现代英语词汇学复习.doc

第一章词的概述; :词的定义 :声音与意义的关系 :读音与拼写不一致的原因 :词汇的分类原则;基本词汇的特点;四类外来语词的特点。领会:基本词汇及本族语词在英语中的地位和重要性 What is word ?词具有哪些特点? 词的特点也就是对词的名词解释。 1)A word isa minimal free form ofa language; 2)A sound unity ora given sound ;3)a unit of meaning; 4)a form that can function alone ina sentence. 以上词的四个特点也就是词的名词解释词的分类( classification ofa word ) 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) simple words 2) complex words 单音节词例子: . Man and fine are simple 多音节词例子: . Management, misfortune, blackmail management 可以次划分为 manage 和-ment misfortune 可以次划分为 mis- 和 fortune blackmail 次划分为 black 和 mail What is the relationship between sound and meaning? 1)There is‘no logical relationship between the sound and actual . dog. cat 2)The relationship between them is conventional. 3) In different languages the same concept can be represented by different sounds. What is relationship between sound and form? 1)The written form ofa natural language is the written record of the oral form. Naturally the written form should agree with the oral form, such as English language. 2)This is fairly true of English in its earliest stage . Old English 3)With the development of the language, more and more differences occur between the two. What are the great changes that causes illogical relationship or irregularity between sound and form? 1) The internal reason for this is that the English alphabet was adopted from the Romans, which does not have a separate letter to represent each sound in the language so that some letters must do double duty or work together bination. 2) Another reason is that the pronunciation has changed more rapidly than spelling over the years, and in some cases the two have drawn far apart. 3)A third reason is that some of the differences were created by the early scribes. 4) es the borrowing, which is an important channel of enriching the English vocabulary. 要记住以上四句话中的关键词: 1) influenced by Romans 2) Pronunciation changed 3) early scribes 4) borrowing 你