Semantic Analysis and Category of English Compound Word
Abstract
Compounds, whose formation is one of the most important means to create new words, are very productive in English. It can be observed that these words are both extensively and popularly employed in recent years’ English newspapers, magazines and literary works. Based on the analysis of compounds in terms of formative, syntactic as well as semantic relation, this thesis makes a sweeping generalization about the word-formation, distinction, semantic analysis and syntax of English compound words. Moreover, we also know in English compounds, compound nouns, compound adjectives and compound verbs occupy a large proportion in the sum of compound words. They are combined into compound structures in a variety of ways. And once they are formed, they sometimes metamorphose over time. It is therefore worthwhile to study them, so in the thesis, the mainly characteristics of these three kinds of compound words are discussed in detail. In a word, the linguistic phenomenon of compound words has aroused an increasing attention and interest among linguists and language users as well. So the aim of the thesis is to provide readers with knowledge of the external structures of compounds and then to develop their perception of the internal grammatical relationships and their insight into the meaning of these words.
Key Words: compound words; definition; word-formation; distinction;
semantic analysis; category
摘 要
複合詞有廣泛的變化形式，在英語中，複合詞的構詞法是創造新詞的1種重要方式，許多複合詞都是通過這種合成法而被創造。近年來複合詞被廣泛應用於英文報刊雜誌和文學作品之中。在考察英語複合詞的構型、句法和語義關係的`基礎上，本文著重對英語複合詞的構詞法、鑑別、語義分析和句法作了歸納。眾所周知，在英語複合詞中，複合名詞、複合形容詞、複合動詞佔有相當大的比重， 它們通過多種方式構成複合結構。但有時，這些已經形成的結構也會有其他的變化方式，所以很值得研究。本文中，複合詞的主要型別也將被詳細討論。總之，複合詞這1語言現象正引起了人們越來越濃厚的興趣和廣泛的關注。因此本文的主要目的在於使讀者能透過複合詞的外在結構表象來洞察其內在的語法關係，並藉此提高人們把握複合詞意義的能力。
關鍵詞：複合詞、定義、構詞法、辨別、語義分析、型別
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