王小英
英語(yǔ)中構(gòu)成單詞的方法常有合成、派生、轉(zhuǎn)化詞義等幾種。下面請(qǐng)走進(jìn)構(gòu)詞法專列逐項(xiàng)欣賞:
一、合成詞匯展廳
合成詞,又名復(fù)合詞,因由兩詞(或多詞)合并成一詞(詞與詞之間也可以有連字符)而得名;其中合成名詞是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的大家庭,其次是合成形容詞,合成介詞、副詞、數(shù)詞等也“人才輩出”。
A. 合成名詞網(wǎng)頁(yè)grandchildren, afternoon, volleyball, washroom, policeman, keyboard, goodbye, pencilbox, postman, breakfast, etc.
B. 合成形容詞網(wǎng)頁(yè)English-speaking, Chinese-English, etc.
C. 其它合成詞網(wǎng)頁(yè)something, everybody, sometimes, twenty-first, yourself, etc.
列車員:春天到,楊柳青青樹(shù)枝發(fā)——英語(yǔ)中也有不少“詞干”通過(guò)加前綴或后綴,“長(zhǎng)出”串串“派生詞”!請(qǐng)瞧好了……
二、派生詞小觀園
所謂派生詞,就是由詞根加前綴或后綴重組而成:如like(像)-unlike(不像),加前綴,一般不導(dǎo)致詞類(性)轉(zhuǎn)變,而只是引起意義上的變化,故有加前綴便可能構(gòu)成反義詞之說(shuō);near(adj.)-nearly(adv.),加后綴,意義變化不大,只改變了詞類(性);其中以名詞、形容詞的后綴最多,加上副詞、數(shù)詞的后綴合稱四大常見(jiàn)后綴。
A. 后綴主頁(yè)其中以名詞后綴(像-ness,-tion,-ian,-ure,-ing等)、形容詞的后綴(像-ful,-ed,-less,-able等)居多;它們與副詞后綴(-ly)、數(shù)詞的后綴(像-teen,-ty,-th等)合稱“四大名綴”。
a. 名詞后綴網(wǎng)頁(yè)good-goodness; play-player; America-American; build-building; please-pleasure; different-difference; etc.
b. 形容詞后綴網(wǎng)頁(yè)friend-friendly; England-English; close-closed; etc.
c. 副詞、數(shù)詞等后綴網(wǎng)頁(yè)certain-certainly; eight-eighteen; eighty-eighteenth; etc.
B. 前綴主頁(yè)like-dislike; happy-unhappy; etc.
列車員:詞匯大家族里還有不少“雙重身份”者:它們既服役于此詞類,一轉(zhuǎn)身又去另一方面軍效勞,人稱“轉(zhuǎn)化詞或兼類詞”。眼見(jiàn)為實(shí),一起去看看……
三、轉(zhuǎn)化詞全家福
A. 動(dòng)詞→名詞方隊(duì)
water澆水 / 水,break打破/休息,go去/試,watch觀看/手表,boat劃船/船,cook煮飯/廚師,etc.
注:look, talk, rest, swim, try, read等動(dòng)詞常用于have / take a...結(jié)構(gòu)中作名詞。
B. 動(dòng)詞→形容詞方隊(duì)
open開(kāi)/開(kāi)著的;clean擦洗/干凈的;etc.
C. 名詞→形容詞方隊(duì)
light燈/輕的;淡的(顏色);orange桔子;桔紅色/桔紅色的;Chinese中國(guó)人/漢語(yǔ) / 中國(guó)的;etc.
D. 其它轉(zhuǎn)化詞方隊(duì)
dear親愛(ài)的/昂貴的;like喜歡/像;etc.
注:多數(shù)詞僅詞性變化,如:work v. & n.工作,yellow adj. & n.黃色(的);thank v. & n.感謝;that pron. & adj.那(個(gè)), etc.
四、體驗(yàn)性自測(cè)題:
做罷下列三種“體驗(yàn)性自測(cè)題”,相信大家定能從構(gòu)詞法的特點(diǎn)中獲益多多,并積極運(yùn)用于平時(shí)的知識(shí)識(shí)記中!
⒈ 形同意不同:仔細(xì)觀察轉(zhuǎn)化詞轉(zhuǎn)化前后的區(qū)別。
(1) a. He is strong enough to lift the heavy box. (v.)
b. He often uses a lift to go up and down. (n.)
(2) a. How kind you are!(adj.)
b. This kind of cakes tastes so nice. (n.)
(3) a. Isnt a ball round? (adj. )
b. The earth goes round the sun. (adv.)
(4) a. My father is a good cook. (n.)
b. My father likes to cook himself today. (v.)
⒉ 變變變:請(qǐng)看派生構(gòu)詞法如何讓個(gè)個(gè)平時(shí)熟悉的單詞“身隨境變”。
(1) How________(interest)!He is________(interest) in ________(play) football too.
(2) You are too ________(care). How can you leave the two babies all by ________(they)?
(3) The three ________(America) are very ________(happy) because the loud noise woke them up from
time to time.
(4) July is the ________(seven) month of the year, and its also the ________(hot) one in China.
Keys:⒈(1)a.舉起b.電梯(2)a.和氣,好心的b.種類(3)a.圓的b.圍繞(4)a.廚師b.煮飯、炒菜
⒉(1)interesting, interested, playing (2)careless, themselves (3)Americans, unhappy (4)seventh, hottest