英语复合名词的理据分析

Motivation Analysis of English Compound Nouns

复合名词构成成分的词汇意义和它们之间的语义关系是复合名词的构成理据。文章采用举例的方法,从词汇学、语法学和语义学的角度探讨英语复合名词的理据,旨在帮助英语学习者更好地把握其词义理据,促进词汇量的扩大。

The integrated meaning of a compound noun is generally motivated through the combined lexical meanings of its components together with their semantic relations. This paper exemplifies the motivations in English compound nouns from the angles of lexicology,syntax and semantics, which aims at helping English learners interpret the meaning of compound nouns correctly and thus enlarge their vocabulary.