English LexicologyCONTENTSIntroductionChapter 1 Basic Concepts of Word and Vocabulary1.1What Is a Word1.2Sound and Meaning1.3Sound and Form1.4Vocabulary1.5Classification of Words1.5.1Basic Word Stock and Nonbasic Vocabulary1.5.2Content Words and Functional Words1.5.3Native Words and Borrowed WordsChapter 2 The Development of the English Vocabulary2.1 The Indo-European Language Family2.2 A Historical Overview of the English Vocabulary2.2.1 Old English (450-1150)2.2.2 Middle English (1150-1500)2.2.3 Modern English (1500-up to now)2.3 Growth of Present-day English Vocabulary2.4 Modes of Vocabulary DevelopmentChapter 3 Word Formation One3.1 Morphemes3.2 Allomorphs3.3 Types of Morphemes3.3.1 Free Morphemes3.3.2 Bound Morphemes3.4 Root and StemChapter 4 Word Formation Two4.1 Affixation4.1.1 Prefixation4.1.2 Suffixation4.2 Compounding4.2.1 Characteristics of Compounds4.2.2 Formation of Compounds4.3 Conversion4.4 Blending4.5 Clipping4.6 Acronymy4.6.1 Initialisms4.6.2 Acronyms4.7 Back-formation4.8 Words from Proper NamesChapter 5 Word Meaning5.1 The Meaning of “Meaning”5.1.1 Reference5.1.2 Concept5.1.3 Sense5.2 Motivation5.2.1 Onomatopoeic Motivation5.2.2 Morphological Motivation5.2.3 Semantic Motivation5.2.4 Etymological Motivation5.3 Types of Meaning5.3.1 Grammatical Meaning and Lexical Meaning5.3.2 Conceptual Meaning and Associative MeaningChapter 6 Sense Relations and Semantic Field6.1 Polysemy6.1.1 Two Approaches to Polysemy6.1.2 Two Processes of Development6.2 Homonymy6.2.1 Types of Homonyms6.2.2 Origins of Homonyms6.2.3 Differentiation of Homonyms from Polysemant6.2.4 Rhetoric Features of Homonyms6.3 Synonymy6.3.1 Definition of Synonyms6.3.2 Types of Synonyms6.3.3 Sources of Synonyms6.3.4 Discrimination of Antonymsb