Lexicology (Chapter One)
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up是什么意思The Basic Concepts of Words and Vocabulary
1. The definition of a word
To sum up, the definition of a word will cover the following points:(1)a minimal free form of a language(2)a sound unity(3) a unit of meaning(4) a form that can function alone in a ntence.A word is a minimal free form of a language that has a given sound, meaning and syntactic function.
filmend game2. Sound and meaning
The relations between sound and meaning are conventional and arbitrary(任意的). 音与义不是同一的东西，两者之间没有必然的联系。某个词的意义用一定的语音形式来表现，这是在长期的语言交际过程中固定下来的，是社会约定俗成，也可以说是语言领域中"一种社会契约"（a kind of linguistic social contract）。street view
3. Sound and Form
It is generally agreed that the written form of a natural language is the orthographical(拼法) record of the oral form. Naturally the written form should agree with the oral form. In other words, the sound should be consistent with the form.
4. Vocabulary
All the words in a language make up what is generally known as its vocabulary. Vocabulary can be defined as the total word stock of a language.
What is lexicology
1. Lexicology is a branch of linguistics
The word plays such a crucial part in the structure of language that we need a special branch of linguistics to examine it in all its aspects. This branch is called Lexicology, and it forms, next to phonology, the cond basic division of linguistic science.
2. nowrapWhat is lexicology concerned about?
Comprehensively speaking, lexicology is the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of the vocabulary of a given language. It deals with words, their origin, development, history, structure, meaning and application. In short, it is the study of the significance and application of words.
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easyjetLexicology relies on information derived from:
1. morphology, the study of the forms of words and their components.
2. manticspole, the study of their meanings.
3. A third field of particular interest in lexicological studies is etymology, the study of the origins of words.
4. general linguistics (lexicology studies the words of a particular language. General lin
guistics studies the general characteristics of words in all languages.)
5. tustylistics (the study of style. It is concerned with the ur’s choice of linguistic elements in particular context for special purpos.)
6. Phonetics 语音学研究人类所有的语言,音系学研究某种特定语言语音系统。
