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Lecture 5 Word Formation-《英语词汇学》第五章教案

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Lecture5讲授题目：WordFormationⅠ❖所属章节：《现代英语词汇学概论》之第3章❖计划学时：4periods❖教学方法：传统讲授法❖参考资料：《英语词汇学教程》、《英语词汇学》❖教学目的和要求：通过本单元的学习，学生对英语的构词法有初步了解，尤其是产出新词最多的三种主要构词法：词缀法、复合法、转类法。❖教学重点：1Affixation;2Compounding;3Conversion.❖教学难点：Theabove-mentionedword-formations.TheexpansionofvocabularyinmodernEnglishdependschieflyonword-formation.Thereisavarietyofmeansbeingatworknow.Themost
productiveareaffixation,compoundingandconversion.AccordingtoPylesandAlgeo(1982,wordsproducedthroughaffixationconstitute30%to40%ofthetotalnumberofnewwords;compoundingyields28%to30%ofallthenewwords;conversiongivesus26%ofthenewvocabulary.Therestofnewwordscomeformshorteningincludingclippingandacronymy,amountingto8%to10%,togetherwith1%to5%ofwordsbornoutofblendingandothermeans.Talkingaboutword-formingpatternsmeansdealingwithrules.Butaruleofword-formationusuallydiffersfromasyntacticrule.Notallthewordsthatareproducedbyapplyingtheruleareacceptable.Forexample,theexistenceoftheactualEnglishwordsunclean,unwise,unfairdoesnotensuretheacceptanceofunsad,unexcellent.Therefore,rulesthemselvesarenotfixedbutundergochangestoacertainextent.Forexample,theOldEnglish–thwhichisfoundinwarmth,length,depth,width,derivedfromadjectiveswarm,long,deep,wide,butbroadisnolongerusedtoformnewwordbroadth(※coolth---(Quirk,etal1985.Byword-formationprocesses,weconcentrateonproductiveormarginallyproductiverules.Whileapplyingtherules,weshouldrememberthattherearealwaysexceptions.(在构词过程中，我们要注意到活跃性和边缘性问题。必须记住，规则都有例外。

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