本书系统地讨论了英语词汇学中的重要理论和方法，几乎涵盖了该学科的所有前沿课题。理论与实践，双管齐下，用理论指导实践，在实践中巩固与升华理论；叙、论、练，三位一体，多维阐释，相得益彰。由浅入深，循序渐进，不仅是大学生的理想教材，也是从事英语研究者难得的硕、博士生参考书。

本书符合创新型、研究型人才培养的教学理念，摆脱了传统词汇学教材的模式和框架，突出了知识的系统性和时代性，做到了趣味性和实用性的有机结合。本教材一定会成为学习者步入语言学殿堂的又、一块敲门砖。

Unit 1 Preliminaries about Lexicology

 Pre-Class Reading

 1.1 Lexicology as a branch of linguistic study

 1.2 The vocabulary of a language

 1.3 Words as main units of the English vocabulary

 1.4 Lexical knowledge

 1.5 Lexical competence

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Proiect Work

Unit 2 The Formation of English Words

 Pre-Class Reading

 2.1 Morphemes in English

 2.2 Major processes of word formation in English

 2.3 Other processes of word formation in English

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Project Work

Unit 3 The Grammatical Aspect of English Words

 Pre-Class Reading

 3.1 Word classes in English

 3.2 Countable nouns vs. uncountable nouns

 3.3 Transitive verbs vs. intransitive verbs

 3.4 Dynamic verbs vs. stative verbs

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Project Work

Unit 4 The Idiomatic Aspect of English Word Combinations

 Pre-Class Reading

 4.1 Chunks in English

 4.2 Collocations in English

 4.3 Idioms in English

 4.4 Proverbs in English

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Project Work

Unit 5 The Semantic Tgpes of English Words

 Pre-Class Reading

 5.1 Concrete words vs. abstract words

 5.2 Proper nouns vs. common nouns

 5.3 Descriptive words vs. evaluative words

 5.4 Fuzzy words and hedges

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Proiect Work

Unit 6 The Semantic Networks of English Words

 Pre-Class Reading

 6.1 Semantic networks

 6.2 Semantic fields

 6.3 Superordinates vs. hyponyms

 6.4 Meronyms vs. holonyms

 6.5 Lexical gaps

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Project Work

Unit 7 The Semantic Relations among English Words

 Pre-Class Reading

 7.1 Synonyms and synonymous expressions

 7.2 Antonyms and antonymous expressions

 7.3 Polysemous words vs. homonymous words

 7.4 Semantic relations and textual organization

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Project Work

Unit 8 The Emotional Aspect of English Words

 Pre-Class Reading

 8.1 Appreciative words vs. derogatory words

 8.2 Semantic prosody of some words

 8.3 Other lexical devices to convey affect

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Project Work

Unit 9 The Stglistic Aspect of English Words

 Pre-Class Reading

 9.1 Style and formality

 9.2 Genre and vocabulary

 9.3 Technical terms in English

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Project Work

Unit 10 The Social Aspect of English Words

 Pre-Class Reading

 10.1 Gender and English words

 10.2 Honorifics in English

 10.3 Euphemisms in English

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Project Work

Unit 11 The Cultural Aspect of English Words

 Pre-Class Reading

 11.1 Color terms and culture

 11.2 Numerals and culture

 11.3 Euphemisms and culture

 11.4 Idioms and culture

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Project Work

Unit 12 The Cognitive Aspect of English Words

 Pre-Class Reading

 12.1  Litera] and figurative use of voeabu]ary

 12.2 Metaphoric mechanism in the English vocabulary

 12.3 Metonymic mechanism in the English vocabulary

 12.4 English discourse markers

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Project Work

Unit 13 The Change of English Words

 Pre-Class Reading

 13.1 Semantic change of English words

 13.2 Morphological change of English words

 13.3 Grammatical change of English words

 13.4 Cyber vocabulary

 13.5 Catchy words in English

 In-Glass Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Project Work

Unit 14 The Loan Words in English

 Pre-Class Reading

 14.1 Words borrowed from Latin and Greek

 14.2 Words borrowed from French

 14.3 Words borrowed from other Indo-European languages

 14.4 Words borrowed from Chinese and Japanese

 14.5 Nativization of English words in China

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Project Work

Unit 15 Learning the English Vocabulary

 Pre-Class Reading

 15.1 Goals of English vocabulary learning

 15.2 Approaches to English vocabulary learning

 15.3 Strategies for English vocabulary learning

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Glass Tasks

 Project Work

Unit 16 The Tgpes and Components of Dictionaries

 Pre-Class Reading

 16.1 Lexicography as a branch of linguistic study

 16.2 Types of dictionaries

 16.3 Components of a linguistic dictionary

 In-Class Activities

 Post-Class Tasks

 Project Work

References

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