Chapter 1 Development of English Lexicology

1.1 Development of English Lexicology

1.2 An Introduction of an English Book: Words, Meaning and Vocabulary

1.3 An Introduction of a Russian Book: English Lexicology

Chapter 2 Research Fields and Research Methods of English Lexicology

2.1 Research Fields

2.2 Research Methods

Chapter 3 Paradigmatic Relations

3.1 Synonymy

3.2 Antonymy

3.3 Polysemy

3.4 Homonymy

3.5 Hyponymy

Chapter 4 Syntagmatic Relations

4.1 Collocations

4.2 Idioms

Chapter 5 Historical Studies of the English Vocabulary

5.1 Proto-Indo-European Roots

5.2 Origin of English Words

5.3 Changes of English Words over History

Chapter 6 Studies on New English Words

6.1 Semantic Fields of New Words

6.2 Origins of New Words

6.3 Development of New Words

Chapter 7 Regional Varieties of English Words

7.1 British English

7.2 American English

7.3 Canadian English

7.4 Australian English

7.5 Words in Other Englishes

Chapter 8 Social Studies on the English Vocabulary

8.1 Standard English and the Core Vocabulary

8.2 Lexical Varieties

8.3 Slang

8.4 Dialectical Words

8.5 Gender Studies on Words

8.6 Social Varieties

8.7 English for Special Purposes

Chapter 9 Cultural Studies on the English Vocabulary

9.1 Cultural Connotations of the English Vocabulary

9.2 Connotations of National Cultures

9.3 Influence of Chinese Culture on the English Vocabulary

9.4 Connotations of English Words and the Teaching of English

Chapter 10 Rhetorical Studies on the English Vocabulary

10.1 Figures of Speech

10.2 Word Formation

10.3 Morphologization

10.4 Euphemism

Chapter 11 Pragmatic Studies on the English Vocabulary

11.1 Lexical Meaning vs. Pragmatic Meaning

11.2 Mechanisms for Pragmatic Meaning

11.3 Nature of Pragmatic Meaning

11.4 Classification of Pragmatic Meaning

11.5 Comprehension of Pragmatic Meaning

Chapter 12 Discourse Analysis and Lexical Research

12.1 Discourse Analysis

12.2 Semantics and Discourse

12.3 Meaning in Discourse

12.4 Lexical Coherence

Chapter 13 Dictionaries and Lexicography

13.1 English Dictionaries and Lexicography

13.2 Corpus Linguistics

13.3 Dictionary Criticism

Chapter 14 Borrowings from and into Chinese

14.1 Borrowing

14.2 Borrowings from Chinese

14.3 Borrowings from English

Chapter 15 Teaching of the English Vocabulary

15.1 The History of English Vocabulary Teaching

15.2 English Vocabulary Acquisition

15.3 English Vocabulary Teaching

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