Memeplex Mechanism in Consummating English Vocabulary Teaching

Abstract

The memeplex is a form of memetics, which is formed by the combination of memes and gets to a close mode of collection. Memes comes from The Selfish Gene, a famous work of the famous British scientist Richard Dawkins. Imitation is the main transmission of the meme. English vocabulary learning is essentially the process of imitation, reproduction and transmission. Through analyzing the formation of the Memeplex Mechanism to resolve the lexical memes, the thesis discusses the positive driving effects of Memeplex Mechanism in English Vocabulary Teaching. It mainly discusses the following questions: First, the deconstruction of the Memeplex Forming Process; Second, the construction of the new vocabulary meme in the Memeplex Mechanism; Third, the positive transfer of Memeplex Mechanism in developing English Vocabulary Teaching. The study shows that the Memeplex Mechanism is of great significance in in perfecting English Vocabulary Teaching, which can not only improve the English Vocabulary Teaching methods, but also provide more effective learning methods for English vocabulary acquisition.