
- •Seminars
- •List of abbreviations
- •Foreword
- •Topic 1 The English Vocabulary as the Object of Research
- •Problems for Discussion
- •Questions and Tasks
- •Recommended Reading Obligatory:
- •Optional:
- •Topic 2 Etymological survey of the English Lexicon
- •Problems for Discussion
- •Questions and Tasks
- •Recommended Reading Obligatory:
- •Topic 3 Semantics (Semasiology)
- •3.1 Meaning. Its Essence and Structure
- •Problems for Discussion
- •Questions and Tasks
- •Recommended Reading. Obligatory:
- •Optional:
- •3.2. The Semantic Structure of the Word
- •Problems for Discussion
- •Questions and Tasks
- •Recommended Reading Obligatory:
- •Optional:
- •3.3. Homonymy
- •Problems for Discussion
- •Questions and Tasks
- •Recommended Reading
- •Topic 4
- •Recommended Reading Obligatory:
- •Optional:
- •4.2 Word Formation
- •Problems for Discussion
- •Questions and Tasks
- •Recommended Reading Obligatory:
- •Optional:
- •Recommended Reading Obligatory:
- •Optional:
- •4.3.2 Conversion
- •Problems for Discussion
- •Questions and Tasks
- •Recommended Reading
- •Optional:
- •4.3.3 Word Composition
- •Problems for Discussion
- •Questions and Tasks
- •Recommended Reading Obligatory:
- •Optional:
- •4.3.4 Minor types of word-formation.
- •Problems for Discussion
- •Questions and Tasks
- •Recommended Reading Obligatory:
- •Optional:
- •Topic 5
- •Recommended Reading Obligatory:
- •5.2 English Phraseology
- •Problems for Discussion
- •Questions and Tasks
- •Recommended Reading Obligatory:
- •Topic 6 The Structure of the English Lexicon
- •Problems for Discussion
- •Questions and Tasks
- •Recommended Reading Obligatory:
- •Optional:
- •Topic 7
- •Variants and Dialects of the English Language
- •Problems for Discussion
- •Questions and Tasks
- •Recommended Reading Obligatory:
- •Optional:
- •Topic 8 Lexicography
- •Problems for Discussion
- •Questions and Tasks
- •Idm, opp, phr V, syn
- •Recommended Reading Obligatory:
- •Optional:
- •Dictionaries
Recommended Reading Obligatory:
Cruse D.A. Lexical Semantics. – Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. – P.160–171.
Ginzburg R.S., Khidekel S.S., Knyazeva G.Y., Sankin A.A. A Course in Modern English Lexicology – M.: Higher School Publishing House, 1979. – P. 127–140.
Lyons J. Semantics. – London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1977. – P. 270–287.
Апресян Ю.Д. Английские синонимы и синонимический словарь // Апресян Ю.Д., Ботякова В.В., Латышева Т.Э. и др. Англо-русский синонимический словарь. – 5-е изд., стереотип. – М.: Русский язык, 2000. – С. 502–543.
Optional:
Лакофф Дж. Мышление в зеркале классификаторов // Новое в зарубежной лингвистике. Вып. 23. Когнитивные аспекты языка. – М.: Прогресс, 1988. – С. 12–51.
Никитин М.В. Курс лингвистической семантики. – Санкт-Петербург: Изд-во РГПУ им. А.И.Герцена, 2007. – С. 357–442.
Николаева М.А. Некоторые теоретические проблемы антонимии // Ученые записки МГПИИЯ. – М.,1971. – Т. 59. – С. 281–291.
Ульман С. Семантические универсалии // Новое в лингвистике. Языковые универсалии. – М.: Прогресс,1970. – Вып. 5. – С. 250–299.
Филмор Ч. Об организации семантической информации в словаре // Новое в зарубежной лингвистике. Проблемы и методы лексикографии. – М.: Радуга, 1983. – Вып. 14. – С.23–60.
Харитончик З.А. Лексикология английского языка. – Минск: Вышэйшая школа, 1992. – С.89–108.
Topic 7
Variants and Dialects of the English Language
Key words: idiolect, dialect, standard norm/English, regional/local dialect, minority dialect, variation/variety, regional variety, ethnic/indigenized variety, pidgin, creole, lingua franca, cockney, vernacular.
Look up these terms in the glossary or in the sources indicated in the bibliography to the glossary. Compare the definitions given in English and in Russian.
Problems for Discussion
General characteristics of the English language in different parts of the English-speaking world.
Territorial variants versus local/regional dialects.
Minority dialects. Indigenized varieties.
English as the basis for pidgin and creole
British variant of the English language.
Standard English
Local dialects and varieties in the British Isles. The Scottish and Irish varieties.
Local dialects in England
Cockney
American variant of the English language.
Specific features of American English in phonetics, grammar, spelling, word meaning, word-formation
Local dialects in the USA
Additional topics for discussion. Students’ presentations on:
African American Vernacular English. In: Walt Wolfram and Erik R. Thomas. The Development of African American English. – Blackwell Publishers, 2002. – p. 184 – 211
Canadian English. In: Wikipedia Information About Canadian English. – http://www.answers.com
South African English. In: http://www.answers.com
English in Australia and New Zealand. In:
http://www.linguist.de/reese/english/austarlia.htm