Vocabulary classification (2) electronic cigar

4) French component
English vocabulary in a considerable number of French composition, and these elements have entered the common English word. French words into the English major in two periods, one during the Norman Conquest, as the Normans occupied the government and the church in all key positions, Norman French (Norman French) became the official language of the United Kingdom, the development of the English language had a huge impact. Since then the community is divided into upper and lower, upper-class French-speaking, lower to speak English; And because France and the European conquerors in touch, they not only add a lot of beautiful English words, but also opened up for the English update a broader perspective. Such as: political; government, state, crown, court, council of religious: Bible, baptism, dean, lesson, clerk, prayer military: army, peace, enemy, captain, spy, march legal: justice, evidence, proof, blame, pledge Food: lemon, sugar, cream, beef, bacon three, from 13th century Paris, French (Parisian French) entered the English language, bringing the express terms of social life in Paris, fashion, social etiquette, food and dress and live the best of Paris example: Social Etiquette: salon, debut, boulevard, vignette, suite, ballet costumes food: chef, restaurant, menu, blouse, and other old French word adopted by the British pronunciation and accent have been completely assimilated in the English language among the. Words are later made way into modern English pronunciation, the accent is usually on the last syllable. In modern English vocabulary, the French occupied by a very important position in the word. (5) various other components of English language almost all borrowed from the vocabulary. In contrast, other Romance languages such as Italian, Spanish, Portuguese to English than French influence is smaller, to late. Italian culture into England in the 16th century, cultural and economic exchanges between the two countries has brought many Italian words to English. For example: English, music and more from the Italian word classes, such as: violin, base, tenor, contralto, concerto, sonata, etc.. Because for a long time, Italy ahead in the music field. And Italian, derived from the Spanish vocabulary of modern vocabulary, war and trade with them into the English vocabulary, more words to express these aspects, such as: indigo, vanilla, cigar, armada. And so on. Portuguese into a small number of English vocabulary. English also borrowed some words from Asian countries such as India, Persia, Arabia, Malaysia and China. It can be seen in English words with “global terms” (Cosmopolitan Vocabulary) characteristics. (B) based on the concept of divided: divided into function words and function words is the real meaning of the word short term, for example: the word limit, conjunctions, prepositions, auxiliary, etc., they are not too many. Meaning, and even some of them did not lexical meaning. For example: 1.He asked her to rest.2.Tom did not come.1 in to have no practical significance, only that infinitive, 2 is that when the state did not lexical meaning. So, like a grammar function words, or only play a functional role of signs, but even though they did not too much meaning, they have a grammatical meaning. Functional use of the word stable, will not change with the ideas and trends change. And function words corresponding to the real meaning of words, they include the names of objects, quality, material, etc., they have separate words meaning. It can be on different occasions in different locations, different times to use them, for example: doctors use as diagnosis, prescription, injection of these words. Such as government departments on common English words, such as the Province (Hebei Province) Province, Prefecture (Cangzhou Prefecture) district, Municipality (Beijing Municipality) City; Standing Committee Standing Committee; talk about family words: caste social position, branch branch, department, ancestry ancestry , ancestors and so on. However, no one can put all of the real meaning of English words fitted to a complete list. Although the function words in the number of small, but they are the most frequently used in the phrase, so grasp the function words are important. (C) pursuant to sub-use features: (1) general terms, both for formal and appropriate for informal writing and speech, for example: The repeated telephone calls only annoyed me but made my sister very angry. These are composed of ordinary words. (2) the written word, is mainly used for writing, especially in official documents, formal speech. They are rarely used for normal conversation. Most of these words come from French, Latin, or Greek. Many of them have their own word synonyms, such as: purchase (buy), expectorate (spit),. Albeit (though), and so on. (3) spoken word, and contrary to the written word, spoken word into oral expression used, such as friends and colleagues, it applies and informal writing but not suitable for use in formal writing and speech, or do not know each other

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