新编英语词汇学教程（第二版）全套PPT课件.pptx

IntroductionLexicologyLexicologyChapter 1 CONTENTThe Tower of BabelLexicology definedThe structure of English vocabularyLexicology and its related disciplines2341Summary5 Interesting vocabulary phenomenon Are they words?disrespectfulnessprowesternizationalisticityantidisestablishmentarianismIf they are, can you guess the meanings of them? Interesting vocabulary phenomenon A: What do lawyer do after their death?B: They lie still.Waiter: You’re not eating your fish. Anything wrong with is?Customer: Long time no sea. IntroductionThe Tower of Babel 1.1 The Tower of Babel？How many languages are there in the world?100？1000？5000？10000？Some researchers report that there are 5,000 to 6,000 languages currently in use across the world.Why do languages differ so much? 1.1 The Tower of BabelAccording to the Bible, the whole earth once had one language and few words, but the ambitious humans attempted to build themselves a tower, later known as Babel, in order to extend its top through to the heaven. When the Lord got to know this, He said angrily, “Come, let us go down, and confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” (Genesis, Chapter 11) That is why it is called Babel. The Lord there made a babble of languages of the entire world and from that place the Lord scattered men all over the face of the earth. 1.1 The Tower of BabelIt seems ridiculous to account for the diversity of language in terms of a myth, though no convincing consensus has been reached till now to explain why languages differ so much. The arbitrariness of vocabulary sets a good example for the diversity of language. 1.1 The Tower of BabelThe word for the animal dog in English is called “dog”, in Chinese as “gou”, but “yinu” in Japanese; it barks bow wow in English but wang wang in Chinese. 1.1 The Tower of BabelThe diversity of vocabulary is not merely found in different languages, but also a common phenomenon in a given language. American English: eleva