由张华编著的《实用英语词汇学(修订版)》是“十一五”国家重点出版规划项目之一。《实用英语词汇学(修订版)》根据教育部《大学英语课程教学要求》编写。本书全面地介绍了词汇学的基本概念、英语词汇的历史发展、词根词缀的构成、词汇意义、词汇意义的关系变化以及词义在语境中的作用。

由张华编著的《实用英语词汇学(修订版)》全面地介绍了词汇学的基本概念、英语词汇的历史发展、词根词缀的构成、词汇意义、词汇意义的关系变化以及词义在语境中的作用。

《实用英语词汇学(修订版)》修订版一方面加强了词根和词缀部分的练习数量和难度以帮助学习者提高英语构词能力和词义理解能力，另一方面着重强调词汇意义与语境的关系，因为只有通过语篇尤其是大量真实语料的阅读才可以掌握词义。每章后配有相当数量的练习，可以有效地帮助学生了解词义在语篇中的关联，克服词汇理解在语篇阅读中的瓶颈，在阅读理解中寻找解决词汇问题的方法。

chapter 1 lexicology and basic concepts of words and vocabulary

1.1 the definition of english lexicology

 1.1.1 the domains of english lexicology

 1.1.2 methods of study of lexicology

1.2 the definition of word

1.3 the definition of vocabulary

1.4 classification of words

 1.4.1 full word and form word

 1.4.2 popular word and learned word

 1.4.3 abstract word and concrete word

 1.4.4 transparent word and opaque word

 1.4.5 polysemic word and monosemic word

 1.4.6 native word and loan word

exercises

chapter 2 the development of the english vocabulary

2.1 the world languages

2.2 language classifications

 2.2.1 morphological classification

 2.2.2 structural classification

2.3 the indo-european language family

2.4 the historical overview of english vocabulary

 2.4.1 old english (450——1150)

 2.4.2 middle english (1150——1500)

 2.4.3 modern english (1500——up to now)

2.5 three main sources of new words of the present-day english vocabulary

 2.5.1 the rapid development of modern science and technology

 2.5.2 social, economic, and political changes

 2.5.3 the influence of other cultures and languages

2.6 modes of the development of the english vocabulary

 2.6.1 creation

 2.6.2 semantic change

 2.6.3 borrowing

exercises

chapter 3 the structure of english words and word-formation in english

3.1 the structure of english words

 3.1.1 the morphological structures of words

 3.1.2 types of morphemes

 3.1.3 root, stem and base

3.2 wordformation in english

 3.2.1 affixation

 3.2.2 compounding

 3.2.3 conversion

 3.2.4 blending

 3.2.5 clipping

 3.2.6 acronymy

 3.2.7 back-formation

exercises

chapter 4 word meaning

4.1 meaning

 4.1.1 analytical (referential) definitions of meaning

 4.1.2 operational (contextual) definitions of meaning

4.2 meanings of meaning

 4.2.1 reference

 4.2.2 concept

 4.2.3 sense

4.3 types of motivation

 4.3.1 onomatopoeic motivation

 4.3.2 morphological motivation

 4.3.3 semantic motivation

 4.3.4 etymological motivation

4.4 types of meaning

 4.4.1 grammatical meaning

 4.4.2 lexical meaning

 4.4.3 conceptual meaning

 4.4.4 associative meaning

exercises

chapter 5 sense relations

5.1 polysemy

 5.1.1 two approaches to polysemy

 5.1.2 two processes of development

5.2 homonymy

 5.2.1 types of homonyms

 5.2.2 origins of homonyms

5.3 synonymy

 5.3.1 sources of synonyms

 5.3.2 discrimination of synonyms

 5.3.3 association and collocation

5.4 antonymy

 5.4.1 types of antonyms

 5.4.2 characteristics of antonyms and the use of antonyms

5.5 hyponymy

 5.5.1 superordinate and snhordinate terms

 5.5.2 effect of them in use

exercises

chapter 6 changes in word meaning

6.1 can meaning change?

6.2 types' of changes

 6.2.1 extension

 6.2.2 narrowing

 6.2.3 elevation

 6.2.4 degradation

6.3 causes of changes

 6.3.1 linguistic factors

 6.3.2 extra-linguistic factors

exercises

chapter 7 meaning and context

7.1 types of context

 7.1.1 linguistic context

 7.1.2 extra-linguistic context

7.2 the role of context

 7.2.1 elimination of ambiguity

 7.2.2 clues for inferring word meaning in context

exercises

chapter 8 english dictionaries

8.1 the development of dictionaries

 8.1.1 the origins of english dictionaries

 8.1.2 the first english dictionaries

 8.1.3 modern english dictionaries

8.2 types of dictionaries

 8.2.1 linguistic and non-linguistic dictionaries

 8.2.2 monolingual and bilingual dictionaries

 8.2.3 general-purpose and specific-purpose dictionaries

8.3 using a dictionary

 8.3.1 the dictionary entry

 8.3.2 spelling

 8.3.3 pronunciation

 8.3.4 parts of speech and inflected forms of words

 8.3.5 labels

 8.3.6 the definition

 8.3.7 etymology

 8.3.8 synonyms

exercises

keys to exercises

附录一：英语词汇学术语表

附录二：希腊拉丁词根和词缀

(一)希腊拉丁词根

(二)希腊拉丁词缀

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