomline(Jargon)3)Slange.g.smoky,bear(Slang)4)Argote.g.persuader5)Dialectalwordse.g.station(AusE=ranch)bluid(ScotE=blood)6)Archaismse.g.wilt(will)7)Neologismse.g.email(Neologisms)beaver是girl的slang表达方式,但是二者之间存在着StylisticdifferenceWhichconstitutesthelargernumberamongEnglishvocabulary,contentwordsorfunctionalwords?Answer:ContentwordsWhatisnativewords?Answer:(1)Byorigin,Englishwordscanbeclassifiedintonativewordsandborrowedwords.(2)NativewordsarewordsbroughttoBritaininthefifthcenturybytheGermantribes:theAngles,theSaxons,andtheJutes,thusknowasAnglo-Saxonwords.(3)WordsofAnglo-Saxonoriginaresmallinnumber,amountingtoroughly50,000to60,000,buttheyformthemainstreamofthebasicwordstockandstandatthecoreofthelanguage什么叫borrowedwords?Answer:(1)wordstakenoverfromforeignlanguagesareknowasborrowedwordsorloanwordsorborrowingsinsimpleterms.(2)ItisestimatedthatEnglishborrowingsconstitute80percentofthemodernEnglishvocabulary(3)TheEnglishlanguagehasvastdebts.Inanydictionarysome80%oftheentriesareborrowed.什么叫Denizens?DenizensarewordsborrowedearlyinthepastandnowarewellassimilatedintotheE