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1、NEOCLASSICALFORMATIONNeoclassicalformationdenotestheprocessbywhichnewwordsareformedfromelementsderivedfromLatinandGreek.Inthe19thcentury,itwasakindoflinguiticsnobberytouseneoclassicalformationinordertoadddignityandseriousnesstoanewword.Today,scientistsstilltendtocoinwordsaccordingtoc
2、lassicalrules.Themajorityofneoclassicalformationsarescientificandtechnical.“组合形式”(combiningform)一词起源于《牛津英语词典》(oxfordEnglishDictionary,简称OED),用来bio-,electro-,haom-,micro-,peri-,photo-这一类构词成份。由组合形式构成的词,如biology,electrolyte,heamocyte,microscope,periderm,photograph,在构词法中称为“新古典复合问”。“古典”是指
3、欧洲的古典语言—古希腊文和拉丁文;冠以“新”(neo-)字,是“古词新用”的意思,即是取古希腊文和拉丁文中的词汇成份,来构成现代英语的词语。这一构词法在现代英语中十分活跃。组合形式大多夹自古希腊文和拉丁一文实词(如名词、动词、形容词)的词根,它们的语义保留在现代英语中,因此,组合形式所含的语义往往相当于一个实词。例如:bio-,macro-,cryo-,xylo-分别作"life,livingthings"，"large","icy,cold","wood".aeroacosticsn."Thestudysoundpropagationintheairandit
4、seffectontheenvironment"astrochemistryn."Thestudyofthechemicalcompositionofheavenlybodiesandtheregionsofouterspace"bacteriocinn."anantibacterialagentproducedbybacteria"densometern."aninstrumentto,orcausinganexposureofnormallyrepressedpsychicelements"Theabovewordsare
5、allneoclassicalformationsofthe1970’s.Withtheadvanceofscienceandtechnology,moreandmorenewnameswillbecreatedalongclassicallines.SomeoftheneoclassicalscientifictermsarelabelledISV(InternationalScientificVocabulary)inTheThirdWebstertodenotethat"theyareknowntobecurrentinatleastonelanguage
6、otherthanEnglish."Neoclassicalformation,therefore,playsaprominentroleinworld-formationtoday,especiallyincreatingnewscientificterms.THANKYOU!!!
