1．字和词 2．单音词和复音词 3．词汇的发展 4．古今词义的异同 5．词的本义和引申义 6．同义词 7．典故性语词

Contents 5. Word-Formation I: the Major Processes 6. Word-Formation: the Minor Processes 7. Motivation

unilateral, bilateral, trilateral multilateral monogamy, polygamy inflexible, imbalance, irrational, illegal download, copyright, mother wit, green wealth We summered in Qingdao last year. English Lexicology(I)

10. Changes in Meaning 11. American English

a. Extension of meaning b. Restriction of meaning c. Degeneration of meaning d. Elevation of meaning

（1) A word once reserved for female persons in high places is generalised to refer to people of all levels in a society:

The term lexicology contains two Greek morphemes: lexikon and logie. The former means \word, the latter means“learningor“the study of

Contents 8. Word Meaning 9. Sense Relations

THE MOTIVES FOR EUPHEMIZING The motives for generating euphemisms are as diverse and as universal as the range of human emotions

Conceptual Meaning Conceptual Meaning sometimes called denotative\ or cognitive\ meaning) is widely assumed to be the central factor in linguistic communication