DifferencesinEnglishVocabularybeweenEarlyModernEnglishandLaeModernEnglish_开题报告

In the study of philology in the West, "words" have always been an indispensable content. The name "lexicology" in English was coined by Noah Webster as early as 1828. As a diachronic study of vocabulary, historical comparative vocabulary has been born in the West in the 19th century. However, in the western modern linguistics pioneered by Saussure in the early 20th century, the phonetic system and grammatical system of the language were the main research objects, but the vocabulary system was not paid enough attention. The meaning of "words" is excluded from the scope of linguistic studies, and lexicology is considered to belong to the scope of philology. In fact, structuralist linguistics can more easily clarify the “structure” of the phonetic system and the grammatical system, but is unable to clarify the “structure” of the lexical system, which has delayed the study of western lexicology for decades. The former Soviet Union and Russia have played a pioneering role in vocabulary research. Since the 1940s, they have studied vocabularies in Russian, English and other languages on the basis of establishing common vocabulary. However, Russian vocabulary research has not kept pace with the latest developments in contemporary linguistics. It has not timely broadened its thinking and updated methods in the traditional fields of lexicology research. Studies, such as science, discourse analysis, applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, and cultural studies, have gained nutrition, resulting in no breakthrough in Russian lexical research. In the late 20th century, especially since the 1990s, there has been some progress in the study of English vocabulary in the West. As a relatively independent and interdisciplinary subject, lexicology has gradually attracted attention in the West. Western linguists have begun to acknowledge the legal status of lexicology in modern linguistics, and monographs have been published. There are not many monographs published under the title of "Lexology" in the West. The advent of several monographs on vocabulary since the 1990s and the inaugural issue of Lexicology magazine show that lexicon has gained a place in modern linguistics.

Lexicology was originally a branch of philology, but now it has gradually been recognized as a branch of linguistics. Some scholars focus on lexical semantics, some involve the nature, meaning, history, usage, word formation, and lexicography of vocabulary, and some scholars combine vocabulary research with generative grammar research and discourse analysis. Some even include all aspects of the nature, origin, etymology, structure and vocabulary of the vocabulary. Although the views of different families are not consistent, they have all recognized the role of lexicology in modern linguistics.

Status of domestic research

The study of English vocabulary in China has taken a different path. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, China's English vocabulary research followed the Soviet Union, and it began to flourish in the 1950s, followed by tortuous development, reached its heyday in the 1990s, and became the leader in Chinese language research. Leading the world in number, published thousands of lexical research papers in the field of lexical research in foreign languages, Wang Rongpei made a 21st century lexical research prospects: English vocabulary will become an independent and practical, Integrating interdisciplinary subjects, English studies in the 21st century will inevitably take broad English vocabulary as a new growth point. However, the study of English vocabulary at the beginning of the 21st century does not seem to continue the glory of the end of the last century but deviates from the central vision of researchers. Since the beginning of the 21st century, with the introduction of various linguistic theories in China, semantics, pragmatics, stylistics, sociolinguistics, rhetoric, discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics, applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, and Various linguistic schools and disciplines such as cross-cultural studies have sprung up. Compared with other linguistic disciplines in full swing, the study of English vocabulary is lagging behind, failing to keep pace with the development of contemporary linguistics, failing to broaden ideas and updating methods in a timely manner, and has suffered from unwarranted discrimination and neglect. Chinese English vocabulary research reached a crossroads at the beginning of the new century. Of course, this does not prevent many of our books from coming out. After a long period of accumulation and incubation, English vocabulary will definitely have a positive impact on domestic research.

1 Introduction

1.1 Research Background

1.2 Research Object

1.2.1 Characteristics of Early Modern English Vocabulary

1.2.2 Characteristics of Late Modern English Vocabulary

2 Literature Review

2.1 The Degree of Foreign Words Affecting Early Modern English Vocabulary and Late Modern English Vocabulary

2.2 The Degree of Influence of the Development of the Times on Early Modern English Vocabulary and Late Modern English Vocabulary

2.3 Differences between Early Modern English Vocabulary and Late Modern English Vocabulary in Different Countries

3 Conclusion

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