Variants and Dialects

Tasks:

1. Choose 15 questions from the list on pp. 165-166 (Зыкова И.В. Практический курс английской лексикологии. М., 2006, pp. 159-161) and give short answers.

2. Read the poem written by R. Burns (ex.3, p. 167 – abid.), translate it into Russian. Find one more poem of this poet and find the peculiarities of Scottish English.

3. Compose the table indicating the lexical peculiarities of variants and dialects of the English language:

Variants	Lexical Peculiarities
1. American English
2. Canadian English
3. Australian English
4. New-Zealand English
5. South-African English
6. Indian English
British Dialects
a)……
b)……
…………….
American Dialects
a)……
b)……
……………..

4. Do ex. 20, p. 179 (abid).

Literature: 1) Arnold I.V. The English Word. Moscow, 1986 – pp. 245-251; 2) Антрушина Г.Б., Афанасьева О.В., Морозова Н.Н. Лексикология английского языка. М., 2000 – pp. 12–21, 259-275. 3) Гвишиани Н.Б. Современный английский язык: Лексикология. М., 2000 – pp. 27–56; 4) Дубенец Э.М. Современный английский язык. Лексикология: пособие для студентов гуманитарных вузов М., СПб., 2004 – pp. 141-151; Зыкова И.В. Практический курс английской лексикологии. М., 2006, pp. 146-186.

IX

Etymology

Tasks:

15. How did borrowings influence English?

16. Compose the table of Etymological Doublets.

17. Write a summary of the text on pp. 118-120 (Зыкова И.В. Практический курс английской лексикологии. М., 2006)

Literature: 1) Arnold I.V. The English Word. Moscow, 1986 – pp. 252-261; 2) Антрушина Г.Б., Афанасьева О.В., Морозова Н.Н. Лексикология английского языка. М., 2000 – pp. 44–71; 3) Дубенец Э.М. Современный английский язык. Лексикология: пособие для студентов гуманитарных вузов М., СПб., 2004 – pp. 108-123; 4) Зыкова И.В. Практический курс английской лексикологии. М., 2006 – pp. 103-120.

X

Lexicography

Tasks:

1. Answer the questions 21-34 on pp. 201-202 (Зыкова И.В. Практический курс английской лексикологии. М., 2006)

2. Do ex. 3, p. 202 (abid)

3. Do ex. 11, p. 212 (abid) (you may analyse other electronic dictionaries instead of the given ones).

Literature: Зыкова И.В. Практический курс английской лексикологии. М., 2006 – pp. 187-216.

2. Контрольные работы (Written Tests)

I. Word and its Semantic structure

1. Draw the Semantic (Basic) Triangle

2. Give the definition of Lexical Meaning

3. Name types of Lexical Meaning

4. Name types of semes

5. Name types of connotations

II. Problems of Semantics

1. Give the definition of Prototype

2. Name types of Semantic Derivation

3. Name types of meanings in a polysemantic word

4. Name types of homonyms

5. Draw the formula of Linguistic Metaphor

III. Morphological Derivation

1. Name types of Morphological Derivation

2. Give examples of a word with a) functional affix, b) derivational affix

3. Name types of compounds

4. Name types of clipping

5. Give the definition of conversion

IV. Semantic Fields and Phraseology

1. Give the definition of a Semantic Field

2. Give the definition of synonyms

3. Name types of synonyms

4. Give examples of equanyms, antonyms, conversives

5. Name types of Phraseological Units

V. Functional Variation of the Vocabulary and Lexicography

1. Give the definition of Standard English

2. Give the definition of Dialect

3. Name groups of formal words

4. Name groups of informal words

5. Name types of dictionaries

3. Экзаменационные вопросы (Examination questions)

1

1. Lexicology as a branch of Linguistics. Types of lexicology. The links of Lexicology with other branches of Linguistics

2. Word. Definition. A word and a morpheme. A word and a free combination. A word and a Lexical Unit

3. The model of a Semantic Triangle. Different interpretations

4. Lexical meaning. The problem of definition. Lexical meaning and concept. Lexical meaning and grammatical meaning. Types of lexical meaning

5. The main components of the word semantic structure. Cognitive meaning. The basic semantic characteristics

6. The main components of the word semantic structure. Pragmatic meaning. Types of connotations

7. Polysemy. The semantic structure of polysemantic words

8. Homonymy. Its causes. Classifications of homonyms

9. Semantic change. Its causes and types

10. The theory of prototypes. Its basic principles. The characteristics of Prototype.

11. The theory of context. Types of context

12. Morphological Structure of a word. Affixation. Classifications of affixes

13. Composition. The structure of compound words. Classifications of compounds

14. Shortening. The correlation of a curtained word with its prototype. Classifications of shortened words

15. Conversion. Groups of words coined by conversion. Semantic relationship in conversion. The reasons of the conversion development

16. The theory of Semantic fields. Types of Semantic fields

17. Synonymy. Synonymic groups. Synonymic dominant. Types of synonyms

18. Hyponymy. Hyponyms, hyperonyms, equanyms.

19. Antonymy. Antonyms and conversives. Types of anonyms

20. Phraseology. Phraseological Unit. Classifications of Phraseological Units

21. Neutral and marked vocabulary. Functional styles and registers

22. The problems of Lexicography. Types of dictionaries

23. Loan words in English. The reasons of borrowing. Assimilation of loan words

2

1. Word motivation

2. The componential analysis

3. Linguistic metaphor. Its types

4. Linguistic metonymy. Its types

5. The analysis into immediate and ultimate constituents

6. Morphemes and Allomorphs

7. Blending

8. Onomatopoeia

9. Sound interchange

10. Back – formation

11. Graphical abbreviations

12. Euphemisms

13. Paronyms

14. Proverbs and sayings

15. Learned words and officialisms

16. Obsolete words

17. Colloquial words

18. Slang words

19. Dialectisms

20. Variants of English. Americanisms

21. Native words

22. Etymological doublets

23. International words