Second edition

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Preface to the First Edition 3
Preface to the Second Edition 5
I. INTRODUCTION
§ 1. Definition. Links with Other Branches of Linguistics 7
§ 2. Two Approaches to Language Study 7
§ 3. Lexicology and Sociolinguistics 8
§ 4. Lexical Units . 9
§ 5. Varieties of Words 10
§ 6. Course of Modern English Lexicology. Its Aims and Significance . . 11
II. SEMASIOLOGY
Word-Meaning
§ 1. Referential Approach to Meaning 13
§ 2. Meaning in the Referential Approach 16
§ 3. Functional Approach to Meaning 17
§ 4. Relation Between the Two Approaches 18
Types of Meaning
§ 5. Grammatical Meaning 18
§ 6. Lexical Meaning 19
§ 7. Part-of-speech Meaning 19
§ 8. Denotational and Connotational Meaning 20
§ 9. Emotive Charge 21
§ 10. Stylistic Reference 21
§ 11. Emotive Charge and Stylistic Reference 22
§ 12. Summary and Conclusions 22
Word-Meaning and Meaning in Morphemes
§ 13. Lexical Meaning 23
§ 14. Functional (Part-of-speech) Meaning 24
§ 15. Differential Meaning 24
§ 16. Distributional Meaning 25
Word-Meaning and Motivation
§ 17. Morphological Motivation 25
§ 18. Phonetical Motivation 26
§ 19. Semantic Motivation 27
§ 20. Summary and Conclusions 27
Change of Meaning
§ 21. Causes of Semantic Change 29
§ 22. Nature of Semantic Change 30
§ 23. Results of Semantic Change 31
§ 24. Interrelation of Causes, Nature and Results of Semantic Change 32
§ 25. Summary and Conclusions 33
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Meaning and Polysemy
§ 26. Semantic Structure of Polysemantic Words 33
§ 27. Diachronic Approach 34
§ 28. Synchronic Approach 35
§ 29. Historical Changeability of Semantic Structure 36
§ 30. Polysemy and Arbitrariness of Semantic Structure 37
§ 31. Summary and Conclusions 38