Words, meaning, and vocabulary : an introduction to modern English lexicology

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅶ
• 1. What is Lexicology? = 1
• 1.1 Lexicology defined = 1
• 1.2 Lexicology as a level of language analysis = 8
• 1.3 The stmcture of English vocabulary = 11
• 1.4 Summary = 19
• 2. Where Do English Words Come From? = 21
• 2.1 The origin of English = 21
• 2.2 Historical development of English vocabulary = 23
• 2.3 Native English vocabulary = 31
• 2.4 The process of Borrowing = 32
• 2.5 Creating new English words = 43
• 2.6 Characteristics of modem English vocabulary = 44
• 2.7 Summary = 47
• 3. The Word = 48
• 3.1 The notion of word = 48
• 3.2 Word meaning = 55
• 3.3 Polywmy = 58
• 3.4 Homonymy = 61
• 3.5 Multiword lexemes = 63
• 3.6 Summary = 68
• 4. Word Formation = 69
• 4.1 Why study word-fomation processes? = 69
• 4.2 Inflection and derivation = 70
• 4.3 Inflrctional affixes = 71
• 4.4 Derivational affixes = 74
• 4.5 Compounds = 79
• 4.6 Other word-foafion processes = 86
• 4.7 Summary = 89
• 5. Meaning Relations = 91
• 5.1 What are 'meaning relations'? = 91
• 5.2 Synonymy = 92
• 5.3 Antonymy = 98
• 5.4 Hyponymy and metonymy = 101
• 5.5 Analysing meaning = 106
• 5.6 Collocation = 113
• 5.7 Summary = 116
• 6. Words in Use = 118
• 6.1 Vocabtdaties = 118
• 6.2 Nafional and regional vocabularies = 121
• 6.3 Jargon = 128
• 6.4 Sub-ctdtures = 134
• 6.5 Style = 138
• 6.6 Restricted languages = 141
• 6.7 Summary = 142
• 7. Investigating Vocabulary = 144
• 7.1 What might we nt to find out? = 144
• 7.2 How do we find out? = 145
• 7.3 Electronic resources = 147
• 7.4 Tools of analysis = 151
• 7.5 MRDS, LDBs and LKBs = 156
• 7.6 WWW = 158
• 7.7 Summary = 159
• 8. Words in Dictionaries = 161
• 8.1 Repositories of words = 161
• 8.2 Information about words = 166
• 8.3 How do dictionaries decide? = 174
• 8.4 Meaning = 180
• 8.5 Dictionaries and vocabulary = 183
• 8.6 Lexicology and lexicography = 185
• 8.7 Summary = 185
• Key to Exercises = 186
• References = 203
• Index = 209