ChapterlINTRODUCINGLEXICOLoGY
1.1TheScopeofLexicology
1.2TheSignificanceofStudyingVocabulary
1.3LexicologyandLinguisticStudies
1.4ResearchMethodsinLexicology
1.5QuestionsforFurtherStudy
Chapter2THESOURCESANDDEVELoPMENTOF
ENGLISHVOCABULARY
2.1TheOriginsofEnglishWords
2.2TheInfluencesofForeignLanguages
2.3TheFormationofEnglishWords
2.4TheCharacteristicsofModernEnglishVocabular
2.5QuestionsforFurtherStudy
Chapter3THEFoRMSANDSTRUCTURESoF
ENGLISHWORDS
3.1MorphologicalStructuresofEnglishWords
3.2Morphemes
3.3Roots
3.4QuestionsforFurtherStudy
Chapter4WoRDFoRMATIoNVIAAFFIXATIoN
4.1LexicaIPrefixes
4.2GrammaticalPrefixes
4.3LexicalSuffixes
4.4GjrammaticaISuffixes
4.5QuestionsforFurtherStudy
Chapter5WORDFORMATIoNVIA
CoMPOUNDING
5.1ThreeFormsofCompounds
5.2StructuresofCompounds
5.3FunctionsofCompounds
5.4CharacteristicsofCompounds
5.5CompoundNouns
5.6CompoundAdjectives
5.7PhrasalCompounds
5-8QuestionsforFurtherStudy
Chapter6WORDFORMATIONVIAOTHER
METHoDS
6.1Blending
6.2Conversion
6.3Borrowing
6.4Clipping
6.5AcronymyandInitialism
6.6QuestionsforFurtherStudy
Chapter7SENSERELATIONS
7.1TypesofMeaning
7.2SenseRelations
7.3Polysemy
7.4Homonymy
7.5QuestionsforFurtherStudy
Chapter8FIGURATIVELANGUAGE
8.1Simile
8.2Metaphor
8.3Pe-rsonification
8.4Dehumanization
8.5Hyperbole
8.6Allusion
8.7Paradox
8.80nomatopoeia
8.9QuestionsforFurtherStudy
Chapter9LANGUAGEVARIATIONANDWORD
CHoICE
9.1Speakers./Writers.ChoiceofWords
9.2WordChoiceforFormalEnglish
9.3WordstoAvoidinFormalEnglish
9.4QuestionsforFurtherStudy
Chapterl0CoLLoCATIoNS
10.1NounColIocations
10.2VerbCollocations
10.3AdjectiveCollocations
10.4AdverbCollocations
10.5PrepositionCollocations
10.6ConjunctionCollocations
10.7QuestionsforFurtherStudy
ChapterllDICTIoNARIESANDVOCABULARY
LEARNING
11.lTypesofDictionaries
11.2InformationinDictionaries
11.3MonolingualandBilingualDictionaries
11.4PrinciplesofSelectingaDictionary
11.5QuestionsforFurtherStudy
Chapterl2ENGLISHVOCABULARYLEARNING
STRATEGIES
12.1ClassificationsofVocabularyLearningStrategies
12.2SuggestedMethodsinLearningVocabulary
12.3QuestionsforFurtherStudy
AppendixIASELECTEDLISToFENGLISH
PREFIXES
AppendixIIASELECTEDLISTOFENGLISH
SUFFIXES
AppendixIIIASELECTEDLISToFENGLISH
COMBININGFORMS
AppendixIVASELECTEDLISToFENGLISH
WoRDRooTS
Bibliography
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