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- •Contents
- •Introduction ............................................................... 6
- •Preface
- •Questions
- •Acknowledgements
- •Introduction
- •Lectures and Seminars
- •Seminar outlines Lexical units Topics for Discussion
- •Tasks and Exercises
- •3. Read the excerpt and answer the questions.
- •Recommended Reading
- •Recommended Dictionaries
- •4. Match the etymological doublets:
- •5. Give adjectives of Latin origin to the following nouns:
- •Questions
- •Recommended Reading
- •Recommended Dictionaries
- •Word meaning Topics for Discussion
- •Tasks and Exercises
- •In what component of meaning do these words differ?
- •Polysemy
- •Homonymy
- •Of english words
- •Recommended Reading
- •Recommended Dictionaries
- •Phraseological units Topics for Discussion
- •Tasks and Exercises
- •3. Compare the inner form of the correlative units and focus on the degree of their semantic equivalence:
- •4. Explain the meanings of the following word-combinations:
- •Recommended Reading
- •Recommended Dictionaries
- •Stylistic and social stratification of the english lexicon Topics for Discussion
- •Recommended Reading
- •Гальперин и.Р. Стилистика английского языка: Учебник. М., 1977.
- •Crystal d. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Printed in Italy, 1995.
- •Recommended Dictionaries
- •Regional varieties of the english language: Lexical differences Topics for Discussion
- •Tasks and Exercises
- •1. Read the excerpt and dwell on the influence the two varieties (British and American) have had on each other. American and british english
- •2. Give the American spelling of the following words and describe the main patterns of spelling differences between the two variants (use dictionaries):
- •5. Match the words with the same denotational meaning. State which of the words and word-combinations given below are used in British English /American English:
- •Recommended Reading
- •Ways of enriching and expanding the English lexicon Topics for Discussion
- •Key Terms
- •5. Make up a list of productive prefixes and suffixes with examples.
- •Tasks and Exercises
- •1. Pay attention to some widely used abbreviations:
- •Questions
- •Recommended Reading
- •Recommended Dictionaries
- •Recommended Reading Manuals of Lexicology
- •Encyclopedias of Language and Dictionaries of Linguistic Terms
- •Ministry of education of the republic of belarus
МиНиСТеРстВо образования РеСпубЛиКи беларусь
Минский государственный лингвистический университет
Т. Н. Суша
Лексикология
английского языка
Практикум
на английском языке
Рекомендовано Научно-методическим центром
учебной книги и средств обучения
Министерства образования Республики Беларусь
в качестве учебно-методического пособия
для студентов специальности
„Современные иностранные языки”
высших учебных заведений
Минск 2001
УДК 802.0-3
ББК 81.2Ан
С917
Рецензенты: Я.М. Вовшин, кандидат филологических наук, профессор (МГЛУ); Л.М. Лещева, доктор филологических наук, зав. кафедрой (Академия управления при Президенте Республики Беларусь)
Рекомендовано Советом Минского государственного лингвистического университета
Суша Т.Н.
С917 Лексикология английского языка. Практикум: Учеб.-метод. пособие / На англ. языке; Минск. гос. лингв. ун-т. – Мн., 2001. – 62 с.
Пособие знакомит студентов с детально разработанными планами семинарских занятий по основным темам курса лексикологии английского языка. Каждая тема включает перечень проблем, вопросы для обсуждения, задания и упражнения, основную и дополнительную литературу. Относительная автономность разделов и тем позволяет вносить необходимые изменения в рекомендованную последовательность изучения и количество часов.
Предназначено для студентов факультетов иностранных языков вузов.
УДК 802.0-3
ББК 81.2Ан
Ó Т.Н. Суша, 2001
Contents
Preface.......................................................................... 4
Introduction ............................................................... 6
Seminar Outlines ........................................................ 9
Lexical Units ............................................................. 9
Etymological Characteristics of the English Lexicon 14
Word Meaning .......................................................... 18
Polysemy .................................................................... 22
Homonymy ................................................................ 27
Semantic and Non-semantic Classifications
of English Words ..................................................... 31
Phraseological Units ................................................. 35
Stylistic and Social Stratification of the English
Lexicon ..................................................................... 41
Regional Varieties of the English Language: Lexical
Differences .............................................................. 46
Ways of Enriching and Expanding the English
Lexicon .................................................................... 52
British and American Lexicography................... 55
Recommended Reading ......................................... 60
Preface
The present manual is compiled to meet the needs of students taking a course in English Lexicology, one of the basic linguistic courses in the University Curriculum. The manual presents a practical aid for students in their preparation for seminars and the examination in English lexicology.
The aim of the manual is to draw the students’ attention to some of the main points of the topics discussed, to develop skills of lexicological analysis of the language material and to outline recommended reading.
The manual is compiled in conformity with the Lexicology Syllabus (Теория английского языка. Раздел 3. Лексикология английского языка. Программа по специальности Г.02.05. – Современные иностранные языки; П.02.07. – Английский язык. Мн., 2000).
The contents and the structure of the manual are determined by the purpose formulated above.
The manual consists of the following parts:
Introduction
Seminar Outlines
Recommended Reading
In the Introduction the major lexicological topics discussed in the course are outlined.
The main body of the manual is constituted by seminar outlines. They are structured as follows:
Topics for Discussion
Key Terms
Tasks and Exercises