TABLE OF CONTENTSPage, Preface to the First Edition............................... 3 Preface to the Second Edition................................. 5 I. INTRODUCTION § 1. Definition. Links with Other Branches of Linguistics 7 § 2. Two Approaches to Language Study......... 7 § 3. Lexicology and Sociolinguistics................. 8 § 4. Lexical Units............................................ 9 § 5. Varieties of Words......................................... 10 § 6. Course of Modern English Lexicology. Its Aims and Significance.. 11 II. SEMASIOLOGY Word-Meaning § 1. Referential Approach to Meaning.................. 13 § 2. Meaning in the Referential Approach............ 16 § 3. Functional Approach to Meaning.................. 17 § 4. Relation Between the Two Approaches..... 18 Types of Meaning § 5. Grammatical Meaning................................... 18 § 6. Lexical Meaning............................................ 19 § 7. Part-of-speech Meaning............................ 19 § 8. Denotational and Connotational Meaning.... 20 § 9. Emotive Charge......................................... 21 § 10. Stylistic Reference................................... 21 § 11. Emotive Charge and Stylistic Reference...... 22 § 12. Summary and Conclusions......................... 22 Word-Meaning and Meaning in Morphemes § 13. Lexical Meaning.......................................... 23 § 14. Functional (Part-of-speech) Meaning........... 24 § 15. Differential Meaning................................ 24 § 16. Distributional Meaning................................ 25 Word-Meaning and Motivation § 17. Morphological Motivation...................... 25 § 18. Phonetical Motivation............................. 26 § 19. Semantic Motivation................................... 27 § 20. Summary and Conclusions...................... 27 Change of Meaning § 21. Causes of Semantic Change......................... 29 § 22. Nature of Semantic Change........................ 30 § 23. Results of Semantic Change....................... 31 § 24. Interrelation of Causes, Nature and Results of Semantic Change 32 § 25. Summary and Conclusions......................... 33
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