林承璋、刘世平编著的《英语词汇学引论(第5版高等学校英语专业系列教材)(英文版)》是高等学校英语专业教材；是大学英语课(即公共英语课)教师和非英语专业的本科生、研究生、英语自学者及翻译工作者学习英语词汇学理论，理解、运用、掌握英语词汇，扩大英语词汇量，提高英语语言实践能力的参考书。
本书共八章。以现代语言学理论作为指导，以英语词汇为研究对象，着重论述英语词汇的来源、发展、现状及其研究方法；分析英语词的结构、类型、意义、理据、相互关系、语义的变化方式、过程及用法；研究英国英语和美国英语的差异；还对英语习语的特点、分类、语义以及英语词典的发展和使用都作了较详尽的阐述，并提供了大量的例证。

Chapter 1
Language, Linguistics and Lexicology
1-1-1 Introductory Remarks
1-1-2 A Definition of Language
1-1-3 Language, Society and Thought
1-2-1 A Definition of Linguistics
1-2-2 The Scope of Linguistics
1-3-1 What Is Lexicology?
1-3-2 Aims and Significance of the Course of English Lexicology
1-3-3 The Connection of Lexicology with Other Branches of Linguistics
1-3-4 Two Approaches to the Study of English Lexicology
Chapter 2
The Sources of the English Vocabulary
2-1-1 What Is Etymology?
2-1-2 The English People and the English Language
2-1-3 The Position and Character of the English Language in the Indo-European Family
2-1-4 The Divisions of the History of the English Language
2-1-5 Some Characteristics of Old English
2-1-6 Some Characteristics of Middle English
2-1-7 Some Characteristics of Modem English
2-1-8 Etymological Twins in English
2-1-9 Some Combining Forms Used in Modem English
2-2-1 Words of Native Origin
2-2-2 Borrowed Words in the English Vocabulary
2-3-1 The Foreign Elements in the English Vocabulary
2-3-2 The Scandinavian Element in the English Vocabulary
2-3-3 The French Element in the English Vocabulary
2-3-4 The Latin Element in the English Vocabulary
2-3-5 The Greek Element in the English Vocabulary
2-3-6 The Influence of the Classical Elements upon the English Vocabulary
2-3-7 Other Foreign Elements in the English Vocabulary
2-3-8 The Interrelation Between the Native and Foreign Elements in the English Vocabulary
2-3-9 The Linguistic and Historical Origins of Some Common English Words
Chapter 3
Word Meaning and Semantic Relations
3-1-1 Some General Remarks on Semantics and Meaning
3-1-2 The Relationship Between Meaning and the Object
3-2-1 What Is a Word?
3-2-2 Meaning and Motivation
3-3-1 Classifications of Words
3-3-2 Main Types of Word Meaning
3-3-3 Word Meaning and Context
3-4-1 Synonyms
3-4-2 Antonyms
3-4-3 Polysemy and Homonymy
3-4-4 Hyponymy
Chapter 4
The Changing English Vocabulary
4-1-1 The Constant Change in Language and the Continuous Appearance of Neologisms
4-1-2 The Defmition of Neologisms or New Words
4-1-3 The Rate of Changes of the English Vocabulary
4-1-4 The Sources of New Words
4-1-5 The Formation of Neologisms
4-2-1 Archaisms
4-3-1 Changes in Meaning
4-3-2 Four Tendencies in Semantic Changes
4-3-3 Semantic Changes from the Literal Use of Words to Their Figurative Use
Chapter 5
Word-formation in English
5-1-1 Introduction
5-1-2 Morphological Structure of Words
5-1-3 Two Types of Morphemes
5-1-4 Three Types of Words
5-1-5 Root, Base, Stem
5-2-1 The Main Processes of English Word-formation
5-2-2 The Minor Processes of English Word-formation
Chapter 6
English Idioms
6-1-1 Introduction
6-1-2 The Defmition of Idioms
6-1-3 The Significance of Studying English Idioms
6-1-4 The Features of English Idioms
6-1-5 English Idioms in Different Styles
6-1-6 The Difference Between Idiomatic and Free Phrases
6-2-1 Classifications of English Idioms
6-2-2 Some Useful Language Areas of Idioms
Chapter 7
English Collocations
7-1-1 Introduction
7-1-2 What Is a Collocation?
7-1-3 The Importance of Learning English Collocations
7-2-1 The Classification of English Collocations
7-2-2 Register Used in English Collocations
7-3-1 Some Commonest Words Used in English Collocations
7-4-1 Different Subjects of English Collocations
7-4-2 Families
7-4-3 Houses, Flats and Rooms
7-4-4 Food and Drink
7-4-5 Study and Learning
7-4-6 Fitness and Illness
7-4-7 Job and Work
7-4-8 Computers
7-4-9 Sport
7-4-10 Time
Chapter 8
British and American English
8-1-1 English as a Language of Worldwide Use
8-1-2 British and American English
8-1-3 The Historical Background of American English
8-2-1 Differences between British English and American English
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