- •New words
- •Lecture 1 exercise 1
- •Lecture 1 lexicology
- •Lecture 2 new words
- •Lecture 2 exercise 2
- •Lecture 2 formal and informal speech
- •Informal Style
- •Colloquial words
- •Dialect words
- •Lecture 3 new words
- •Lecture 3 exercise 3
- •Lecture 3 the origin of english words native words
- •Borrowings
- •Classification of borrowings according to the language from which they were borrowed. Romanic borrowings. Latin borrowings
- •French borrowings the influence of french on the english spelling
- •Italian borrowings
- •Germanic borrowings
- •Scandinavian borrowings
- •German borrowings
- •Dutch borrowings
- •Slavonic borrowings
- •Etymological doublets
- •International words
- •Lecture 4 new words
- •Lecture 4 exercise 4
- •Lecture 4 abbreviations
- •Graphical abbreviations
- •Initial abbreviations
- •Abbreviation of words
- •Lecture 5 new words
- •Lecture 5 exercise 5
- •Prefixation
- •Topics for discussion
- •Lecture 6 new words
- •Lecture 6 exercise 6
- •Lecture 6 semasiology
- •Word-meaning
- •Lexical meaning – notion
- •Polysemy
- •Types of semantic components
- •Topics for discussion
- •Lecture 7 new words
- •Lecture 7 exercise 7
- •Lecture 7 homonyms
- •Classification of homonyms
- •Synonyms
- •Antonyms
- •Topics for discussion
- •Lecture 8 new words
- •Lecture 8 exercise 8
- •Lecture 8 british and american english
- •Differences in spelling
- •Differences in pronunciation
- •Topics for discussion
- •Lecture 9 new words
- •Lecture 9 exercise 9
- •Lecture 9 classification of language units according to the period of time they live in the language
- •Archaisms and historisms
- •Neologisms
- •Semantic groups of neologisms
- •Ways of forming neologisms
- •Changes in pronunciation
- •Topics for discussion
- •Lecture 10 new words
- •Lecture 10
- •Lecture 10 phraseology
- •Ways of forming phraseological units
- •Semantic classification of phraseological units
- •Structural classification of phraseological units
- •Exercise 2
- •Borrowed words exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Abbreviations exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Affixation. Prefixation and suffixation exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4
- •Polisemy exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •Homonyms. Synonyms. Antonyms exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4
- •Exercise 5
- •Exercise 6 Fill in the blanks with the right words and explain your choice:
- •1.There were a lot of skaters on the … ice of the bank. 2. The lightning … and
- •Exercise 8
- •Neologisms exercise 1
- •Phraseology exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4
- •Sources
- •Dictionaries
- •Contents
- •Borrowed words
- •Spanish words
Differences in spelling
The reform in the English spelling for American English was introduced by the famous American lexicographer Noah Webster who published his first dictionary in 1806. The following of his proposals were adopted in the English spelling:
the deletion of the letter u in words ending in our, e.g. honor, favor;
the deletion of the second consonant in words with double consonants, e.g. traveler, wagon;
the replacement of re by er in words of French origin, e.g. theater, center;
the deletion of unpronounced endings in words of Romanic origin, e.g. catalog, program;
the replacement of ce by se in words of Romanic origin, e.g. defense, offense.
Differences in pronunciation
In American English we have fully articulated vowels in the combinations ar, er, ir, or, ur, our etc. In BE the sound [P] corresponds to the AE [Λ], e.g. not. In BE before fricatives and combinations of consonants with fricatives “a” is pronounced as [R], in AE it is pronounced [æ] e.g. class [klæs], dance, answer, fast etc.
There are some differences in the position of the stress:
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BE
AE
Address
address
Recess
recess
Laboratory
laboratory
Excess
excess
Topics for discussion
1. Local varieties of English.
2. British and American English.
3. History of American English. Differences in the vocabulary units. Semantic groups in American English different from British English vocabulary units. Differences in the spelling. Differences in pronunciation.
Lecture 9 new words
Read the words with their translation and write them down into your vocabularies. Pay attention to the spelling of difficult words.
1) archaism |
['RkeIIzm] |
Архаїзм |
2) neologism |
[nI'PlqGIz(q)m] |
Неологізм |
3) historism |
['hIst(q)rIzm] |
1сторизм |
4) to oust |
[aVst] |
Виганяти |
5) a device |
[dI'vaIs] |
устрій, спосіб, прийом |
6) solemnity |
[sq'lemnItI] |
важність, серйозність |
7) vehicle |
['vJIkl] |
перевізний засіб (вагон, повозка) |
8) swiftly |
[swIftlI] |
швидко, поспішно |
9) to compile |
[kqm'paIl] |
Складати |
10) to develop |
[dI'velqp] |
розвивати, вдосконалювати |
11) voluntary |
['vPlqnt(q)rI] |
добровільний; умисний |
12) dweller |
['dwelq] |
житель, мешканець |
13) to combine |
['kPmbaIn] |
об’єднувати, сполучати |
14) unique |
[jH'nJk] |
Унікальний |
15) lengthening |
['leN(k)TqnIN] |
подовжений, збільшений |
16) to observe |
[qb'zE:v] |
помічати, дотримуватися |
17) unstressed |
['An'strest] |
ненаголошений (звук, склад) |
18) syllable |
['sIlqbl] |
Склад |
19) drawl |
[drO:l] |
протяжне промовляння, повільне мовлення |
20) diphthong |
['dIfTPN] |
дифтонг |
21) individual |
["IndI'vIdjVql] |
особистий, окремий |
22) phonological |
["fqVnq'lPGIql] |
фонологічний |