Лексикология / Topics for the Credit-Test

TOPICS FOR THE CREDIT TEST IN LEXICOLOGY

1. Native words in the vocabulary of modern English.

2. The morpheme. Lexical and grammatical morphemes. Morphological analysis of words.

3. Lexicography. Types of dictionaries.

4. Types of semantic change: metaphor, metonymy, widening and narrowing of meaning.

5. Assimilation of borrowed words.

6. Structure of dictionary entry.

7. Conversion: the means of word-building, semantic relations, original vs derived words, synchronic and diachronic aspects.

8. Compounding: structural and semantic characteristics, peculiarities of compounding in English.

9. Affixation. Classification of affixes. Productive affixes of the English language.

10. Minor types of word-building.

11. Borrowings from French and Latin.

12. Etymology. Native words in the vocabulary of English. The term “borrowing”. Latin, French, Scandinavian borrowings.

13. Lexicology as a linguistic discipline. Lexical units of the language.

14. Lexical meaning. Polysemy.

15. Types of meaning. Denotation and connotation.

16. Homonyms: sources and principles of classification.

17. Synonymy. Classification of synonyms.

18. Criteria of synonymy. Dominant synonym.

19. Phraseological units: definition and basic characteristics.

20. Phraseological units. Principles of classification.

21. Stylistic layers of the vocabulary. Formal words.

22. Stylistic layers of the vocabulary. Informal words.

23. Vocabulary of American English.