《英语词汇学引论(第4版)》特色：<br />《英语词汇学引论》（第四版）经教育部审定批准作为普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材出版发行。<br />采用历时和共时分析的研究方法，讲述了许多英语词汇的有趣故事，论述了词义的历时演变和同源词的比较，并对大量例词指出了产生的年代。<br />对英语新词语的定义、时间划分标准、大小分类及其出现的年代都作了明确的界定，并用简单的英语解释新词的含义。<br />英语构词法分类独特，例证丰富，配上大量新词.对扩大英语词汇量起到了指导作用。<br />增加了英语常用习语15种表达法，其中还有未曾学过的新习语，并注明其含义。<br />增加了英语词语搭配一章。对词语搭配的定义、重要性及其分类作了详尽的阐述，并通过大量实例进行剖析，在必要的地方还配了中文解释，起到了一部小型英语词语搭配词典的作用。<br />阐述了词典的新定义。增加了21世纪初（2001年到2006年间）5部英美国家出版的英语学习词典的评介。<br />附录2介绍了著名词汇学家、语言学家Pa…ckHanks主编的《词汇学：语言学中的关键概念》一书于2006年在英国出版的最新信息：它是一部迄今为止最全面的词汇学巨著，全书共6卷，2768页，值得推荐。<br />《英语词汇学引论(第4版)》内容新颖，材料翔实，反映了21世纪初英语语言词汇的新发展。<br />《英语词汇学引论(第4版)》语言通俗易懂，理论联系实际，融趣味性、科学性、思想性为一体，是一本英语专业学生、英语自学者、研究生可读性强的教材和英语教师的教学参考书。<br />目录<br />Chapter 1 Language，Linguistics and Lexicology<br />1-1-1 Introductory Remarks<br />1-1-2 A Definition of Language<br />1-1-3 Language，Society and Thought<br />1-2-1 A Definition of Li.nguistics<br />1-2-2 The Scope of Linguistics<br />1-3-1 What Is Lexicology？<br />1-3-2 Aims and Significance of the Course of English Lexicology<br />1-3-3 The Connection of Lexicology with Other Branches of Linguistics<br />1-3-4 Two Approaches to the Study of English Lexicology<br />Chapter 2 The Sources of the English Vocabulary<br />2-1-1 What is Etymology？<br />2-1-2 The English People and the English Language<br />2-1-3 The Position and Character of the English Language in the Indo-European Family<br />2-1-4 The Divisions of the History Of the English Language<br />2-1-5 Some Characteristics of Old English<br />2-1-6 Some Characteristics of Middle English<br />2-1-7 Some Characteristics of Modern English<br />2-1-8 Etymological Twins in English<br />2-1-9 Some Combining Forms Used in Modem English<br />2-2-1 Words of Native Origin<br />2-2-2 Borrowed Words in the English Vocabulary<br />2-3-1 The Foreign Elements in the English Vocabulary<br />2-3-2 The Scandinavian Element in the English Vocabulary<br />2-3-3 The French Element in the English Vocabulary<br />2-3-4 The Latin Element in the English Vocabulary<br />2-3-5 The Greek Element in the English Vocabulary<br />2-3-6 The Influence of the Classical Elements upon the English Vocabulary<br />2-3-7 Other Foreign Elements in the English Vocabulary<br />2-3-8 The Interrelation Between the Native and Foreign Elements in the English Vocabulary<br />2-3-9 The Linguistic and Historical Origins of Some Common English Words<br />Chapter 3 Word Meaning and Semantic Relations<br />3-1-1 Some General Remarks on Semantics and Meaning<br />3-1-2 The Relationship Between Meaning and the Object<br />3-2-1 What Is a Word？<br />3-2-2 Meaning and Motivation<br />3-3-1 Classifications of Words<br />3-3-2 Main Types of Word Meaning<br />3-3-3 Word Meaning and Context<br />3-4-1 Synonyms<br />3-4-2 Antonyms<br />3-4-3 Polysemy and Homonymy<br />3-4-4 Hyponymy<br />Chapter 4 The Changing English Vocabulary<br />4-1-1 The Constant Change in Language and the Continuous Appearance of Neologisms<br />4-1-2 The Definition of Neologisms or New Words<br />4-1-3 The Rate of Changes of the English Vocabulary<br />4-1-4 The Sources of New Words<br />4-1-5 The Formation of Neologisms<br />4-2-1 Archaisms<br />4-3-1 Changes in Meaning<br />4-3-2 Four Tendencies in Semantic Changes<br />4-3-3 Semantic Changes from the Literal Use of Words to Their Figurative Use<br />Chapter 5 Word-formation in English<br />5-1-1 Introduction<br />5-1-2 Morphological Structure of Words<br />5-1-3 Two Types of Morphemes<br />5-1-4 Three Types of Words<br />5-1-5 Root，Base，Stem<br />5-2-1 The Main Processes of English Word-formation<br />5-2-2 The Minor Processes of English Word-formation<br />Chapter 6 English Idioms<br />6-1-1 Introduction<br />6-1-2 The Definition of Idioms<br />6-1-3 The Significance of Studying English Idioms<br />6-1-4 The Features of English Idioms<br />6-1-5 English Idioms in Different Styles<br />6-1-6 The Difference Between Idiomatic and Free Phrases<br />6-2-1 Classifications of English Idioms<br />6-2-2 Some Useful Language Areas of Idioms<br />Chapter 7 English Collocations<br />7-1-1 Introduction<br />7-1-2 What Is a Collocation？<br />7-1-3 The Importance of Learning English Collocations<br />7-2-1 The Classification of English Collocations<br />7-2-2 Register Used in English Collocations<br />7-3-1 Some Commonest Words Used in English Collocations.<br />7-4-1 Different Subjects of English Collocations<br />7-4-2 Families<br />7-4-3 Houses，Flats and Rooms<br />7-4-4 Food and Drink<br />7-4-5 Study and Learning<br />7-4-6 Fitness and Illness<br />7-4-7 Job and Work<br />7-4-8 Computers<br />7-4-9 Sport<br />7-4-10 Time<br />Chapter 8 British and American English<br />8-1-1 English as a Language of Worldwide Use<br />8-1-2 British and American English<br />8-1-3 The Historical Background of American English<br />8-2-1 Differences between British English and American English<br />8-2-2 Differences in Individual Sounds<br />8-2-3 Differences in Stress<br />8-2-4 Differences in Spelling<br />8-2-5 Differences in Vocabulary<br />8-2-6 Differences in Grammar<br />8-3-1 A Comparison Between Webster's Pronunciation Symbols (WPS) and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)<br />8-3-2 British and American English in the Future<br />Chapter 9 English Dictionaries and How to Use Them<br />9-1-1 What Is a Dictionary？<br />9-1-2 Characteristics of Dictionaries<br />9-2-1 Types of Dictionaries<br />9-2-2 Monolingual，Bilingual and Mulfilingual Dictionaries<br />9-2-3 General and Special Dictionaries<br />9-2-4 Pocket，Medium-sized and Unabridged Dictionaries<br />9-2-5 Synchronic and Diachronic Dictionaries<br />9-2-6 Encyclopedias and Encyclopedic Dictionaries<br />9-2-7 The Printed and Electronic Dictionaries<br />9-3-1 The History of English Dictionaries<br />9-3-2 A Brief Introduction of Five Newest English Dictionaries<br />9-3-3 Five Periods in the History of English Dictionaries<br />9-4-1 How to Use English Dictionaries<br />Appendix 1<br />An English-Chinese List of Technical Terms of Lexicology Used in This Book<br />Appendix 2<br />The Review of a Newest Book<br />Bibliography<br />……