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Episode One A General Survey of Word
Lexicon [early 17th cent. From Greek lexikon book of words] or lexis [1950s: from Greek léxis speech] is used instead of "dictionary" though generally lexicon is a technical term which refers to the set of all words and idioms of the language in question; sometimes writers Use lexicon to refer to the vocabulary of a language as used by an individual speaker, which is best illustrated in the term ―mental lexicon‖.
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英语词汇学
English Lexicology
Lecturer: Tang Hongjuan
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英语词汇学 English Lexicology
Episode One A General Survey of Word
Some Terminologies
The practice of compiling dictionaries is lexicography; a person
who complies dictionaries is seen as a lexicographer.
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L E X E M E
Lexeme can be seen as a term that is used to express the idea that inflected forms, which are words themselves, are still variants of one single word, e.g. ―playing‖, ―played‖, ―plays‖ are the inflected variants of the same lexeme ―play‖. In a sense, each of these variants is itself a word; the term word form is used
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The former can occur as independent unit and even as a
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Morphology
Morphology is the study of the morphemes of a language and
Morphology
Lexical Unit
Word Form
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Vocabulary
It usually refers to a complete Inventory of the words in a language. But it may also refer to the words in a language. But it may also refer to the words and phrases used in the variants of a language, such as dialect, register, terminology, etc. A unit of vocabulary is generally
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Episode One A General Survey of Word
I . Terminologies
Vocabulary Lexicology Lexeme Lexicon Dictionary Semantics
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II Definition of Word
Aristotle’s definition Bloomfield’s definition
Aristotle defined a word as the smallest significant unit of speech — a definition which held sway until recently. See to –ess as in countess, lioness, duchess and –ish as in boyish, childish, greenish, etc.
how they are combined to make words.
Semantics
Semantics is the technical term used to refer to the study of word meaning/sense.
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Dictionary
A dictionary is ―a reference book containing Words usually alphabetically arranged with information about Their forms, pronunciations, functions, etymologies, meanings, and Syntactical and idiomatic uses ‖ (Merriam Webster, 1993).
Definition of WORD & WORD Survey Theory of Naming Sense and Reference Sense and Meaning Classification of Senses
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Bloomfield held a word is the minimal freeform(1933:
177-178). He distinguished Between two types of
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Antoine Millet’s Definition
Our Consideration Word Survey
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referred to as a lexical item/ a word. A learner’s vocabulary
can be divided into active vocabulary and passive vocabulary: the former refers to lexical items which a learner can use (speak and write); the latter to words which he/she can understand (read and guess).
Episode One A General Survey of Word
Lexicology
[1820s: from Greek lexikós of words, -logia study] is the systematic study of vocabulary/lexical items/lexis. It deals with words and word-forming morphemes, significant units. It follows that these elements must be investigated in their form and in their meaning. Roughly, it is a combination of studies on semantics and morphology, called lexical semantics or pragmatic semantics in wider sense.