现代英语词汇学概论5word meaning and semantic features

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1、现代英语词汇学概论LexicologyChapter5WordmeaningandSemanticFeaturesChapter55.1ConventionalityandMotivation5.2MainTypesofWordMeaning5.3ComponentialAnalysisandSemanticFeatures5.1Therelationshipbetweenthesound-symbolanditssenseQuestions:1.Whatistherelationshipbetweenthesound-symbolanditssense?Howareth

2、esoundandmeaningofwordsrelated?Howarethesoundandmeaningofwordsrelated?Twoways:1.Conventionality(约定俗成)2.Motivation(有理可据)ConventionalityConventionalorarbitraryArbitrary:adj.decidedbyorbasedonchanceorpersonalopinionratherthanfactsorreason.Conventionalorarbitrary:thereisnointrinsicrelationbet

3、weenthesound-symbolanditssense.MotivationMotivation:thereistheconnectionbetweenword-symbolanditssensePhoneticmotivationMorphologicalmotivationSemanticmotivationPhoneticmotivation:pronunciationsuggeststhemeaning,includingechoicwordsoronomatopoeicwordsE.g.woof-woofthewoof-woofofadogmiaowthe

4、miaowofacatroartheroarofalionbangthebangofadoorMorphologicalmotivation:thereisadirectconnectionbetweenthemorphemicstructureofthewordanditsmeaning.E.g.anticancerkilogramgood-lookingdaydreamSemanticmotivation:Thefigurativemeaningcanbeunderstoodbythosewhoknowtheliteralmeaning.E.g.astonyheart

5、thelegofatableWhatistherelationshipbetweenthesound-symbolanditssense?1.Conventionality(约定俗成)Mostwordsareconventional.2.Motivation(有理可据)back5.2TypesofWordMeaningTypesofWordMeaning:A.GrammaticalmeaningB.LexicalmeaningTypesofWordMeaningA.Grammaticalmeaning1.word-class2.inflectionalparadigmB.

6、Lexicalmeaning1.denotativemeaning2.connotativemeaning3.socialorstylisticmeaning4.affectivemeaningbackA.Grammaticalmeaning1.word-class:Theword-classdeterminesthepositionthatawordnormallyoccupiesinasentencee.g.Beingachild,hecan’tunderstandwhathejustsaid.Heneverdreamsofbeingasuperstar.____i

7、nanatmosphereofsimplelivingwaswhatherparentswishedfor.A.ThegirltobeeducatedC.ThegirleducatedB.Thegirl’sbeingeducatedD.ThegirlwaseducatedA.Grammaticalmeaning2.inflectionalparadigmseasonsofayear一年四季thepoles南北两极“Iboughtit,”saidBecky,inavoicetremblingwithemotion;“Iwentt