语言是人类的一种交际工具,必然要反映社会现实,而词汇是反映社会现实的约定俗成的符号系统。英语词汇的发展与词汇的结构变化以及由此而产生的词义变化都受社会与文化的影响。以《纽约时报》“The Buzz-words of 2009”一文为依据,对其所列的2009流行词进行欣赏并作构词分析,从中领略英语作为一种世界性的通用语言的构词魅力。 Language is a kind of communicative tool of human beings. It must reflect the social reality, and the vocabulary is a conventional symbol system that reflects the social reality. The development of English vocabulary and the structural changes of vocabulary, as well as the consequent changes in meaning, are influenced by society and culture. Based on the New York Times “The Buzz - words of 2009 ” article, I will appreciate the popular words in 2009 and make a word - formation analysis, from which you can see the glamor of English as a universal universal language .