2. The study of the overall structure and history of the vocabulary of a language
3. A branch of linguistics concerned with the meaning and use of words
Lexicology and syntax
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
In-class games
The first question was difficult
second word
easy
third problem funny
last examination silly
planets
Definition of Lexicology Morphology Semantics Etymology Lexicography
“The limits of my language are the limits of my world.”
英语词汇学引论 修订版 武汉大学出版社 林承璋 编著
Where do English words come from? Word meaning Meaning relations Word formation Words in use English dictionaries
After-class assignments
62 English words in
Morphology(形态学) Semantics(语义学) Etymology(词源学) Lexicography(词典学)
morphology
Study of morphemes and their arrangements and their arrangements in forming words.
Morphemes are the smallest meaningful units which may constitute words or parts of words.
etymology
The study of the whole history of words, not just of their origin
More definitions of lexicology
1. An area of language study concerned with the nature, meaning, history and use of words and word elements and often also with the critical description of lexicography
Kinship terms
father mother son daughter cousin nephew uncle aunt grandfather grandmother
Color terms black white red green yellowill be included in this course?
What is Lexicology?
Lexicology: the study of lexis, understood as the stock of words in a given language, i.e. its vocabulary or lexicon.
Vocabulary Lexis Lexicon
4. The study of the form, meaning, and behavior of words
Related fields
Linguistics:The study of the nature, structure,and variation of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics.
现代英语词汇学概论 北京师范大学出版社 张韵斐 主编
nice bridegroom depart
Semantics
The study of meaning
lexicography
A special technique, the writing and compilation of dictionaries
Lexicology as a level of language analysis
Lexicology and phonology
pill and bill sheep and ship meat and meal
Prosodic features
ex’port and ‘export re’cord and ‘record
Compounding
‘greenhouse ,green ‘house ‘greyhound ,grey ‘hound ‘White House ,white ‘house