DOC《00832English Lexicology（英语词汇学）复习资料》

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not because their appearance or pronunciation but because of their usage特定词被标示为 俚语 不是因为他们的写法和发音,而是因为他们的用法 12. Content words/notional words实词 Content words denote clear notions and thus are known as notional words. They include nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and numerals内容词表示清楚的概念,因为被认为是概念词.他们包括名词,动词.形容词,副词和数词 13. functional words/empty words虚词 Functional words do not have notions of their own. Therefore, they are also called empty words. As their chief function is to express the relation between notions, the relation between words as well as between sentences, they are known as form words. Prepositions, conjunctions, auxiliaries and articles belong to this category. 功能词没有他们自己的概念.因此,他们也称作 空词 .由于他们的主要功能是去表达概念间的关系,词语间和句子间的关系,他们被认为是 结构词 .介词,连词,辅助词和冠词属于这一类 14.区别: Content words, which constitute the main body of the English vocabulary, are numerous, and the number is ever growing whereas functional words, which make up a very small number of the vocabulary, remain stable. However, functional words do far more work of expression in English on average than content words 内容词,构成了英语词汇的主体,是数量多的.并且那数量还在增长,然而,功能词,只占词汇的很少一部分,保持稳定.然而,功能词比内容词在表达上........