Unit 1 An Invitation to Lexicology 1
Text A What Is Lexicology 2
Text B The Secrets of a Word 9
Text C The Synonyms of Word 10
Text D Morphology 11
Unit 2 Historical Development of English Vocabulary 14
Text A English Vocabulary A Historical Perspective 15
Text B The Growth of Present-Day English Vocabulary 23
Text C A Brief History of English 25
Unit 3 Foreign Elements of English Vocabulary 28
Text A The Sources of English Vocabulary 29
Text B Latin and Greek Borrowings 35
Text C French Borrowings 36
Text D Borrowings from Other Languages 38
Unit 4 Classification of English Vocabulary 40
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