- •Кафедра германской филологии
- •Для студентов заочной формы обучения
- •Введение
- •Методические рекомендации по выполнению контрольной работы
- •Оглавление
- •Lexicology and its role among other linguistic disciplines
- •Assignments
- •General characteristics of the english lexicon
- •Assignments
- •Complete the table using the words from the box. Do not fill the shaded boxes.
- •Identify the register reference of the following boldface words as:
- •In the following passage Cockney (rhyming slang) phrases replace the following words. Identify them. Answer:
- •4.1. Identify a historism in one of these sentences:
- •4.2. Identify lexical archaism:
- •4.3. Identify a grammatical archaism:
- •Dialect
- •Sometimes common British terms leave other English speakers in the fog. Try to find their meaning.
- •Register
- •What do the following short expressions mean?
- •Define each of the following items. Indicate any features of style, register or dialect. Use a dictionary for the purpose.
- •Replace the general, overused adjectives and adverbs with a more specific and effective one.
- •Replace the underlined words with the phrasal verbs. Use the verbs from the list in the previous exercise.
- •Etymological characteristics of the english lexicon
- •Assignments
- •Give the Russian equivalents for the following foreign words:
- •Give the meaning and the origin of the following words and names used as words:
- •Morphological characteristics of the english lexicon and word-formation
- •Assignments
- •Comment on the structure of the combinations of words given below:
- •Explain the meaning of the underlined units:
- •Semantic structure of a word. Changes in semantic structures
- •Assignments
- •Compare the semantic structure of the following words (use componential or contrastive analysis):
- •Present the semantic structure of the verb “remember”; use distributional and transformational analyses.
- •Synonymic and antonymic relations in the english lexicon
- •Assignments
- •Using a dictionary o synonyms call synonyms for all the meanings of the following words:
- •Substitute the underlined word with a synonym:
- •Classify the following synonyms into three groups: a) ideographic, b) stylistic, c)ideographic-stylistic.
- •Classify the following words and word combinations into lexical sets and decide which word is the dominant word:
- •Make up a list of all the English colour terms and find their Russian equivalents. Form hyponymic structures.
- •Collocability and combinability in modern english. Phraseology
- •Assignments
- •Using various dictionaries compare the grammatical valency of the words:
- •Give words of the same root in Russian. Compare their semantic structure and valency.
- •Give English equivalents for the Russian words:
- •From the words in brackets choose the correct one to go with each of the synonyms given below:
- •Select the adjective that best describes the noun:
- •Find phraseological units, comment on their meaning and type.
- •Explain the meaning of the following English idioms:
- •Language – dialect – variant
- •Assignments
- •Who do you think is he most likely to be speaking, an American or a British person?
- •Lexicography
- •Assignments
- •Look at the numbered parts of the page. Label the components given below with the parts of the dictionary page:
- •Using the following plan, provide a description of a dictionary:
- •Список тем для самостоятельной работы
Using the following plan, provide a description of a dictionary:
What is the title of the dictionary? Who was its editor? Where, when and by who was it published? How many entries does the dictionary contain?
Examine the table of contents. What is the title of the longest part or section of the book? Into what arts is the preceding introductory material divided? Are there any supplements or appendices after the longest part? What are they?
Read the preface, foreword, or general introduction and examine a few entries to see what kinds of information they typically contain and in what order?
To what type of dictionaries does the word-book under analysis belong?
Is there any pronunciation key in the dictionary? Where can it be found? In what way does syllabification indicated? How does the dictionary mark the position of the stresses in words?
Are spelling variants listed in the dictionary? Does the dictionary distinguish British and American variants in spelling, pronunciation and meaning?
Are word etymologies provided? Are the meanings listed in a historical order, or in the order of frequency or in some modification of one of these?
Are there different meanings of a word exemplified? Are they illustrated by phrases, quotations or sentences which are composed for that purpose? Are drawings, diagrams or maps used to clarify the definitions?
Are there sections explaining the synonyms? Are antonymous words given? Does the dictionary give illustrative phrases or sentences to clarify the likeness or difference?
What labels does the dictionary use to record variations in usage with time, place and social group? How are foreign words and phrases marked as foreign?
Are affixes entered in the main word-list? Are derivatives entered separately or are they entered under the words from which they are derived? How are compounds and phraseological units listed?
Список тем для самостоятельной работы
Structural type of words in Modern English.
Affixation as a means of forming new words.
Ways of forming compound words.
Causes of semantic change.
Modern English Phraseology: means of forming new phraseological units.
Word and meaning.
The problem of synonymy in modern English.
The problem of antonymic words and words with contrastive meanings in modern English.
Peculiarities of local varieties of English.
Neologisms and social stratification in modern English
British lexicography.
Литература
Основная
1. Арнольд И.В. Лексикология современного английского языка: учеб. пособие / И.В. Арнольд. – 2-е изд., перераб. – М.: ФЛИНТА: Наука, 2012. – 376с. Режим доступа: http://e.lanbook.com/books/pdf.php?book_id=3330&p_id=25&bookid=3980 (дата обращения: 27.03.2012).
2.Бабич Г.Н. Lexicology. A Current Guide. Лексикология английского языка: учеб. пособие / Г.Н. Бабич. – 5-е изд. – М. : ФЛИНТА : Наука, 2010. – 200 с. [Гриф МО] Режим доступа: http://e.lanbook.com/books/pdf.php?book_id=2508&p_id=25&bookid=2621 (дата обращения: 27.03.2012).
Дополнительная
1. Зыкова И.В. Практический курс английской лексикологии = A Practical Course in English Lexicology : учеб. пособие для вузов [Гриф УМО] / И. В. Зыкова. – М.: Академия, 2007. - 284 с. - (Высшее профессиональное образование).
2. Обвинцева О.В. Лексикология английского языка: учеб. пособие для вузов / О. В. Обвинцева ; Урал. отд-ние Рос. Акад. образования. Акад. проф. образования. - Екатеринбург: Издательство РГППУ, 2007. - 85 с.
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