《英語詞匯學(xué)教程》是普及英語詞匯學(xué)學(xué)專業(yè)知識的教材。本教材開發(fā)的指導(dǎo)性理念是CBI（內(nèi)容依托教學(xué)），即依托有意義的專業(yè)知識內(nèi)容提高學(xué)生對語言的感悟和英語語言能力。教材開發(fā)中融入了任務(wù)型教學(xué)、研究性教學(xué)的理念，旨在調(diào)動學(xué)生積極參與專業(yè)的學(xué)習(xí)。
為了保證不同水平的學(xué)生在教學(xué)中獲得較多，教材保持一定的開放，為學(xué)生推薦相關(guān)的材料以方便學(xué)有余力和有興趣的學(xué)生進(jìn)一步提高。
編寫團(tuán)隊有專家參與，優(yōu)秀副教授當(dāng)主編，因?yàn)樗麄兇_實(shí)是中堅力量，在教學(xué)實(shí)際中對學(xué)生更了解
《英語詞匯學(xué)教程》是在內(nèi)容與語言融合教育理念的指導(dǎo)下，依托國家社科基金項(xiàng)目“內(nèi)容教學(xué)法理論指導(dǎo)下英語專業(yè)整體課程體系改革與實(shí)踐研究”推出的內(nèi)容依托式系列英語教材之一。
本教材針對的學(xué)生群體為有一定語言基礎(chǔ)的中高級英語學(xué)習(xí)者，既適用于英語專業(yè)二、三年級學(xué)生，也適用于對英語詞匯學(xué)感興趣的非英語專業(yè)學(xué)生和其他英語愛好者。
夏洋，大連外國語大學(xué)英語學(xué)院副教授。總主編�？≤S，大連外國語大學(xué)外語學(xué)院院長，編寫團(tuán)隊有專家參與，優(yōu)秀副教授當(dāng)主編，因?yàn)樗麄兇_實(shí)是中堅力量，在教學(xué)實(shí)際中對學(xué)生更了解。
Contents
Unit 1 An Invitation to Lexicology 1
Text A What Is Lexicology 2
Text B The Secrets of a Word 9
Text C The Synonyms of Word 10
Text D Morphology 11
Unit 2 Historical Development of English Vocabulary 14
Text A English Vocabulary A Historical Perspective 15
Text B The Growth of Present-Day English Vocabulary 23
Text C A Brief History of English 25
Unit 3 Foreign Elements of English Vocabulary 28
Text A The Sources of English Vocabulary 29
Text B Latin and Greek Borrowings 35
Text C French Borrowings 36
Text D Borrowings from Other Languages 38
Unit 4 Classification of English Vocabulary 40
Text A Content Words and Function Words 41
Text B Stylistic Classification of the English Vocabulary 42
Text C Colloquialism in Literature 49
Text D The Importance of Function Words 51
Unit 5 Morphological Structure of English Vocabulary 53
Text A Morphemes 54
Text B Latin and Greek Roots and Affixes in English Vocabulary 62
Text C Roots and Stems 66
Unit 6 Major Word Formations in English 68
Text A English Compound 69
Text B Derived Words 77
Text C Conversion 79
Text D Deriving Nouns from Verbs Names for People 83
Unit 7 Minor Word Formations in English 87
Text A Minor Process of Word Formation 88
Text B Acronymy 95
Text C Reduplication 96
Text D Eponyms 97
Unit 8 Word Meaning and Motivation 99
Text A Word Meaning in the English Language 100
Text B Motivation of Words 102
Text C Aspects of Meaning 107
Text D Onomatopoeia 108
Unit 9 Sense Relations Between Words 111
Text A Synonymy 112
Text B Antonymy 113
Text C Hyponymy 118
Text D Oxymoron 120
Unit 10 Polysemy and Homonymy 124
Text A Polysemy and Homonymy 125
Text B Lexical Relations Hyponymy and Homonymy 132
Text C Fun with Homonyms 134
Unit 11 Semantic Changes 137
Text A Semantic Changes and the Causes 138
Text B Semantic Shift 145
Text C The History of Semantic Change 146
Text D Metaphor and Metonymy 147
Unit 12 Figurative Use of Words 151
Text A What Is Figurative Speech 152
Text B Literal and Figurative Language 153
Text C Synecdoche and Metonymy 158
Text D Taboos and Euphemisms 159
Unit 13 Meaning and Context 162
Text A Context as the Key to Unlocking Word Meaning 163
Text B Ambiguity 171
Text C Context and Context of Situation? 174
Text D Decoding Meaning Through Context 175
Unit 14 English Idioms 179
Text A English Idioms—Cream of the Language 180
Text B Major Sources of English Idioms 182
Text C Animals and English Idioms 187
Text D Food and English Idioms 190
Unit 15 English Vocabulary and Greek Mythology 193
Text A English Words of Greek Mythological Origins 194
Text B The English Word Roots and Mythology 200
Text C Words in Astronomy of Greek Mythological Origins 202
Text D The Adventures of Odysseus 204
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