On the Characteristics of the English Computer Lexis in the 20th Century
Abstract
Owing to changes in global politics, economy, and development of science and technologies, English vocabulary enlarges faster than ever before. This is especially true in the 20th century, when the new invention — computer comes into our daily life, which brings a large amount of words into English Lexicon. This thesis describes the development and situation of the computer lexis first, and then expatiates the characteristics of these terms, which consist of shortening words, compounding words, affixed words and old words obtaining new meanings, based on some English lexical theories from word-formation perspective. In the last part some development tendencies of the lexis are summed up: more colloquial, less borrowing and analogy being used frequently. The study method of this thesis fills a gap in the achievements of computer lexical study and also helps learners to command these words efficiently. At the end of the thesis, some inclusive development tendencies of these terms and the main purpose of this thesis are illustrated.
Key Words: the 20th century; computer lexis; characteristics of word-formation
摘 要
隨著時代的發展，全球政治經濟形勢的變化以及新科學、新技術、新思想的不斷產生，英語詞彙量較以前有了更大的增長。其中210世紀的新生事物——計算機更是為英語詞彙庫增量不少。本文將以計算機英語詞彙的發展過程為切入點，介紹該領域詞彙的現狀。並以國內外學者在詞彙學及詞彙發展方面所作的理論研究為基礎，從構詞法的`角度闡述了210世紀計算機英語詞彙簡潔化、複合化、詞綴增加、舊詞新意的特點, 並總結出此類詞彙的發展趨勢：口語化、藉詞少、類比化等。本文的研究方法填補了現有研究的某些空白，並有助於2語學習者高效地學習此類詞彙。文章末尾總結該領域詞彙的發展趨勢及本文的主要寫作目的。
關鍵詞：210世紀、計算機詞彙、構詞特點
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