英语词汇学

艾朝阳

目录

  • 1 Chapter One LEXICOLOGY as a LINGUISTIC DISCIPLINE
    • 1.1 Introduction
    • 1.2 Branches of Linguistics
    • 1.3 Lexical Units
  • 2 Chapter Two
    • 2.1 Ways of Forming English Words
    • 2.2 Affixation
    • 2.3 Word-composition
    • 2.4 Classifications of English compounds
    • 2.5 Conversion
    • 2.6 Shortening or (ABBREVIATION)
    • 2.7 Blendings
    • 2.8 Non-productive ways of Word-building
  • 3 Chapter Three ETYMOLOGY  OF ENGLISH WORDS
    • 3.1 Native English Words
    • 3.2 Borrowings in the English Language
    • 3.3 Classification of Borrowings
  • 4 Chapter Four  SEMASIOLOGY
    • 4.1 Types of Meaning
    • 4.2 The Causes of Semantic Changes
    • 4.3 Semantic Structure of English Words
    • 4.4 Nature of Semantic Changes
    • 4.5 The Main Semantic Aspects of Compounds
  • 5 Chapter Five TYPES  OF SEMANTIC RELATIONS
    • 5.1 Synonyms
    • 5.2 The Dominant Synonym
    • 5.3 Classification of Synonyms
    • 5.4 Antonyms
    • 5.5 Euphemisms
    • 5.6 The Evolution of Euphemisms
  • 6 Chapter Six ENGLISH VOCABULARY  AS A SYSTEM
    • 6.1 Homonyms
    • 6.2 Classification of Homonyms
    • 6.3 Archaisms
    • 6.4 Neologisms
  • 7 Chapter Seven PHRASEOLOGY
    • 7.1 Phraseological Units or Idioms
    • 7.2 Principles of Classification
    • 7.3 Semantic Classification of Phraseological Unitsv
    • 7.4 Structural Classification of Phraseological Units
    • 7.5 Parts of Speech Classification of Phraseological Units
    • 7.6 The Structural-Semantic Classification of PU
  • 8 Chapter Eight. The BRITISH AND  AMERICAN VARIANTS OF ENGLISH
    • 8.1 Differences in Pronunciation
    • 8.2 Differences in Spelling
    • 8.3 System of American English
  • 9 Chapter Nine ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY
    • 9.1 LEXICOGRAPHY  as a branch of LINGUISTICS
      • 9.1.1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF  LEXICOGRAPHY
      • 9.1.2 COMMON  CHARACTERISTICS  of DICTIONARIES
      • 9.1.3 The Process of Lemmatization
    • 9.2 MODERN TRENDS  IN ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY
  • 10 新建课程目录
The Structural-Semantic Classification of PU

The classifi cation system of phraseological units suggested by Russian professor A.V. Koonin is the latest outstanding achievement in the theory of phraseology. This classifi cation is based on the combined structural-semantic principle and subdivided into four classes.

 Nominative phraseological units are represented by wordgroups, including the ones with one meaningful word: wear and tear, well and good.

 Nominative-communicative phraseological units include word-groups of the type: to break the ice – the ice is broken, that is, verbal word-groups are transformed into a sentence when the verb is used in the Passive Voice.

 Phraseological units include interjectional word-groups.

 Communicative phraseological units are represented by proverbs and sayings. These four classes are divided into sub-groups according to the type of structure of the phraseological units. “The classifi cation system includes a considerable number of subtypes and gradations and objectively refl ects the wealth of types of phraseological units existing in the language”[ Koonin,2008:44]. It is based on scientifi c and modern criteria and represents an earnest attempt to take into account all the relevant aspects of phraseological units and combine them within the borders of one classifi cation system.