权威英语词汇论文 英文版.doc

Lexicology on Root and Affixation 外语系 10级本8班31号 赵志良 Abstract: It is a very important and permanent thing to master the vocabulary in the English learning as a foreign language. However, everyone who has ever set foot on English realizes that it’s somewhat incredible for us to reciting numerous and difficult words, which is a total waste of time and energy. Especially, situation becomes worse for the college students with little words storage and non-interest. Nevertheless, we should acquire some skills to make word-recitation easier and more effective. This paper mainly discusses the using of vocabulary Root and Affix. Only by having a good knowledge of the roots and affixes, can we enrich and prosper our English vocabulary and further our English study. What’s more, the English roots and affixes are limited, stable and short, so it will be much simpler and rapider for us to recognize the unfamiliar words through the research on roots and affixes. Root: Definition is the basic form of a word which cannot be further analyzed without total loss of identity and it carries the main component of meaning in a word. By learning the roots, we will find it not complicated for us to understand the long and difficult words which we often encounter in the tough reading test. Here are some common roots as follows： aqu=water: aqualung aquamarine aquaplane aquatint aquarium ag=do,act: agent agency agenda aggrandize agri,agro,agrfield: agriculture agricorporation agrimotor agrinomy aer(o)=air: aerial aeriform aerify aerodrome aerogram aerodynamics aerology aeroscopy anim=life: animal animalcule animality animalism animate animation animator disanimate bell=war: rebel rebellion rebellious bellicose bellicosity bellicism belligerent bellow ced,ceed,ces=go: precedent precedented unprecedented precede preceding exceed excess excessive proceed procedure process procession antecedent antecessor clud,clus=close,shut: exclude exclusive inclusion conclude conclusion