英语词汇学

“英语词汇学”是全国高等教育自学考试英语语言文学专业本科段课程，是为培养和检验自学应考者词汇学的基本理论知识和实际语言能力而设置的一门专业课程。这张导图涵盖了《英语词汇学》英语词汇学的定义 词汇学与其他学科的关系 词的定义 以及词的分类。

Lexicology

• Word
  • Definition
    • It is the basic unit of language and minimal free form which has given sound and meaning and syntactic function.
  • Classification of English words
    • Parts of speech
      • Noun
      • Pronoun
      • Adjective
      • Verb
      • Adverb
      • Preposition
      • Conjunction
      • Interjection
      • Article
    • Membership
      • Open-class word
        • The words are infinite or unlimited.(eg. nouns,verbs,adjectives,adverbs)
      • Closed-class word
        • The words are fixed or limited.(eg. pronous,prepositions,conjunctions,articles)
    • Meaning expressed
      • Grammatical words
        • The words express grammatical meanings.(eg. conjunctions,prepostions,articles,pronouns)
      • Lexical words
        • The words have lexical meanings that is those refer to substance,action,and quality.(eg. nouns, verbs,adjectives,adverbs.)
    • Variability
      • variable words
        • The words have grammatically different words forms.(eg. nouns,verbs)
      • invariable words
        • The words which do not have inffective endings.(eg. adjectives,adverbs,interjections etc.)
    • Origin
      • Native words
        • The words are of Anglo-Saxon origin.
      • Borrowed words
        • The words borrowed from other language.
    • Usage
      • Literary words
        • The words are mainly used on formal occasion,esp. in writing.
      • Colloquial words
        • The words are mainly used in spoken language
      • Slang words
        • The words are highly colloquial, vigorous and invented for specific occasions or uses.
      • Technical words
        • The words are used in various special fields such as in art , trade ,sports,scientific fields,etc
• Definition of Lexicology
  • Sourse
    • Greek morphemes
      • lexikos"of or for words"
      • -logia"the study of"
  • Definition
    • It is the study of words.
• Related disciplines
  • Liguistios
    • It is a branch of Linguistics dealing with the vocabulary of a language and the properties of words as the main units of language.
  • Morphology
    • It is a branch of linguistius which which studies the internal structure of words and rules by which words.
  • Etymology
    • It is the study of the origins and history of the form and meaning of words.
  • Semantics
    • It is the study of meaning of different linguisitic levels,words,sytax,wtlerance,discourse,etc.
  • Stylistics
    • It is the study of style.It is concerned with the users' choice of Linguistic elements(lexi,phonogy,syntax) in a particular context for special effects.