文体同义(stylistic synonyms )如dad&father; 表情意义或评价意义相异的同义词,如 collaborator & accomplice;搭配同义词(collocational synonyms )accuse &charge;
语义相异的同义词(Semantically different synonyms) rage暗含“情感的失控” indignation暗含“由于道义上的原因引起的愤怒;
② 反义关系( antonymy ); 其又可细分为等级反义(Gradable antonyms),如young&old;互补反义(complementary antonyms), 如alive & dead;互逆反义(Relational opposites) husband&wife, buy&sell;
③ 一词多义(Polysemy) ,如apply“申请; 应用”
④ 同音(形)异义(Homonymy), 其又可分为同音异义(Homophones),如night/knight rain/reign; 同形易义(Homographs),如tear(n.)/ tear(v) , record(n.)/record(v);
⑤上下义关系Hyponymy, 上义词(superodinate)指概念上外延更广的词,如花(flower)是玫瑰(rose)的上义词,植物又是花的上义词;下义词(hyponymy)指概念上内涵更窄的词,如玫瑰(rose)、郁金香(tulip)、菊花(chrysanthemum)便是花(flower)的下义词。
就句子与句子而言,存在以下关系:
①X与Y同义(X is synonymous with Y)
如The boy killed the dog.= The dog was killed by the boy.
②X与Y不一致(X is inconsistent with Y)
如John is married.& John is a bachelor.(3)X entails Y.
③X蕴含entail Y(Y是X的一个含义(entailment))
He bought some roses.& He bought some flowers.
④ X预设Y(Y是X的先决条件)X presupposes Y./Y is a prerequisite of X
如He bought some roses. & He had some money.
⑤自我矛盾(X is a contradiction)
My unmarried sister is married to a man.
⑥语义反常(X is semantically anomalous)
The table has bad intentions.
综上所述,词义关系容易理解,考生只要识别词义,识记相应关系的英文表达即可;句意关系中的考查重点亦是难点的为蕴含关系和预设关系,由于其容易混淆,考生可选择记住一个典型例子即可,如“他买了玫瑰花”蕴含了“他买了花”;“他买了玫瑰花”的前提是“他有钱”,在考试时进行灵活套用,保证万无一失。
6. 语用学:语用学研究语言使用者如何使用句子进行成功交际的,其涉及的高频考点有
Austin的speech act theory,考生需要理解并区分言内行为(locutionary act)、言外行为(illocutionary act)、言后行为(perlocutionary act);同时Grice的会话合作原则也是重点,会话合作原则(Cooperative principle)在进行会话时,参与者起码得愿意合作,否则交谈就无法进行,其包括以下四个原则:数量准则(The maximum of quantity)、质量准则(The maximum of quality)、关联准则(The maximum of relation)、方式准则(The maximum of manner),说话者若违背某一准则便会产生“会话含义”,即言外之意, 考生需要掌握各会话原则概念,并能够准确地从给定语句中识别说话者违背了哪项原则,并能理解其言外之意即可。如2015年的真题The following conversation clearly violates the ___B_
A: How did you finally go to school today?
B: The bus arrived so fast that I got to school very early.
A. Maxim of Quantity B. Maxim of Relation
C. Maxim of Quality D .Maxim of Manner
语言学知识是资格证笔试考查的重点。同时也是难点。对语言学常识掌握地比较薄弱的考生可以系统地将语言学常识熟悉梳理,在备考时要注意对语言学中的基本概念的积累,可参考戴炜栋《新编简明英语语言学教程》。由于英语资格证真题原题复现频率几乎为零,加之知识点泛、杂,所以透彻理解知识点,多练理论用于实践才是王道;因此考生更要提早备考,在理解领会和日常积累的基础之上,学会融会贯通,一题会题题会。