Chapter 1Introduction: Word, Vocabulary and Lexicology
Ⅰ. THE NOTION OF “WORD”
1. Do Words Exist?
2. Bloomfield’s Definition of Word
3. Characteristics of Words
Ⅱ. THE ORGANIZATION OF ENGLISH VOCABULARY
1. The Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic Relations
2. Word Classes
3. Lexical Fields
Ⅲ. LEXICOLOGY AND OTHER LEVELS OF LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS
1. Lexicology and phonology
2. Lexis and Grammar:Two Forms of Patterning
3. Lexicology and Semantics
Ⅳ. SUMMARY
Exercises
Chapter 2English Vocabulary: A Historical Perspective
Ⅰ. THE INDOEUROPEAN LANGUAGE FAMILY
Ⅱ. THE ENGLISH PEOPLE AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Ⅲ. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH VOCABULARY
1. The Old English Period
2. The Middle English Period
3. Modern English Period
Ⅳ. SUMMARY
Exercises
Chapter 3Borrowing as a Source of English WordStock
Ⅰ. THE SIZE OF ENGLISH WORDSTOCK
Ⅱ. THE NATIVE WORDS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Ⅲ. BORROWING: AN OVERVIEW
Ⅳ. MAJOR SOURCES OF BORROWING
1. Latin Borrowings
2. Scandinavian Influences
3. French Loan Words
4. Greek Adoptions
Ⅴ. MINOR SOURCES OF BORROWING
Ⅵ. INFLUENCES OF BORROWING
Ⅶ. SUMMARY
Exercises
Chapter 4Major Processes of Word Formation
Ⅰ. MORPHEME, ROOT AND AFFIX
Ⅱ. DERIVATION AND COMPOUNDING
Ⅲ. PREFIXATION
Ⅳ. SUFFIXATION
Ⅴ. COMPOUNDING
1. Basic Features of Compounds
2. Classification of Compounds
3. The Syntax of Compounds
Ⅵ. SUMMARY
Exercises
Chapter 5Minor Processes of Word Formation
Ⅰ. BLENDING
Ⅱ. BACKFORMATION
Ⅲ. INITIALISM
1. Abbreviation
2. Acronyms
Ⅳ. CLIPPING
Ⅴ. APHESIS
Ⅵ. ANALOGY
1. Single Words Formed by Analogy
2. Phrases Formed by Analogy
Ⅶ. REDUPLICATION
Ⅷ. WORDS FROM PROPER NAMES
1. Words from Names of People
2. Words from Names of Places
3. Words from Names of Books
4. Words from Trademarks
Ⅸ. SUMMARY
Exercises
Chapter 6Word Meaning and Meaning Relations
Ⅰ. CONVENTIONALITY VERSUS MOTIVATION
Ⅱ. MEANINGS OF MEANING
Ⅲ. FOUR KINDS OF MEANING
1. Denotation and Reference
2. Denotation and Sense
3. Denotation and Connotation
Ⅳ. MEANING RELATIONS
1. Synonymy
2. Antonymy
3. Hierarchical Meaning Relations — Hyponymy and Meronymy
Ⅴ. SEMANTIC FIELD AND COMPONENTIAL ANALYSIS
Ⅵ. WORD MEANING AND CONTEXT
1. Types of Context
2. The Role of Context
Ⅶ. SUMMARY
Exercises
Chapter 7Words in Use
Ⅰ. OED’S ACCOUNT OF WORDS
Ⅱ. WORDS USED IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS
1. Geographical Context
2. Occupational Context
3. Social and Cultural Context
4. Contextual Context
5. Other Contexts
Ⅲ. SUMMARY
Exercises
Chapter 8Multiword Lexical Units: Collocation, Lexical Phrase
and Idiom
Ⅰ.THE RESEARCH TRADITION OF PREFABRICATED LANGUAGE
Ⅱ. COLLOCATIONS
1. Meaning by Collocation
2. The Typology of Collocations
3. Investigating Lexis: Corpus Approach to Collocations
Ⅲ. LEXICAL PHRASES
1. The Definition of Lexical Phrase
2. Functions of Lexical Phrases
3. Lexical Phrases and Language Teaching
Ⅳ. IDIOMS
1. The Definition and Main Features of Idioms
2. The Categorization of Idioms
3. The Meaning of Idioms
Ⅴ. IMPLICATIONS OF LINGUISTIC PREFABRICATION
Ⅵ. SUMMARY
Exercises
Chapter 9Lexicology and Lexicography
Ⅰ. DEFINITIONS OF LEXICOLOGY, LEXICOGRAPHY AND
DICTIONARY
Ⅱ. FUNCTIONS OF DICTIONARIES
Ⅲ. THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH DICTIONARIES
Ⅳ. TYPES OF DICTIONARIES
1. Linguistic Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Encyclopedic Dictionaries
2. Monolingual, Bilingual and Multilingual Dictionaries
3. General and Specialized Dictionaries
4. Unabridged, Desk and Pocket Dictionaries
5. Synchronic and Diachronic Dictionaries
6. Distinctions of Dictionaries by Other Features
Ⅴ. STRUCTURES OF ENGLISH DICTIONARIES
Ⅵ. USE OF ENGLISH DICTIONARIES
1. Choice of Dictionaries
2. How to Use a Dictionary
Ⅶ. SUMMARY
Exercises
Appendix 1Common Prefixes
Appendix 2Common Suffixes
Appendix 3Common Roots
Appendix 4Lexicology Terms （EnglishChinese）
Appendix 5Vocabulary
Key to Exercises
References
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