- •Types of lexicology
- •2 Types of lexical units. The notion of lexical system.
- •3 Word as the main lexical unit
- •1. Positional mobility within the sentence;
- •2. Morphological uninterruptability;
- •3. Semantic intergrity.
- •4 The notion of lexical system
- •5 The theory of oppositions
- •6 Etymological structure of the english vocabulary
- •Native vocabulary
- •7 Borrowings
- •8 Borrowings can be classified according to different criteria:
- •Italian borrowings.
- •9 Etymological doublets
- •International Words
- •10 Morphemes. Classification of morphemes
- •1) Monomorphic;
- •11 Various Types and Ways of Forming Words.
- •12 Affixation
- •13 Prefixation
- •1. Semantic classification :
- •2. Origin of prefixes:
- •14 Conversion
- •15 Composition
- •Classifications of english compounds
- •16 Abbreviation
- •Graphical abbreviations
- •Initial abbreviations
- •17 The meaning of the word
- •Lexical meaning
- •Denotational meaning
- •19 Polysemy
- •20 Semantic changes
- •21 Semantic classification of the english vocabulary
- •22 Synonyms
- •24 Homonyms
- •27 Stylistic classification of the english vocabulary
- •28 . Neutral, common literary and common colloquial vocabulary
- •27 Special literary vocabulary a) Terms
- •B) Poetic and Highly Literary Words
- •C) Archaic, Obsolescent and Obsolete Words
- •D) Barbarisms and Foreignisms
- •E) Literary Coinages (Including Nonce-Words)
- •28. Special colloquial vocabulary a) Slang
- •B) Jargonisms
- •C) Professionalisms
- •D) Dialectal words
- •E) Vulgar words or vulgarisms
- •F) Colloquial coinages (words and meanings)
- •29 Local varieties of english .Variants and dialects
- •1. Identify the denotational and connotational aspects of lexical meaning of the given words.
- •2. Define the kind of association involved in the semantic change.
- •4.Analyze the meanings of the italicized words. Identify the result of the changes of the connotational aspect of lexical meaning in the given words.
- •5. Organize the given words in accordance with their hyponymic relations. Enumerate the general terms (hyperonyms)
- •7. Give derivational antonyms to the following:
- •8Classify the given words into: 1) homonyms proper, 2) homophones; 3) homographs. Give meanings of these words
- •2. Form words with a negative meaning, using in-, un, - dis, - or de-
- •3 A) Translate the compound words into Russian. B) Compare the meaning of the compound word with that of its components.
- •5 Determine the original components of the following blends. Define which type (additive or restrictive) the blends belong to.
- •6 Define which words have been combined to form the following computer terms. Give their
- •7 According to their pronunciation classify the given acronyms into two groups:
- •11 Give the words denoting sounds produced by the animals enumerated below.
- •12. Translate the following into English, using sound-imitative words:
- •Phraseology
- •1. Show that you understand the meaning of the following phraseological units by using each of them in a sentence.
- •2. In the examples given below identify the phraseological units and classify them on the semantic principle.
- •2. In the examples given below identify the phraseological units and classify them on the structural principle. Translate the Phraseological units into Russian.
- •3. Group the following italicized phraseological units, using Professor Koonin’s classification system. Translate them into Russian.
- •Exercises. Diversity and variety of the English language
- •Interpret the following phrases containing Cockney slang.
- •Ex 6 Write the following words according to the British norms of spelling.
- •Список экзаменационных вопросов по лексикологии
Ex 6 Write the following words according to the British norms of spelling.
Judgment, practice, instill, color, flavor, check, program, woolen, humor, theater, catalog, thru, quartet, apologize, center, centering, luster, pretense, inflexion, jewelry, quarreled, harbor, pajamas, gipsy.
Список экзаменационных вопросов по лексикологии
The object of Lexicology, aims, value and the connection with other sciences.
Types of Lexical units.
World as a basic unit of language. Types of words.
The notion of Lexical system. Paradigmatic ant syntagmatic relations.
The theory of oppositions
Etymological structure of the English vocabulary. Native element.
Borrowings.
Classifications of borrowings
International words. Etymological doublets.
Morphological structure of English words. Types of morphemes
The minor types of modern word building
Affixation. Suffixation
Afixation. Preffixation
Conversion.
Word-composition.
Shortenings.
The meaning of the word. Theories of meaning
Types of meaning
Polysemy.
Semantic change. Types and causes of semantic change.
Semantic classification of the English Vocabulary.
Synonymy.Euphemisms.
Antonymy.
Homonymy.
Phraseology. Classification of phraseological units
Functional styles. Special Literary Vocabulary.
Special Colloquial Vocabulary.
Lexicography. Types of dictionaries
Variants and Dialects of the English Language.
American English
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