Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 The English Vocabulary
1.2 The Structure of English Words
Chapter 2 Basic Word-formation
2.1 Derivation
2.2 Compounding
2.3 Conversion
Chapter 3 Other Word-formation Categories
3.1 Abbreviation
3.2 Back-formation
3.3 Onomatopoeia
Chapter 4 Word Meaning
4.1 The Meaning of the Word
4.2 Kinds of Meaning
Chapter 5 Polysemy and Homonymy
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Polysemy
5.3 Homonymy
5.4 Polysemy or Homonymy？
5.5 Ambiguity and Vagueness
Chapter 6 Sense Relations
6.1 Synonymy
6.2 Antonymy
6.3 Hyponymy and Meronymy
Chapter 7 Changes in Meaning
7.1 Meaning Changes
7.2 Why Does Language Change？
Chapter 8 Meaning Shift
8.1 Categorizing Figurative Language
8.2 Metaphor
8.3 Metonymy
8.4 Synecdoche
Chapter 9 Semantic Evolution
9.1 Causes of Semantic Evolution
9.2 The Process of Semantic Evolution
Chapter 10 Sources of English Vocabulary
10.1 English in Relation to Language Families and Its Development
10.2 Sources of English Vocabulary
Chapter 11 Current Development of English Words
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Patterns of Lexical Development
11.3 New Words Resulted from Meaning Change
11.4 The Future of the English Language
Chapter 12 English Variations Across Countries
12.1 The Vocabulary of American English
12.2 Canadian English
12.3 Australian English
12.4 New Zealand English
Chapter 13 Idioms
13.1 What Are Idioms？
13.2 Characteristics of Idioms
13.3 Different Aspects of the Idiom
Chapter 14 Phrasal Verbs and Collocations
14.1 What Are Phrasal Verbs？
14.2 What Are Collocations？
Chapter 15 Other Idioms
15.1 Metaphor and Simile
15.2 Idiomatic Pairs
15.3 Proverbs
Chapter 16 English Dictionaries
16.1 Dictionary ABC
16.2 Find Your Dictionaries
16.3 Further Development of Dictionaries
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