自考英语词汇学笔记整理（含下载）

Chapter 1

1 - The definition of a word comprises the following points:

(1) a minimal free form of a language;

(2) a sound unity;

(3) a unit of meaning;

(4) a form that can function alone in a sentence.

A word is a minimal free form of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function.

1 一个单词定义包括以下几点：

（ 1 ）最小的自由形式的语言;

（ 2 ）固定的语音;

（ 3 ）固定的意义;

（ 4 ）在一个句子中可以单独运作的一种形式。

词是语言中的最小的自由形式，词有固定的语音，固定的意义固定的句法结构

2- Sound and Meaning: symbolic connection is almost always arbitrary and conventional.

A dog is called a dog not because the sound and the three letters that make up the word just automatically suggest the animal in question.