Words, meaning and vocabulary : an introduction to modern English lexicology /

Words, meaning and vocabulary : an introduction to modern English lexicology /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Jackson, Howard, 1945-
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:London ; New York : Continuum, c2007.
Description:xii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Lexicology.
Vocabulary.
English language -- Foreign elements.
English language -- Word formation.
English language -- Foreign elements.
English language -- Word formation.
Lexicology.
Vocabulary.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7488434
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Other authors / contributors:Zé Amvela, Etienne, 1948-
ISBN:9780826490179 (hbk.)
0826490174 (hbk.)
9780826490186 (pbk.)
0826490182 (pbk.)
Notes:Previous ed.: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-240) and index.
committed to retain 20170930 20421213 HathiTrust
Table of Contents:
  • List of figures
  • List of exercises
  • Dedication
  • Preface
  • Preface to the second edition
  • 1. What is lexicology?
  • 1.1. Lexicology defined
  • 1.2. Lexicology as a level of language analysis
  • 1.3. The structure of English vocabulary
  • 1.4. Summary
  • 2. Where do English words come from?
  • 2.1. The origin of English
  • 2.2. Historical development of English vocabulary
  • 2.3. Native English vocabulary
  • 2.4. The process of borrowing
  • 2.5. Creating new English words
  • 2.6. Characteristics of modern English vocabulary
  • 2.7. Summary
  • 3. The word
  • 3.1. The notion of word
  • 3.2. Word meaning
  • 3.3. Polysemy
  • 3.4. Homonymy
  • 3.5. Multiword lexemes
  • 3.6. Summary
  • 4. Word formation
  • 4.1. Why study word-formation processes?
  • 4.2. Inflection and derivation
  • 4.3. Inflectional affixes
  • 4.4. Derivational affixes
  • 4.5. Compounds
  • 4.6. Other word-formation processes
  • 4.7. Summary
  • 5. Meaning relations
  • 5.1. What are 'meaning relations'?
  • 5.2. Synonymy
  • 5.3. Antonymy
  • 5.4. Hyponymy and meronymy
  • 5.5. Analysing meaning
  • 5.6. Collocation
  • 5.7. Summary
  • 6. Words in use
  • 6.1. Vocabularies
  • 6.2. National and regional vocabularies
  • 6.3. Jargon
  • 6.4. Sub-cultures
  • 6.5. Style
  • 6.6. Restricted languages
  • 6.7. Summary
  • 7. Investigating vocabulary
  • 7.1. What might we want to find out?
  • 7.2. How do we find out?
  • 7.3. Electronic resources
  • 7.4. Tools of analysis
  • 7.5. MRDs, LDBs and LKBs
  • 7.6. WWW
  • 7.7. Summary
  • 8. Words in dictionaries
  • 8.1. Repositories of words
  • 8.2. Information about words
  • 8.3. How do dictionaries decide?
  • 8.4. Meaning
  • 8.5. Dictionaries and vocabulary
  • 8.6. Lexicology and lexicography
  • 8.7. Summary
  • Key to exercises
  • References
  • Glossary
  • Index

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