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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
4. Match the etymological doublets:
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balsam canal liquor major pauper salon shade shirt
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mayor liqueur balm channel shadow skirt saloon poor |
5. Give adjectives of Latin origin to the following nouns:
body, brother, cat, dog, earth, egg, father, foe, fox, heart, house, mind, mouth, name, town, woman (feminine, urban, mental, nominal, domestic, cordial, lupine, hostile, paternal, oval, oral, terrestrial, canine, feline, corporal, fraternal).
Questions
What is the etymological composition of the English lexicon?
What are the main characteristics of the words of native origin?
What is the difference between the terms source of the borrowing and origin of the word?
What do you understand by folk etymology?
What are the causes and ways of borrowing?
What are the specific features of borrowings?
What types of assimilation of borrowings are distinguished?
What are the main factors determining the degree of assimilation?
What is the influence of borrowings on the English vocabulary?
What can you say about the role of native and borrowed words in the English language?
Recommended Reading
Амосова Н.Н. Этимологические основы словарного состава современного английского языка. М., 1956.
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.
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.
Гринберг Л.Е., Кузнец М.Д. Сборник упражнений по лексикологии английского языка. М., 1966.
Лещева л.м. Слова в английском языке: курс лексикологии современного английского языка: Учебник / На англ. яз. Мн., 2001.
Маковский М.М. Английская этимология: Учеб. пособие для ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз. М., 1986.
Медникова Э.М. Практикум по лексикологии английского языка: Учеб. пособие для ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз. М., 1978.
Смирницкий А.И. Лексикология английского языка. М., 1956.
Харитончик З.А. Лексикология английского языка: Учеб. пособие. Мн., 1992.
Crystal D. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Printed in Italy, 1995.
Recommended Dictionaries
The Concise Oxford Dictionary. Bombay, 1987.
The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology / Ed. by C.T. Onions. Oxford, 1985.
The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Oxford, 1974. Vol. 1, 2.
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language. Springfield, 1961. Vol. 1, 2.
Word meaning Topics for Discussion
Approaches to meaning (General overview).
Aspects and types of word meaning (General overview).
Word meaning and motivation. Phonetic, morphological and semantic motivation.
Key Terms
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arbitrary behaviourist approach cognitive meaning componential analysis concept connotation connotation meaning context context of situation verbal context contextual meaning contrastive analysis demotivation denotation denotational meaning emotive meaning expressive meaning extensional meaning functional approach grammatical meaning ideational approach intensional meaning lexical meaning lexical semantics |
onomasiology onomatopoeia part-of-speech meaning pragmatic meaning reference referent referential approach referential meaning semantic feature semantic models semantic triangle semantics semasiology semiotics sense sign significative meaning situational meaning sound imitation structural meaning symbol systemic meaning thought truth-conditional approach |