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4. Зыкова И.В. Практический курс английской лексикологии= A practical Course of English Lexicology: учебное пособие (на англ. языке)

Электронные учебники

1. Arnold I.V. The English Word. M., 1986. -P.252-260.

2. Ginzburg R.S. et. al. A Course on Modem English Lexicology. M., 1979.- P. 160-175

Questions

1.What are the main principles of classification of synonyms?

2. What are the basic criteria of synonymy?

3.What synonyms are called contextual?

4. What is the essence of the law of synonymic attraction?

5. What’s your understanding of the terms "hyponym" and "hyperonym"?

6. What is a synonymic dominant?

Exercise 1.

Define the stylistic colouring of the underlined words, substitute them with a neutral synonym from the list given below.

1. Their discourse was interrupted. 2. He was dressed like a toff. 3. She passed away. 4. The old man kicked the bucket. 5. Where is Daddy ? 6. Come on, let's put on steam. 7. Meet my better half. 8. He must have gone off his rodder,

11. Come down to brass tacks. 12. Jack took his departure. 13. Well, let's drift. 14. Somebody has nailed my bag. 15. This is a case for a vet 16. He is a joiner.

A doctor, to steal, to go, to leave, to go on, please, to put out, come to the point, to go out of one's mind, a wife, a father, to die, to talk, a gentleman, good company.

Exercise 2.

Using a dictionary state the main semantic differences between the members of the following synonymic groups. Say, whether these differences lie within the denotational or connotational components of meaning.

Gather, collect, assemble, congregate; discuss, argue, debate, dispute; help, aid, assist; employ, hire; mend, repair, patch, rebuild; occupation, calling, vocation, business; position, place, situation, post.

Exercise 3.

In the following word combinations substitute the italicised word with a synonym.

Brisk pace, celebrated painter, changeable weather, improper story, inconstant lover, juicy fruit, succinct answer. 2. Convene the delegates, decide the question, describe the beauty of the scene, mislead the teacher, muster all the men, hasten them along. 3. Too delicate for the job; lively for his years.

Exercise 4

a) Give synonyms to the following words.

b) Do the borrowed words retain their original meaning in modern English?

1. Give synonyms of Germanic origin:

vital, timorous, carnal, voluntary, to reply, to inquire, faith, error, radiant, vocation, to cease, beverage, comes­tible, to envisage, enemy, to support (a claim), to educate (a child), to discard (clothes).

2. Give synonyms of Romanic origin:

speech, thoughtful, happiness, wood, deem, holy, king,, book, freedom, friendship, corner, nap­kin, wicked, end, enough, home, hearten, delve.

3. Give synonyms of Scandinavian origin:

heaven, lacking, throw, sick, present, to elevate

Лабораторное задание 5

1. Phraseology as a branch of lexicology. Its theoretical basis.

2. Different approaches to the study of phraseological units.

3. The criteria of distinguishing phraseological units from free word combinations.

4. The origin of phraseological units in the English language.

5. The problem of classification of phraseological units:

a) The classification of phraseological units given by V.V.Vinogradov;

b) A.I. Smirnitsky's classification of phraseological units;

c) Contextual approach to the classification of phraseological units suggested by N.N. Amosova;

d) A.V. Koonin's conception of English phraseology.

6. Phraseological units of proverbs, sayings, familiar quotations and cliches.

7. Lexicological presentation of phraseological units.

8. Different modifications of phraseological units in actual speech.

9.Some debatable problems of phraseology.

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