英语与词汇学串讲1.ppt

词 汇 学Lexicology;词汇学自考题型;;I. Basic Concepts of Word and Vocabulary ;1.1. Word A word is a minimal free form of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function. （1）a minimal free form of a language （2）a sound unity （3）a unit of meaning （4）a form that can function alone in a sentence. ;出题形式：填空，选择 2006年 13. Which of the following is NOT correct? ______ A. A word is a meaningful group of letters. B. A word is a unit of meaning. C. A word is a sound or combination of sounds. D. A word is a form that cannot function alone in a sentence. 答案 D 2004年 20. According to semanticists, a word is a unit of ______. 答案：meaning;1.2. Sound and Meaning The relation between sound and meaning is not logical， but arbitrary and conventional. Woman (English) Frau ( German) femme (French ) funu ( Chinese) 出题形式：填空，选择和举例说明. 2002年 18.The relationship between sound and meaning is arbitrary or ______________. 答案：conventional;1.3. Sound and Form English sound is an imperfect representation of the spoken form. (1) in English there are more phonemes than letters. (2) The pronunciation has changed more rapidly than spelling over the years. (3) Some of the differences were created by the early scribes. (4) The borrowing is an important channel of enriching the English vocabulary.;1.4. Vocabulary All the words in a language make up its vocabulary. The term ‘ vocabulary’ is used in different senses. the total number of the words in a language, in a particular historical period. of a given dialect, of a given book, of a given discipline and the words possessed by an individual person. ;出题形式：选择, 填空，定义。 2002年 9.The term vocabulary is used in different ways because of all the following reasons EXCEPT that( ) A. it can refer to the common core of a language B. it can refer to the total number of the words in a language C. it can represent all the words used in a certain historical period D. it can stand for words in gi