- •Affixation – a word formation type when a derivative is created by means of adding a derivational affix to a derivational stem (derivation base).
- •Basic form – the word form in which the notion denoted is expressed in the most abstract way. For nouns it is the Common case singular, for verbs, the Infinitive.
- •Calques – See Borrowing, loan translation
- •Dialectism – a dialectal word.
- •Disintegration of polysemy – See Split of polysemy
- •Epidygmatic relationships between words – relations within a word family (q.V.), relations by word-derivation.
- •Equonym – See Equonymy
- •Fashion words – See Vogue words
- •Functions of language
- •Hypernymy– See Hypo-hypernymic relationships
- •Inflexion – a grammatical (form-building) morpheme/affix, indicating a morphological form. – See Grammatical meaning
- •Latinism – a Latin borrowing which preserved the original form (a.D., quid pro quo, etc.). – See Assimilation
- •Lexico-grammatical meaning – categorial (part-of-speech) meaning, a shared meaning within members of lexico-grammatical group of words (part-of-speech class).
- •Lexicology – 'science of the word', a branch of linguistics, which basic task is a study and systematic description of vocabulary in respect to its origin, development and current use.
- •Typology of ms.:
- •Onomatopoeia/sound imitation – 1. The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.G. Cuckoo, sizzle); 2. The use of such words.
- •Partitives – words which semantics contains part/whole semes. – See Holonyms; Meronyms
- •Pejorative meaning – derogatory attitude rendered by the semantics of the word (its evaluative connotations). – See Connotation
- •Phrasal verbs – verbs with postpositional elements (originally prepositions) – sit up, look for, slow down, etc. – See size-of-unit problem
- •Intermediate cases.
- •Significatum – See Signification-1
- •Sociolect – language spoken by a social group or a class, characterized by lexical, grammatical, phonetic, stylistic peculiarities. – See Idiolect
- •Stress – See Word stress
- •Taboo word – a word, word usage avoided or prohibited by restriction imposed on by social custom or designated as sacred and prohibited.
- •Variation – the act or an instance of varying of a lexical unit, the extent of this. Relevant to lexicological analysis are the following types of V.:
- •Vocabulary entry – a dictionary article of a certain word.
- •Typology of ws.:
- •Word-simulation – See Word equivalents; Lexicalization; Compounds, quotation cs.
- •References and further reading
- •Терминологический минимум по лексикологии английского языка
Word-simulation – See Word equivalents; Lexicalization; Compounds, quotation cs.
Word-stock (vocabulary) – the totality of words in a language, lexicon.
Word stress – accentuation of a part of a word:
even ws.;
primary ws.;
secondary ws.;
unifying ws.
X
Xenism – a word denoting a certain realia peculiar to an alien culture, mostly a borrowed word (e.g. samovar, troika, kibutz, etc.) – See Borrowing
Z
Zero derivation – See Conversion
References and further reading
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Амосова Н.Н. Основы английской фразеологии. Л., 1962.
Арнольд И.В. Лексикология современного английского языка. М., 1986.
Ахманова О.С. Словарь лингвистических терминов. М., 1966.
Болдырев Н.Н. Когнитивная семантика. Тамбов, 2000.
Гвишиани Н.Б. Современный английский язык: Лексикология (новый курс для филологических факультетов университетов). Modern English lexicology: Vocabulary in use. М., 2000.
Кунин А.В. Фразеология современного английского языка. М., 1996.
Медникова Э.М. Практикум по лексикологии английского языка. М., 1978.
Никитин М.В. Курс лингвистической семантики. СПб., 1997.
Смирницкий А.И. Лексикология английского языка. М., 1998.
Crystal D. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Poetics. – 2-nd edition, Oxford, 1985.
Crystal D. The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language. Cambridge, 1997.
Dirven R., Verspoor M. (Eds.) Cognitive Explorations in Language and Linguistics. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, 1998.
Encyclopaedia Britannica. CD-version, 1997.
Ginzburg R.S. et al. A Сourse in Modern English Lexicology. M., 1966.
Hartmann R.R.K., Stork F.C. Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. London, 1972.
Joia A. de, Stenton A. Terms in Systemic Linguistics. A Guide to Halliday. London, 1980.
Klein E.A. Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary. London, 1971.
Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics. Longman, 1985.
MITECS: The MIT Encyclopaedia of the Cognitive Sciences. On-line version // http://cognet.mit.edu
Oxford Compendium: Concise Oxford Dictionary, 9th edition; The Oxford Thesaurus; The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. CD-version, 2001.
Random House Webster College Dictionary. N.Y: Random House, 1991.
Ungerer F., Schmid H.-J. An Introduction to Cognitive linguistics. Harlow, 1996.
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