英语词汇学47475.ppt

现代英语词汇学概论 Lexicology What is the longest word in English? Smiles honorificabilitudinitatibus ---- The longest word used by Shakespear (in Love’s Labour lost) consists of 27 letters, meaning “with no honourableness”) floccinaucinihilipilification ---- The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary contains 29 letters, which was first used in 1741 and later by Sir Walter Scott, meaning “deciding something is worthless”) praetertransubstantiationalistically --- Contermporary novelist Mark McShane used a long word of 36 letters in his novel Untimely Ripped, meaning:”the act of surpassing the act of transubstantiation”. (“超过化体的行为”---”化体”指耶酥的肉和血化为圣餐的面包和葡萄酒) [preit?tr?ns?bst?????ei??n] pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis ( 肺尘病)----The longest word in the Webster Third International Dictionary consists of 45 letters, referring to a miner’s lung disease. [??ju:m?n?u???????m???????????????????????????????????????] Osseocarnisanguineoviscericartilagininervomedullary --- The longest English word is commonly considered to be a word used by Thomas Love Peacock in his novel Headlong Hall(大客厅), which consists of 51 letters, used to describe the structure of the human body. Chapter 2 Morphological Structure of English Words 英语词汇的形态结构 2.1 Morphemes 词素 /语素/ 形位 2.2 Classification of Morphemes 词素分类 How is an English word formed? E.g. disagreeable disagreeable (by letter) dis · a · gree · a · ble (by syllable) dis + agree + able (by morpheme) What is the difference between “morpheme” and “syllable”? Syllable: has nothing to do with meaning Morpheme: two-facet →both sound and meaning 2.1 Morphemes词素 /语素/ 形位 1. The Definition of “Morphemes” 词素的概念 2. Allomorphs 词素变体 back 2.1.1 The Definition of “Morphemes”  词素的概念 Questions: 1. What is “Morpheme”? What is the relation between “morpheme” and “word”? * 2. What are “Allomorphs” * Morpheme= morph +