词汇学的特点与作用
众所周知，词汇是构成语言材料的基础，是学
好英语这门语言的基础之一。而词汇的学习又不像语音和语法，可以在一个相对较短的时间里突击掌握，词汇的学习是一个长期而又艰巨的任务。学生常抱怨不能灵活运用学过的词汇，究其原因，是他们对所学词汇的意义缺乏全面深入的了解。和语音、语法相比，词汇的意义更复杂，它不仅涉及到词自身的含义，还涉及到词与词之间的关系，也涉及到词与外部世界的关系。词汇意义的复杂性增强了其掌握的难度，因此词汇教学中应该强调词汇意义的教学，这是由词汇意义自身的特点所决定的。本文将从词汇意义的不同侧面来探讨词汇意义的特点，以及对词汇教学的启示。
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、英语词汇意义的特点
1．英语词汇意义的多样性
国内外的语言学家们对词汇意义的研究较
多，大多数的语言学、词汇学、语义学书籍一般有专门的章节来讲述词汇意义。只是不同的学者对词汇意义的分类和命名有所不同。我国语言学家程雨民教授指出，“理解词汇意义不仅要注意语
言系统赋予它的特定含义，而且还须随时考虑到词汇在结构中的地位，也就是说词汇不仅有其字面意义，还有其语境意义。” 里查德(Richards，1976)认为，词汇意义包括：(1)指称意义；(2)内涵意义；(3)文化意义。指称意义是指词与客观和虚构世界中的现象相联系的那一部分意义；而内涵意义表示人们对该词所指的事物所怀的感情或所抱的态度；文化意义则是指特定的社会文化背景赋予词汇的附加意义。
对词汇意义分类最为详尽，最为大家所接受
的当数著名语言学家Leech的理论。Leech认为，词汇意义的类型大致可分为概念意义、联想意义和主题意义。概念意义又称明指意义或词本义，也往往是一般词典所列出的第一义，它用来界
定和描述一个事物，一种特性，一个过程或一种状态。它是词语所表达的最基本意义，也是语言交
际中的核心意义，因此它比较明确而且相对稳定。
联想意义包括内涵意义、社会意义、情感意义、反
映意义和搭配意义。内涵意义是指一个词在人们
心目中提示的感情联想。例如英语的mother，它
的概念意义是“female parent”，正如汉语的“母
亲”的概念意义是“有子女的女子”一样，但
“ mother”含有“love”，“care”，“tenderness”，“forgiving”等内涵意义，也正如汉语的“母亲”含
有“母爱”，“母情”，“关怀体贴”等内涵意义一
样。所以中国人把自己的祖国比作“母亲”，这都
是取的内涵意义。社会意义是一段语言所表示的
关于使用该语言的社会环境的意义。就英语而
When English lexicology you study
Some rules about vocabulary, maybe you will learn If you can remember those rules and use them More marks, perhaps, on tests, you will earn.
If you really like English lexicology
Vocabulary is nothing, lexicon is the one
If you recite and use all of them,
5000, mayby 20,000, you won.
Not many out there are able
To study lexicon as a table
Many turn English into Chinese, to abuse
Those who really know English, them, they confuse.
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《英语词汇学教程》（2004 年版）练习答案 Chapter 1 7. Choose the standard meaning from the list on the right to match each of the slang words on the left. a. tart: loose woman b. bloke: fellow c. gat: pistol d. swell: great e. chicken: coward f. blue: fight g. smoky: police h. full: drunk i. dame: woman j. beaver: girl 8. Give the modern equivalents for the following archaic words. haply = perhaps albeit = although methinks = it seems to me eke = also sooth = truth morn = morning troth = pledge ere = before quoth = said hallowed = holy billow = wave / the sea bade = bid 12. Categorize the following borrowed words into denizens, aliens, translation loans, and semantic loans. Denizens: kettle, die, wall, skirt, husband Aliens: confrere, pro patria, Wunderkind, mikado, parvenu Translation loans: chopstick, typhoon, black humour, long time no see Semantic loans: dream Chapter 2 1. Why should students of English lexicology study the Indo-European Language Family? The Indo-European Language Family is one of the most important language families in the world. It is made up of most of the languages of Europe, the Near East and India. English belongs to this family and the other members of the Indo-European have more or less influence on English vocabulary. Knowledge of the Indo-European Language Family will help us understand English words better and use them more appropriately. 2. Make a tree diagram to show the family relations of the modern languages given below.
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全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试 英语词汇学试题 课程代码：00832 本试卷满分100分，考试时间150分钟. 考生答题注意事项： 1.本卷所有试题必须在答题卡上作答。答在试卷上无效。试卷空白处和背面均可作草稿纸。 2.第一部分为选择题。必须对应试卷上的题号使用28铅笔将“答题卡”的相应代码涂黑。 3.第二部分为非选择题。必须注明大、小题号，使用0．5毫米黑色字迹签字笔作答。 4.合理安排答题空间。超出答题区域无效。 第一部分选择题 I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and blacken the corresponding letter A,B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(30%) 1.“Woman”becomes “Frau”in German, “femme”in French and “fùnǔ”in Chinese. This example shows that in different languages the same concept can be represented by different ______． A. sounds B．forms C. unities D．meanings 2.The following words of the basic word stock denote the most common things and phenomena of the world around us EXCEPT ______． A. fire B．hot C. photoscanning D．sister 3.Aliens are borrowed words which have retained their original pronunciation and spelling. Which of the following words comes from Chinese? A. Bazaar. B．Kowtow. C. Rajah. D．Blitzkrieg. 4.The Indo-European language family is made up of the languages of the following EXCEPT ______． A. Europe B．the Far East C. India D．the Near East 5. Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of new words in the present-day English vocabulary? A. The rapid development of modern science and technology. B．Social, economic and political changes. C. The invasion of foreign countries. D．The influence of other cultures and languages. 6. Modern English vocabulary develops through the following channels EXCEPT ______. A. creation B．borrowing
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英语词汇学试题 Introduction and Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Words and Vocabula ry（练习1） I．Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. 1.Morphology is the branch of grammar which studies the structure or forms of words, primarily through the use of _________construct. A. word B. form C. morpheme D. root 2.________ is traditionally used for the study of the origins and history of the form and meaning of words. A. Semantics B. Linguistics C. Etymology D. Stylistics 3.Modern English is derived from the language of early ______ tribes. A. Greek B. Roman C. Italian D. Germanic 4. Semantics is the study of meaning of different _________ levels: lexis, syntax, utterance, discourse, etc. A. linguistic B. grammatical C. arbitrary D. semantic 5.Stylistics is the study of style . It is concerned with the user‘s choices of linguistic elements in a particular________ for special effects A. situation B. context C. time D. place 6.Lexicography shares with lexicology the same problems: the form , meaning, origins and usages of words, but they have a _______ difference. A . spelling B. semantic C. pronunciation D. pragmatic 7. Terminology consists of _______ terms used in particular disciplines and academic areas. A. technical B. artistic C. different D. academic 8. __________refers to the specialized vocabularies by which members of particular arts, sciences, trades, and professions communicate among themselves. A. Slang B. Jargon C. Dialectal words D. Argot 9 ._________ belongs to the sub-standard language, a category that seems to stand between the standard general words including informal ones available to everyone and in-group words. A. Jargon B. Argot C. Dialectal words D. Slang 10. Argot generally refers to the jargon of _______.Its use is confined to the sub-cultural groups and outsiders can hardly understand it. A. workers B. criminals C. any person D. policeman 11.________ are words used only by speakers of the dialect in question. A. Argot B. Slang C. Jargon D. Dialectal words 12. Archaisms are words or forms that were once in _________use but are now restricted only to specialized or limited use. A. common B. little C. slight D. great 13. Neologisms are newly-created words or expressions, or words that have taken on ______meanings. A. new B. old C. bad D. good 14. Content words denote clear notions and thus are known as_________ words. They include nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and numerals. A. functional B. notional C. empty D. formal 15. Functional words do not have notions of their own. Therefore, they are also called _______words. Prepositions, conjunctions, auxiliaries and articles belong to this category. A. content B. notional C. empty D. new