Modern English Lexicology

Author: Lu Guoqiang (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 1999-09-01
Features: The examples cited in Modern English Lexicology (New Edition) are primarily based on modern English language materials. To reflect the characteristics of modern English vocabulary usage, some are excerpted from original works on modern English vocabulary research, some are selected from modern British and American dictionaries, and most are derived from modern British and American newspapers and literary works. The book is divided into twelve chapters, which can be summarized into four parts: Part I, Chapters II, III, and IV focus on the origin of English vocabulary, word morphology, word formation methods, and the semantic motivation of words. The second part, Chapters IV, V, VI, and VII, emphasizes the study of semantic features of words, semantic changes, and semantic classification. The third part, Chapters VII, VIII, IX, and X, focuses on the application and comprehension of vocabulary at the sentence level. The fourth part, Chapters XI and XII, analyzes and studies vocabulary at the discourse level. The examples cited in the book are primarily based on modern English language materials. To reflect the characteristics of modern English vocabulary usage, some are excerpted from original works on modern English vocabulary research, some are selected from modern British and American dictionaries, and most are derived from modern British and American newspapers and literary works.