现代英语词汇学概论6-polysemy-and-homonymy.ppt

Session6ChapterVPolysemyandHomonymy

Reviewchapter4I.MotivationofmeaningOnomatopoeicMotivationDucksquack.MorphologicalmotivationHopefulSemanticMotivationTabula(木板)tableEtymologicalmotivationArgus-eyedprofessorArgus百眼巨人目光敏锐的

II.Componentsofmeaninggrammaticalmeaningvs.lexicalmeaningforget:forgets;forgotconceptualmeaningvs.associativemeaninghomesmall,littlebegin,commencepretty,handsome

associativemeaningconnotativemeaningdragon,motherstylisticmeaningbrotherly,fraternalaffectivemeaningfamous,notoriouscollocativemeaningThetorchflashes.Thestarstwinkle.Thesunshines.

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Lead-inAmanwhowasinvolvedinaseriousmotorcycleaccidentwasunabletospeakwhenhefirstregainedconsciousness.Whishingtoknowhowlonghehadbeenunconscious,hetookapieceofpaperandapencilfromthebedsideand,afterwriting“date?”onit,gaveittohisnurse.Shehandeditbacktohimaftershehadwrittentheword“Married”onit.

TeachingfocusI.PolysemyII.HomonymyIII.Howtodistinguishthetwoforms?IV.ContextV.Ambiguityandvagueness

I.Polysemy一词多义1.1polysemytwoprocessesofdevelopment1.2senserelationsofpolysemy1.2.1originalmeaningvs.extendedmeaning1.2.2universalmeaningvs.particularmeaning1.2.3abstractmeaningvs.concretemeaning1.2.4literalmeaningvs.figurativemeaning

1.1Polysemymeansthatonesinglewordhastwoormoresensesatthesametime.Eg.government:治理国家；政府blanket:羊毛毯；给……盖羊毛毯“get”:150meanings“cut”:120meanings

Twoprocessesofdevelopmenta)Radiation辐射型：Itisthesemanticprocessinwhichtheprimarymeaningstandsatthecentreandthesecondarymeaningradiatesoutofit.Thoughallthesecondarymeaningsareindependentofoneanother,theycanallbetracedbacktotheprimarymeaning.

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