Chapter 1 Introduction: Word, Vocabulary and Lexicology
I. THE NOTION OF "WORD"
1. Do Words Exist?
2. Bloomfield's Defirtition of Word
3. Characteristics of Words
II. THE ORGANIZATION OF ENGLISH VOCABULARY
1. The Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic Relations
2. Word Classes
3. Lexical Fields
III. LEXICOLOGY AND OTHER LEVELS OF LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS
1. Lexicology and phonology
2. Lexis and Grammar.Two Forms of Patterning
3. Lexicology and Semantics
IV. SUMMARY
Exercises

Chapter 2 English Vocabulary: A Historical Perspective
I. THE INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE FAMILY
II. THE ENGLISH PEOPLE AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH VOCABULARY
1. The Old English Period
2. The Middle English Period
3. Modem English Period
IV. SUMMARY
Exercises

Chapter 3 Borrowing as a Source of English Word-Stock
I. THE SIZE OF ENGLISH WORD-STOCK
II. THE NATIVE WORDS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
III. BORROWING: AN OVERVIEW
IV. MAJOR SOURCES OF BORROWING
1. Latin Borrowings
2. Scandinavian Influences
3. French Loan Words
4. Greek Adoptions
V. MINOR SOURCES OF BORROWING
VI. INFLUENCES OF BORROWING
VII. SUMMARY
Exercises

Chapter 4 Major Processes of Word Formation
I. MORPHEME, ROOT AND AFFIX
II. DERIVATION AND COMPOUNDING
m. PREFIXATION
IV. SUFFIXATION
V. COMPOUNDING
I. Basic Features of Compounds
2. Classification of Compounds
3. The Syntax of Compounds
VI. SUMMARY
Exercises

Chapter 5 Minor Processes of Word Formation
I. BLENDING
II. BACK-FORMATION
m. INITIALISM
1. Abbreviation
2. Acronyms
IV. CLIPPING
V. APHESlS
VI. ANALOGY
1. Single Words Formed by Analogy
2. Phrases Formed by Analogy
VII. REDUPLICATION
VIII. WORDS FROM PROPER NAMES
1. Words from Names of People
2. Words from Names of Places
3. Words from Names of Books
4. Words from Trademarks
IX. SUMMARY
Exercises

Chapter 6 Word Meaning and Meaning Relations
I. CONVENTIONALITY VERSUS MOTIVATION
II. MEANINGS OF MEANING
III. FOUR KINDS OF MEANING
1. Denotation and Reference
2. Denotation and Sense
3. Denotation and Connotation
IV. MEANING RELATIONS
1. Synonymy
2. Antonymy
3. Hierarchical Meaning Relations —— Hyponymy and Meronymy
V. SEMANTIC FIELD AND COMPONENTIAL ANALYSIS
VI. WORD MEANING AND CONTEXT
1. Types of Context
2. The Role of Context
VII. SUMMARY
Exercises

Chapter 7 Words in Use
I. OED'S ACCOUNT OF WORDS
II. WORDS USED IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS
1. Geographical Context
2. Occupational Context
3. Social and Cultural Context
4. Contextual Context
5. Other Contexts
III. SUMMARY
Exercises

Chapter 8 Multi-word Lexical Units: Collocation, Lexical Phrase and Idiom
I.THE RESEARCH TRADITION OF PREFABRICATED LANGUAGE
II. COLLOCATIONS
1. Meaning by Collocation
2. The Typology of Collocations
3. Investigating Lexis: Corpus Approach to Collocations
III. LEXICAL PHRASES
1. The Definition of Lexical Phrase
2. Functions of Lexical Phrases
3. Lexical Phrases and Language Teaching
IV. IDIOMS
1. The Definition and Main Features of Idioms
2. The Categorization of Idioms
3. The Meaning of Idioms
V. IMPLICATIONS OF LINGUISTIC PREFABRICATION
VI. SUMMARY
Exercises

Chapter 9 Lexicology and Lexicography
I. DEFINITIONS OF LEXICOLOGY, LEXICOGRAPHY AND DICTIONARY
II. FUNCTIONS OF DICTIONARIES
III. THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH DICTIONARIES
IV. TYPES OF DICTIONARIES
1. Linguistic Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Encyclopedic Dictionaries
2. Monolingual, Bilingual and Multilingual Dictionaries
3. General and Specialized Dictionaries
4. Unabridged, Desk and Pocket Dictionaries
5. Synchronic and Diachronic Dictionaries
6. Distinctions of Dictionaries by Other Features
V. STRUCTURES OF ENGLISH DICTIONARIES
VI. USE OF ENGLISH DICTIONARIES
1. Choice of Dictionaries
2. How to Use a Dictionary
VII. SUMMARY
Exercises
Appendix 1 Common Prefixes
Appendix 2 Common Suffixes
Appendix 3 Common Roots
Appendix 4 Lexicology Terms (English-Chinese)
Appendix 5 Vocabulary
Key to Exercises
References