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英语词汇学

Swinburne University of Technology via XuetangX

Overview

“没有语法,人们可以表达的事物寥寥无几;而没有词汇,人们则无法表达任何事物。”词汇给语言学习带来的困难促使人们寻求词汇系统的内在规律,英语词汇学正是给学习者提供了这些有用的内容。

《英语词汇学》课程是面向英语专业学生开设的语言学类专业课,也适合非英语专业的大学生和自学者用来学习和扩展英语词汇。本课程主要涉及词汇的文化、形态学、语义学和语用学相关理论。通过课程学习,使学生理解英语词汇的形式和结构、构词法、语义关系、词与词之间的内在联系以及词与短语的应用,掌握英语词汇的基本规律,从而迅速提高词汇量和词汇应用能力。同时培养学生对语言研究的兴趣,为其在相关领域的进一步学习及研究打好基础。

虽是专业课,但不局限于理论知识讲解,将词汇学理论融入词汇学习和应用中。从词汇学习的实际问题入手,以任务或问题为驱动,从语言事实到理论探索,从词汇的内在规律到词汇习得策略,引导学生逐步将词汇学理论应用于语言实践,提高词汇表达能力。

这门课程可以帮助你寻找浩如烟海的英语词汇的基本规律,提高英语词汇学习效率,增强语言表达能力,欢迎学习《英语词汇学》。

Syllabus

  • Unit 1 Introducing Lexicology
    • 1.1 Introducing Lexicology
    • 1.2 Discussion
    • 1.3 Quiz
  • Unit 2 The Sources and Development of English Vocabulary
    • 2.1 Old English and Middle English
    • 2.2 Modern English
    • 2.3 Discussion
    • 2.4 Quiz
  • Unit 3 The Forms and Structures of English Words
    • 3.1 Basic Concepts of Words, Vocabulary and Morpheme
    • 3.2 Classification of Morphemes
    • 3.3 Bound Roots
    • 3.4 Discussion
    • 3.5 Quiz
  • Unit 4 Word Formation (I)
    • 4.1 Word Formation via Affixation
    • 4.2 Word Formation via Compounding
    • 4.3 Word Formation via Conversion
    • 4.4 Discussion
    • 4.5 Quiz
  • Unit 5 Word Formation (II)
    • 5.1 Word Formation via Blending and Back-formation
    • 5.2 Word Formation via Clipping and Acronymy
    • 5.3 The Characteristics of Modern English Vocabulary
    • 5.4 Discussion
    • 5.5 Quiz
  • Unit 6 Sense Relations
    • 6.1 Word Meaning
    • 6.2 Polysemy
    • 6.3 Homonymy
    • 6.4 Synonymy
    • 6.5 Antonymy
    • 6.6 Hyponymy
    • 6.7 Discussion
    • 6.8 Quiz
  • Unit 7 Figurative Language
    • 7.1 Simile and Metaphor
    • 7.2 Metonymy and Synecdoche
    • 7.3 Personification and Dehumanization
    • 7.4 Hyperbole and Allusion
    • 7.5 Paradox and Onomatopoeia
    • 7.6 Discussion
    • 7.7 Quiz
  • Unit 8 Language Variation and Word Choice
    • 8.1 Formal and Informal English
    • 8.2 Collocations
    • 8.3 Discussion
    • 8.4 Quiz
  • Unit 9 Meaning and Context
    • 9.1 Types of Context
    • 9.2 The Role of Context
    • 9.3 Discussion
    • 9.4 Quiz
  • Final Exam

    Taught by

    Tianxin Li, Vivian, and Emily

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