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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
3. Compare the inner form of the correlative units and focus on the degree of their semantic equivalence:
|
English |
Belarusian |
|
birds of a feather flock together |
сарока сароку бачыць здалёку
|
|
to carry coals to Newcastle |
ехаць з кафляй у Івянец |
|
to have a flea in one’s ear |
шалёная муха ўкусіла за вуха |
|
there is not enough room to swing a cat |
няма куды пеўню дзюбнуць |
|
as blind as a bat |
сляпы як крот |
|
a dog is a lion at home |
і певень на сваім сметніку гаспадар |
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when the cat is away the mice will play |
кошка з дому – мышка на стол |
|
English |
Russian |
|
birds of a feather flock together |
рыбак рыбака видит издалека |
|
to carry coals to Newcastle |
ехать в Тулу со своим самоваром |
|
to be sick at heart |
душа не на месте |
|
like water off a duck’s back |
как с гуся вода |
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to buy a pig in a poke |
купить кота в мешке |
|
a bull in a china shop |
слон в посудной лавке |
|
Jack of all trades |
и швец, и жнец, и на дуде игрец мастер на все руки |
4. Explain the meanings of the following word-combinations:
as free word-combinations
as phraseological units:
lame duck; red tape; wet blanket; white elephant; let sleeping dogs (a sleeping dog) lie; a new broom (a new broom sweeps clean); to kick the bucket.
Questions
What are the main classifications of phraseological units?
What types of phraseological units does V.V. Vinogradov distinguish?. What is the basic criterion used by V.V. Vinogradov?
What types of phraseological units does A.I. Smirnitsky distinguish? What is the basic criterion used by A.I. Smirnitsky?
What types of phraseological units does N.N. Amosova distinguish? What is the basic criterion used by N.N.Amosova?
What types of phraseological units does A.V. Koonin distinguish? What are the main criteria used by A.V. Koonin?
What phraseological units are considered to be synonymous?
What phraseological units are considered to be variants?
In your opinion, what are the main types of phraseological units in modern English?
Recommended Reading
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Амосова Н.Н. Основы английской фразеологии. Л. 1963.
Антрушина Г.Б., Афанасьева О.В., Морозова Н.Н. Лексикология английского языка: Учеб. пособие / На англ. яз. М., 1999.
Арнольд И.В. Лексикология современного английского языка: Учебник для ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз. / На англ. яз. М., 1986.
Виноградов В.В. Русский язык. М., 1972.
Гинзбург Р.З., Хидекель С.С., Князева Г.Ю. и др. Лексикология английского языка: Учебник для ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз. / На англ. яз. М., 1979.
Кунин А.В. Английская фразеология. М., 1970.
Кунин А.В. Фразеология современного английского языка. Опыт систематизированного описания. М., 1972.
Кунин А.В. Курс фразеологии современного английского языка. М., 1986 (Изд. 2-е, 1996).
Лепешаў І.Я. Фразеалогія сучаснай беларускай мовы: Вучэб. дапам. для філал. фак. ВНУ. Мн., 1998.
Смирницкий А.И. Лексикология английского языка. М., 1956.
Харитончик З.А. Лексикология английского языка: Учеб. пособие. Мн., 1992.
Шанский Н.М. Лексикология современного русского языка. М., 1972.
Crystal D. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Printed in Italy, 1995.