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语言是社会生活的反映和表现形式,词汇是语言最敏感、最活跃的因素,社会生活的发展变化,必然伴随着语言和词汇的丰富和发展,加之国际间政治、经济、文化、科技的一体化日渐加强,各种语言之间相互借鉴和吸收,使语言和词汇更加丰富。当代英美等国社会生活变化纷繁,科学技术发展迅猛,英语日益成为世界性语言,其词汇的发展和更新换代更加迅速。莎士比亚时代记录的英语词汇约有十四万个,而1989年出版的《牛津英语词典》(The Oxford English Dictionary)第二版收录的词条就已高达六十一万六千五百个。二十世纪以来,特别是近五十年,英语中出现了大量的新词新义。根据《巴恩哈特词典伴侣》(The Barahart Dictionary Companion)杂志的统计,每年进入他们的计算机数据库的新词和新义达到1500-1600个。如今英语已成为世界上词汇量最大的语种。
Language is the reflection and manifestation of social life. Vocabulary is the most sensitive and active language in the world. The development and changes of social life are inevitably accompanied by the enrichment and development of language and vocabulary. In addition, the combination of politics, economy, culture and science and technology As language becomes more and more enriched, various languages borrow and learn from each other, enriching languages and vocabulary. In the contemporary Anglo-American countries, social life is changing rapidly, science and technology are developing rapidly, English has increasingly become a worldwide language, and its vocabulary has been developed and replaced more rapidly. About 140,000 English words were recorded in the Shakespeare era, while the second edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, published in 1989, contained as many as 615,600 entries. Since the 20th century, especially in the past 50 years, a great deal of new meanings have emerged in English. According to The Barahart Dictionary Companion magazine, there are between 1,500 and 1,600 new words and new meanings entering their computer databases each year. Nowadays English has become the largest vocabulary in the world.