●ContentsUnit 1 An Invitation to Lexicology1Text A What Is Lexicology2Text B The Secrets of a Word9Text C The Synonyms of Word10Text D Morphology11Unit 2 Historical Development of English Vocabulary14Text A English Vocabulary A Historical Perspective15Text B The Growth of Present-Day English Vocabulary23Text C A Brief History of English25Unit 3 Foreign Elements of English Vocabulary28Text A The Sources of English Vocabulary29Text B Latin and Greek Borrowings35Text C French Borrowings36Text D Borrowings from Other Languages38Unit 4 Classification of English Vocabulary40Text A Content Words and Function Words41Text B Stylistic Classification of the English Vocabulary42Text C Colloquialism in Literature49Text D The Importance of Function Words51Unit 5 Morphological Structure of English Vocabulary53Text A Morphemes54Text B Latin and Greek Roots and Affixes in English Vocabulary62Text C Roots and Stems66Unit 6 Major Word Formations in English68Text A English Compound69Text B Derived Words 77Text C Conversion 79Text D Deriving Nouns from Verbs Names for People83Unit 7 Minor Word Formations in English87Text A Minor Process of Word Formation88Text B Acronymy95Text C Reduplication96Text D Eponyms97Unit 8 Word Meaning and Motivation99Text A Word Meaning in the English Language100Text B Motivation of Words102Text C Aspects of Meaning107Text D Onomatopoeia108Unit 9 Sense Relations Between Words111Text A Synonymy112Text B Antonymy113Text C Hyponymy118Text D Oxymoron120Unit 10 Polysemy and Homonymy124Text A Polysemy and Homonymy125Text B Lexical Relations Hyponymy and Homonymy132Text C Fun with Homonyms134Unit 11 Semantic Changes137Text A Semantic Changes and the Causes138Text B Semantic Shift145Text C The History of Semantic Change146Text D Metaphor and Metonymy147Unit 12 Figurative Use of Words151Text A What Is Figurative Speech152Text B Literal and Figurative Language153Text C Synecdoche and Metonymy158Text D Taboos and Euphemisms159Unit 13 Meaning and Context162Text A Context as the Key to Unlocking Word Meaning163Text B Ambiguity171Text C Context and Context of Situation?174Text D Decoding Meaning Through Context175Unit 14 English Idioms179Text A English Idioms—Cream of the Language180Text B Major Sources of English Idioms182Text C Animals and English Idioms187Text D Food and English Idioms190Unit 15 English Vocabulary and Greek Mythology193Text A English Words of Greek Mythological Origins194Text B The English Word Roots and Mythology200Text C Words in Astronomy of Greek Mythological Origins202Text D The Adventures of Odysseus204