Лексикология / Семинар 1 СГАУ

SEMINAR I

1. Morphological structure of the English vocabulary. Derivational vs grammatical morphemes. Two levels of morphological analysis.

2. Word-building. Affixation. Classification of affixes according to their origin, meaning and productivity.

3. Conversion. Semantic types of conversion. Synchronic and diachronic approach to conversion.

4. Compounds. Structural and semantic classification of compounds.

5. Shortening and minor types of word-building.

TASKS

1. Draw a diagram representing stratification of morphemes in the English language.

2. Discuss these words in terms of item and arrangement. How do these words demonstrate productive patterns of affixation in Modern English?

Uncomprehendingly, unrelenting, unregretting, unyielding, undecided, unemotionalism, unwholesome, unobserved.

3. What is affixation?

4. Study the following table. Using the table speak about the main principles of classification of affixes.

	Productive	Non-Productive	Dead
Prefixes	Germanic un-(unhappy) after-(afterthought) mis-(mispronounce) over-(overlook) under-(undergo) Romanic re-(reconstruct) in-(incapable) dis-(disappear) post-(postwar)	Germanic fore-(forehead) with-(withstand) Romanic ab-(abnormal) de-(descend) Greek poly-(polysyllable)	Germanic an-(answer) a-(aware) Romanic op-(oppress) intro-(introduce)
Noun-forming suffixes	Germanic -er (tracker) -ing (feeling) -ness (goodness) -y (biography) Romanic -ess (poetess) Greek -ism (socialism)	Germanic -th (breath) -hood (boyhood) -ship (friendship) -ier (gondolier) Romanic -age (passage) -ar (nuclear) -ure (culture)	-
Adjective-forming suffixes	Germanic -y (sexy) -ish (greyish) -ful (helpful) -less (helpless) -ed (themed) -ing (charming) Romanic -able (eatable) -al (logical)	Germanic -fold (twofold) -some (toothsome) -ly (womanly) Romanic -ous (glorious) -ary (necessary) -ese (Chinese)	-
Verb-forming suffixes	Romanic -ate (accreditate) Greek -ize (organize) -ise (weaponise)	Germanic -en (blacken) Romanic -fy (terrify)	-
Adverb-forming suffixes	Germanic -ly (badly)	Germanic -long (headlong) -wise (otherwise) -ward(s) (backward(s))	-

5. What is the word-building means in conversion?

6. What semantic changes accompany conversion? Provide your own examples.

• N – a tool, V –

• N -

• N -

• N -

• N -

• N -

• N -

7. Enumerate the factors that facilitate conversion in English

8. What is composition? Into what groups can the compounds be divided structurally?

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9. Represent semantic stratification of compounds in the form of a diagram. Give your examples for each group.

10. What is shortening? What types of shortening do you know?

11. Match the shortenings in the left column with the words and phrases in the right column.

BSc	compact disk
FBI	for example
Fr	postscript
Ext.	Federal Bureau of Investigation
CD	please note
Asap	personal identification number
PIN	Mister
e.g.	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNESCO	and so on
PS	business representative
Etc.	Bachelor of Science
Mr	care of
Rep	extension
NB	Father (title for a priest)
c/o	as soon as possible

13. Write the words from which the following shortenings were formed.

Zoo, auto, bacco-box, tec, flush, flurry, fruice, sub, ad, B-girl, props, para troops.

14. Comment on the formation of these words.

To pettifog, to spring-clean, to burgle, to strap-hang, to type-write, to sight-read, to darkle, to beg.

DO THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES FROM THE BOOK Антрушина Г.Б., Афанасьева О.В. Лексикология английского языка. М., Изд-во «Дрофа», 1999:

Ex. 4, 6, 8, 10 pp.98-102 (only the first 6 cases)

Ex. 3, 5 pp.122-127 (only the first 6 cases)

TOPICS FOR REPORTS

Semantics of Affixes

Sound-imitation

Reduplication

Back-formation

RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS

1. Антрушина Г.Б., Афанасьева О.В. Лексикология английского языка. М., Изд-во «Дрофа», 1999

2. Гвишиани Н.Б. Современный английский язык. Лексикология. Москва., Изд-во Московского университета, 2000

3. Минаева Л.В. Лексикология и лексикография современного английского языка. М., Изд-во Ступени, 2003

4. Морозова А.Н., Мишина Ю.Е. Лексикология английского языка. Самара, Изд-во СГПУ, 2003