Название: An Introduction to English Lexicology: Words, Meaning and Vocabulary, 3rd EditionАвтор: Howard Jackson, Etienne Ze Amvela
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
Год: 2022
Страниц: 273
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 11.5 MB
What are words? Where do words come from? How are they used?
Answering these questions and more, this book guides you through the key concepts in the lexicology of modern English. Providing an overview which encompasses all aspects of English vocabulary, this book explains the sources of modern English words and shows how the vocabulary has developed over time. Thoroughly updated throughout to keep pace with recent developments in the field, this third edition features:
- Enhanced chapters on vocabulary, dictionaries and investigative lexicology
- New sections on contemporary topics such as internet language, social media and youth culture
- Guides to new electronic resources and tools of analysis
- Exercises throughout each chapter, with an updated answer key
- A revised list of suggestions for further reading
Lexicology deals not only with simple words in all their aspects, but also with complex and compound words, the meaningful units of language. Since these units must be analysed in respect of both their form and their meaning, lexicology relies on information derived from morphology, the study of the forms of words and their components, and semantics, the study of their meanings. A third field of particular interest in lexicological studies is etymology, the study of the origins of words. However, lexicology must not be confused with lexicography, the writing or compilation of dictionaries, which is a special technique rather than a field of language study.
Some dictionary publishers have used a panel, usually of carefully chosen ‘experts’, to advise them on the accepted or ‘correct’ usage of words. A large-scale elicitation, the Langscape Survey, was carried out by Pam Peters through the journal English Today from January 1998 to April 1999, which invited readers of the journal to complete questionnaires on variable features of English spelling, grammar and usage. The Survey contributed to the compilation of The Cambridge Guide to English Usage (Peters 2004). Elicitation has an important role to play in finding out about identifiable aspects of lexical usage in particular, but it is unlikely to be the lexicologist’s sole, or even primary, source of data.
Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, and featuring exercises and a fully updated glossary of lexicological terms to support your learning, An Introduction to English Lexicology is the only book you need to understand the basics of English lexicology.
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