Chapter 1
Language, Linguistics and Lexicology
1-1-1 Introductory Remarks
1-1-2 A Definition of Language
1-1-3 Language, Society and Thought
1-2-1 A Definition of Linguistics
1-2-2 The Scope of Linguistics
1-3-1 What Is Lexicology?
1-3-2 Aims and Significance of the Course of English Lexicology
1-3-3 The Connection of Lexicology with Other Branches of Linguistics
1-3-4 Two Approaches to the Study of English Lexicology
Chapter 2
The Sources of the English Vocabulary
2-1-1 What Is Etymology?
2-1-2 The English People and the English Language
2-1-3 The Position and Character of the English Language in the Indo-European Family
2-1-4 The Divisions of the History of the English Language
2-1-5 Some Characteristics of Old English
2-1-6 Some Characteristics of Middle English
2-1-7 Some Characteristics of Modem English
2-1-8 Etymological Twins in English
2-1-9 Some Combining Forms Used in Modem English
2-2-1 Words of Native Origin
2-2-2 Borrowed Words in the English Vocabulary
2-3-1 The Foreign Elements in the English Vocabulary
2-3-2 The Scandinavian Element in the English Vocabulary
2-3-3 The French Element in the English Vocabulary
2-3-4 The Latin Element in the English Vocabulary
2-3-5 The Greek Element in the English Vocabulary
2-3-6 The Influence of the Classical Elements upon the English Vocabulary
2-3-7 Other Foreign Elements in the English Vocabulary
2-3-8 The Interrelation Between the Native and Foreign Elements in the English Vocabulary
2-3-9 The Linguistic and Historical Origins of Some Common English Words
Chapter 3
Word Meaning and Semantic Relations
3-1-1 Some General Remarks on Semantics and Meaning
3-1-2 The Relationship Between Meaning and the Object
3-2-1 What Is a Word?
3-2-2 Meaning and Motivation
3-3-1 Classifications of Words
3-3-2 Main Types of Word Meaning
3-3-3 Word Meaning and Context
3-4-1 Synonyms
3-4-2 Antonyms
3-4-3 Polysemy and Homonymy
3-4-4 Hyponymy
Chapter 4
The Changing English Vocabulary
4-1-1 The Constant Change in Language and the Continuous Appearance of Neologisms
4-1-2 The Defmition of Neologisms or New Words