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《英语词汇学引论（第4版）》是高等学校英语专业教材；是大学英语课课教师和非英语专业的本科生、研究生、英语自学者等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。
《英语词汇学引论（第4版）》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、语义以及英语词内的发展和使用都作了较详尽的阐述，并提供了大量的例证。
目录
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?Li.nguistics
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?Modern?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?Definition?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-f
