词汇学论文赏析

词汇学论文赏析

Introduction

The expansion of vocabulary in modern English depends chiefly on word

formation. There is a variety of means being at work now. The most productive are

affixation, compounding and conversion. Talking about word formation patterns

means dealing with rules. But not all words which are produced by applying the rule

are acceptable. The acceptability is gained only when the word have gained an

institutional currency in the language. Therefore rules only provide a constant set of

models from which new word are created from day to day. Rules themselves are not

fixed but undergo changes to a certain extent. For instance, affixes and compounding

processes may become productive at one time or lose their productivity. By word

formation processes, we concentrate on productive or on productive rules. While

applying the rules, we should keep in mind that there are always exceptions. In my

opinion, the most important principle for all these rules of word formation is

economy.

Chapter 1 the function of English word formation

1.1 W ord formation is an effective way to enlarge our English vocabulary. Nowadays, more and more people have taken notice of learning English. The number of the people who begin to learn English has increased at a high speed. How

can we improve our English effectively is undoubtedly the focus of ourattention.

Generally speaking, vocabulary and grammatical rules are keys to learning English

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well. Among the two aspects, vocabulary apparently plays a more important role.

V

ocabulary is the foundation of language. If a language learner doesn

‟t have enough vocabulary to express his or her opinions and understand other people, even if

his or her grammatical rules and pronunciations are excellent, but he can not

communicate with others well, he shouldn

‟t be a good language learner.

Under the influence of traditional teaching mode, teachers often emphasis more on

grammatical rules and pronunciations than vocabulary. As a result, students spend a

lot of time on remembering new words, but the results are not so efficient. However if

we have a knowledge of English word formation, the results will be not that bad.

Word formation is really an effective way to enlarge our English vocabulary.

1.2 Word formation can help us have a better comprehension of an article. When we are reading a new article, we often encounter with some new words that

we have never seen before. In this case, most of us will leave out the new word and go

on with the following sections. However, this is not a good habit. If we want to

improve our English, we have to take every new word seriously either