
- •Etymological background of modern English vocabulary
- •Arnold I. The English Word. – m. – l., «Просвещение», 1977.
- •Practical assignment:
- •Morphological structure of English words. Wordbuilding in English
- •Arnold I. The English Word. – m. – l., «Просвещение», 1977.
- •Practical assignment:
- •Semantic structure of English words. Semantic processes.
- •Practical assignment:
- •English Phraseology
- •Practical assignment:
- •I. Consult a phraseological dictionary to explain the meaning and the source of the following idioms:
- •The stylistic classification of english vocabulary
- •Practical assignment
- •English as the world language.
- •Varieties of English.
- •English Lexicography.
Кременецький обласний гуманітарно-педагогічний інститут
імені Тараса Шевченко
кафедра англійської філології
Лексикологія
англійської мови
(питання для семінарських занять)
для спеціальності 7.010103 Педагогіка і методика середньої освіти. Мова та література (німецька, англійська).
Кременець, 2006
SEMINAR 1
Lexicology as a linguistic discipline
Questions for discussion:
Lexicology as a brunch of linguistics. The subject-matter of lexicology.
Lexicology in its relation to other linguistic disciplines.
Methods and approaches to the study of the language system.
General problems of the theory of the word.
Recommended literature:
Arnold I. The English Word. – M. – L., «Просвещение», 1977.
Aнтрушина Г.Б., Афанасьєва О.В., Морозова Н.Н. Лексикология английского языка.: Учеб. пособие для студентов – Москва. „Дрофа” – 2000. – 288 с.
Раевская Н.М. English Lexicology. Видавництво „Вища школа” – Київ, 1971.
Kveselevich D.I., Sasina V.P. Modern English Lexicology in Practice. – Nova Knyha Publishers. – Вінниця – 2003. – 128 с.
SEMINAR 2
Etymological background of modern English vocabulary
Questions for discussion:
Native words in English.
Borrowings in English vocabulary.
Classification of borrowings.
3.1. Classification of borrowings according to the borrowing aspect.
3.2. Classification of borrowings according to the degree of assimilation.
3.3. Classification of borrowings according to the language from which it was borrowed.
Etymological dublets.
Recommended literature:
Arnold I. The English Word. – m. – l., «Просвещение», 1977.
Aнтрушина Г.Б., Афанасьєва О.В., Морозова Н.Н. Лексикология английского языка.: Учеб. пособие для студентов – Москва. „Дрофа” – 2000. – 288 с.
Раевская Н.М. English Lexicology. Видавництво „Вища школа” – Київ, 1971.
Kveselevich D.I., Sasina V.P. Modern English Lexicology in Practice. – Nova Knyha Publishers. – Вінниця – 2003. – 128 с.
Practical assignment:
Kveselevich D.I., Sasina V.P. Modern English Lexicology in Practice. – Nova Knyha Publishers. – Вінницяю – 2003.
ex. 1. p. 6.
ex. 2. p. 6
ex. 3. p. 6-7
SEMINAR 3
Morphological structure of English words. Wordbuilding in English
Questions for discussion:
1. Morphological structure of English words.
2. Different ways of wordbuilding in English.
3. Productive ways of word-building in English
3.1. Composition in English, ways of forming compounds
3.2. Classification of English compounds
3.3. Conversion in English
3.4. Substantivization
3.5. The problem of “stone wall” combinations
3.6. Abbreviation in English
4. Non-productive ways of word-building in English (sound interchange, stress interchange, sound imitation, blending, back-formation)
Recommended literature:
Arnold I. The English Word. – m. – l., «Просвещение», 1977.
Aнтрушина Г.Б., Афанасьєва О.В., Морозова Н.Н. Лексикология английского языка.: Учеб. пособие для студентов – Москва. „Дрофа” – 2000. – 288 с.
Раевская Н.М. English Lexicology. Видавництво „Вища школа” – Київ, 1971.
Kveselevich D.I., Sasina V.P. Modern English Lexicology in Practice. – Nova Knyha Publishers. – Вінниця – 2003. – 128 с.
Practical assignment:
Study the chart of common prefixes (see supplementary material p. 311-313):
Do Task I, II p.313 -314
Study the chart of common suffixes (see supplementary material p. 314-317)
Study the chart of Latin and Greek roots (see supplementary material p. 314-322)
Do Task III p. 320 (choose any 5 words)
SEMINAR 4
Semantic structure of English words. Semantic processes.
Questions for discussion:
Semasiology. Word-meaning. Lexical and grammatical meaning.
Polysemy in Modern English, its role and sources.
Homonymy in Modern English
3.1. Classification of homonyms
Synonymy in Modern English
4.1. Classification of English synonyms
Semantic processes. Change of meaning.
Recommended literature:
Arnold I. The English Word. – M. – L., «Просвещение», 1977.
Aнтрушина Г.Б., Афанасьєва О.В., Морозова Н.Н. Лексикология английского языка.: Учеб. пособие для студентов – Москва. „Дрофа” – 2000. – 288 с.
Раевская Н.М. English Lexicology. Видавництво „Вища школа” – Київ, 1971.
Kveselevich D.I., Sasina V.P. Modern English Lexicology in Practice. – Nova Knyha Publishers. – Вінниця – 2003. – 128 с.