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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
2. Give the American spelling of the following words and describe the main patterns of spelling differences between the two variants (use dictionaries):
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aeroplane aluminium anaemia anaesthesia analyse calibre catalogue centre chequebook colour draughtsman draughty favour homoeopathy honour humour jeweller mould odour offence paralyse quarrelled tyre vigour woollen |
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3. Find words in British and American English with partially different semantic structures (e.g.: administration, bill).
4. Find words common to both British and American English in which the meaning of American English is entirely different from that in British English (e.g.: pants, public school, vest).
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:
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Big Dipper checkerboard chemist’s diaper dormitory post-box elevator freeway garbage subway sidewalk |
lift mailbox motorway nappy pavement draughtboard drugstore the Plough rubbish underground hall of residence
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Questions
What is the difference between a regional variant and a local dialect of a language?
What are the causes for the existing differences in the vocabulary of British and American English?
How can you differentiate between the two variants (British English, American English)?
Is it possible to draw a pattern of lexical differences between British English and American English?
Into what groups can the existing cases of lexical difference between the two variants be classified?
What tendencies do lexical differences between British and American English show? Is it a converging or diverging development?
How do British and American dictionaries enter and label the regional variants?
What dialects and regional variants are observed in the British Isles? What is their nature? What tendencies do they show?
Does a totally uniform, regionally neutral and unarguably prestigious variety exist worldwide?
What is the role of American English in the replenishment of modern the English vocabulary?
Recommended Reading
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.
Быховец Н.Н. Лексические особенности английского языка Канады. Киев, 1988.
Гинзбург Р.З., Хидекель С.С., Князева Г.Ю. и др. Лексикология английского языка: Учебник для ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз. / Hа англ. яз. М., 1979.
Лещева л.м. Слова в английском языке: курс лексикологии современного английского языка: Учебник / На англ. яз. Мн., 2001.
Попова Л.Г. Лексика английского языка в Канаде: Учеб. пособие. М., 1978.
Томахин Г.Д. Америка через американизмы. М., 1982.
Томахин Г.Д. Реалии – американизмы. М., 1988.
Швейцер А.Д. Литературный язык в США и Англии. М., 1971.
Crystal D. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Printed in Italy, 1995.
Crystal D. The future of Englishes // English Today 58. No. 2. 1999. Vol. 15.
Estling M. Going out (of) the Window? A corpus-based study of competing prepositional constructions in American and British English // English Today 59. No. 3. 1999. Vol. 15.
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics / Ed. by W. Bright. New York; Oxford, 1992. Vol. 1–4.
Janicki K. Elements of British and American English. Warszawa, 1989.
McArthur T. The Oxford Companion to the English Language. Oxford, 1992.
Modiano M. International English in the Global Village // English Today 58. No. 2. 1999. Vol. 15.
Orlov G.A. A Glimpse of Australian Panorama. ИЯШ. 1987. No.1.
Strevens P. British and American English. London, 1978.
RecommendedDictionaries
Краткий англо-русский словарь американизмов и сленга / Сост. А.В. Бушуев и др. Смоленск, 1997.
The American Heritage Dictionary. Boston, 1991.
Longman Dictionary of American English. Harlow, 1997.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Harlow, 1995.
The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English. A.S. Hornby / Ed. J. Crowther. Oxford, 1995.
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language. Springfield, 1961. Vol. 1, 2.
Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary. Springfield, 1969.