从语义学角度谈词汇教学

On Vocabulary Teaching from Semantics

本文从词源学与词义角度分析英语词汇的构成与意义,以期帮助学习者找到记忆词汇的好办法。在词源方面,以例透析了英语词汇大部分来自于法语、德语与拉丁语等,应了解某些词缀的含义,这样在认识与记忆词汇方面便可以以组群为单位,联想记忆;在词汇的意义方面,试析了英语词汇的概念意义与关联意义,探讨了用词时一定要考虑情境,做到语言得体。

Aiming at the proper way to memorize vocabulary,etymology and semantics are analyzed.As etymology is concerned,some examples given show that most English vocabulary comes from French, German and Latin words. It is advisable to remember some affixes so that words in the unit of group could be memorized.This is really an imaginative way.As far as semantics is concerned,the key is the analysis from two aspects：conceptional meaning and associative meaning.Put an emphasis on the context when using the words.