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1、 构词法分析及其在英语教学中的应用THE ANALYSIS OF WORD FORMATION AND ITS APPLICATION IN ENGLISH TEACHING AND LEARNINGAbstract As for English learners, especially Chinese students, learning English is an extremely important task with the economic globalization and the rapid communication with the world. However, lear
2、ning English is difficult for us in some aspects, such as history, culture, grammar, especially lexicon. The study of word building is clearly in the area of vocabulary development. Although the enlargement of vocabulary depends on many aspects such as historical, cultural, and social factors, one o
3、f the best ways to enlarge our vocabulary is to analyze and understand how words are formed. That is to say, the more effective way to facilitate the development of English vocabulary is word formation. This paper quotes a number of examples, and demonstrates the use of prefixes and suffixes and for
4、mation of compound words. It also discusses some of the problems the students have encountered in their study of English word building and offers some possible solutions, and proves the great influence of word formation on English teaching and learning. Key Words: word formation, word, morpheme, aff
5、ix摘要 随着经济全球化，世界交流日益频繁，对于英语学习者来说，特别是中国学习者，英语学习已经成为一件非常重要的任务。然而在很多方面英语学习都很困难，比方说在历史方面，文化方面，语法方面，特别是在词汇方面。对英语词汇的研究在很大程度上可以帮助词汇量的提高。尽管词汇量的提高依赖于历史、文化、社会等很多因素，但最有效的扩大词汇量的方法是构词法。通过学习和分析词是如何构成的，对词的学习很有帮助。也就是说，构词法是促进词汇扩大的一个更有效的方法。本文列出了很多例子，来说明如何用前缀和后缀的方法来构词，以及复合词的构词法。讨论了学习者在英语词汇学习中遇到的困难及可能的解决方法，并证明了构词法在英语教学中
6、具有深刻的影响。关键词：构词法，词，语素，词缀Table of Contents 1. Introduction12.1 The main definitions of words22.2 The main classification of words33. Morphemes in word formation43.1 The influential factors in word formation43.2 The definition of morpheme43.3 The classification of morpheme43.3.1 Free morphemes43.3.2 Bo
7、und morphemes53.3.3 Root, stem, and affix53.3.3.1 Root53.3.3.2 Stem63.3.3.3 Affix63.3.3.4 Inflectional affixes and derivational affixes63.3.3.4.1 Prefixes73.3.3.4.2 Suffixes93.3.3.4.3 The identification of inflection and derivation114.1 Definition of compounds124.2 Word formation of compounds124.3 T
8、he written way of compounds134.4 Points of compounds135.1 Invention155.2 Blending155.3 Abbreviation165.4 Acronym175.5 The other methods of word formation176. The influence of phonetics of word formation187. The application of word formation in English teaching and learning218. Conclusion25Bibliograp
9、hy26Acknowledgements27i1. Introduction A great number of people are learning English recent years. However, learning English is not an easy work. During the process of learning English, people face many problems. The traditional culture is different from that of English-speaking countries. In Englis
10、h there are a lot of slangs and idioms which are the obstacles to learning English. The other big block is the vocabulary. As we all know, there are some rules in forming Chinese characters. For instance, some characters we dont know them before, but when we see it we can guess the pronunciation and
11、 the meaning, because Chinese character is formed by several parts except some simple characters which can not be further divided into smaller components. Each part has its own meaning and pronunciation, so we can guess the whole meaning of the character from each part of it. Above all, there are ma
12、ny rules in studying Chinese characters, which help us remember more characters. It is also true in studying English, especially in learning English vocabulary? Words play an essential role in learning English. Words like the fundation of a house. Only if we study words well can we learn English wel
13、l. Many professors and researchers devoted themselves to the word formation and left many useful methods for learning words. This can help English learners learn words in a more effective way. Though we human beings have showed interest in word formation for thousands of years, there still remain ma
14、ny open issues “in this most secret area of language study” (Bauer 1983: 293). Recent years, more and more researchers are studying how to study English in an effective way. Some research the influence of culture. Some research the difference of grammar between Chinese and English. Some others would
15、 like to study the influence of word formation in the process of English learning. This paper centers on the study of word formation. At present, the main branches of word formation studied include inflection, derivation, compounds, invention, blending, abbreviation, acronym, back-formation, analogical creation, and borrowing and phonetic was also found influence the formation of words.2. The definition and classification of words2.1 The main definitions of words When we learn words, we must know what is word, the main classification of words, and
