- •Lectures on lexicology lecture 1
- •Introduction. The subject matter of lexicology
- •Lecture 2. The etymological peculiarities of the english vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Audio – слухати; porto – носити, доставляти;
- •Autos, automates – сам; logos – вчення;
- •Fully assimilated,
- •Partially assimilated,
- •Unassimilated.
- •Lecture 3. The morphemic structure of the english word
- •Exercises
- •Those formed by juxtaposition;
- •Those with a vowel or a consonant as a linking element;
- •Subordinative.
- •Lecture 4. Word formation
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Absolute antonyms (white - black);
- •Mixed antonyms (correct - incorrect, wrong).
- •Lecture 6. English phraseology/ classification of phraseological units
- •Word combinations;
- •Phraseological units;
- •Phraseological fusions.
- •Lecture 7. Stylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •A. Irish Variant
- •B. Scottish Variant
- •Lecture 8. The english language in the usa
- •Exercises
- •Lecture 9. Lexicography
- •Exercises
- •Contents
- •Introduction. The subject matter of lexicology.
- •The subject matter of lexicology.
- •Lexicology in its relations to grammar, phonology and stylistics.
- •Література
Those formed by juxtaposition;
Those with a vowel or a consonant as a linking element;
those with linking elements represented by conjunctions and prepositions.
Man-of-war, editor-in-chief, undertaker, looking-glass, get-at-able, stay-at-home, red-hot, butter-fingers, lady-bird, up-to-date, officer-in-charge, workday, Anglo-American, speedometer, midday, hide-and-seek, frying-pan, sick-leave, handicraft, salesman, electroplate, queen-bee, fine-looking, washing-machine, high-heeled, touch-me-not, cherry-orchard, servant-of-all-work, saleslady, note-book, give-and-take, well-to-live, mother-in-
law, gas-mask, fountain-pen, sunburnt, inlet, black-eyed, bloodiest, night-flight, oil-rich, factory-packed, waste-paper-basket, once-a-year, do-it-yourself, difficult-to-learn, nearby, deep-cut, far-gone, hard-working, peace-loving.
Exercise 12. Classify the following compounds into:
co-ordinative,
Subordinative.
Frontbenchers, mother-of-thousands, sea-coast, dining-room, person-to-person, blue-eyed, criss-cross, pine-apple, pigtail, carefree, motorcycle, acid-resisting, first-hand, war-damaged, fifty-fifty, oil-poor, fire-proof, play-ground, sunrise, blue-berry, crystal-clear, man-eater, good-for-nothing, walking stick, skyscraper, cinema-goer, lamp-shade, hot-dog, odd-looking, record-breaking, two-room, second-hand, thick-skinned, lazy-bones, frost-resistant, all-destroying, self-analysis, whole-hearted.
Exercise 13. Comment on the meaning of the following compounds. Pick out compounds in which the semantic integrity is idiomatic in character.
1. Buttercup, butterfish, butterfingers, butterfly.
2. Dog-cheap, dog-days, dog-hole, dog-Latin, dog-lead, dog-rose, dog's ear, dog-sleep, dog-skin.
3. Ladybird, lady-chair. Lady Day, lady-in-waiting, lady-killer, lady's finger.
4. Motherland, mother-of-pearl, mother-of-thousands, mother-ship, mother's mark, mother-in-law.
5. Wall-flower, wall-eye, wallpaper, wall-painting, wall-pier, Wall Street.
6. Cowboy, doughboy, post-boy, pot-boy, stableboy.
7. Cold-blooded, hot-blooded, bloodthirsty.
8. Bare-headed, bald-headed, pig-headed, thick-headed, wooden-headed.
9. Cross-eyed, dim-eyed, eagle-eyed, hollow-eyed, green-eyed, round-eyed, sharp-eyed, single-eyed, sleepy-eyed, wild-eyed, blue-eyed.
10. Black-hearted, chicken-hearted, cold-hearted, cruel-heaited, light-hearted, lion-hearted, noble-hearted, soft-hearted, stony-hearted.
11. Home-bird, homebody, home-bred, home-comer, home-coming, homecraft, home-folk, homeland, home-made, home-sick, home-sickness, home-work.
12. Red-bearded, red bird, red-blind, red-blooded, red-book.
Exercise 14. Find examples of converted verbs in the following sentences. Translate these sentences into Ukrainian/Russian.
1. Mother stopped ladling the broth. (Cr.) 2. It's hardly becoming in a gentleman approaching middle age who's chained to an invalid bed. (Mg.) 3. Our appointment was timed for 10 a.m. (Pr.) 4. His wife was dogged by ill health. (Cr.) 5. How can you stomach all that? (HI.) 6. Shouldering their guns, they disappeared into the woods. (Ln.) 7. The silence lengthened and she eyed at him. (G.) 8. They valued their lives. (H.) 9. The call echoed down the empty passage like a mocking
laughter. (Tw.) 10. "What is money after all!" said MrDombey backing his chair a little. (D.) II. So intolerable did this seem to him that he was very near to telegraphing an excuse and staying up. (G.) 12. She had wired that it would be Friday. (G.) 13. Pocket your pride. (Mg.) 14. Sighing he dipped his brush and began to whitewash. (Tw.) 15. For some years now they had not even roomed together. (Dr.)
Exercise 15. Comment on the meaning of the following converted verbs. Use them in sentences of your own.
ape —> to ape face —> to face
arm —> to arm finger —> to finger
back —> to back fish —> to fish
dog —> to dog head —> to head
duck —> to duck line —> to line
dress —> to dress pocket —> to pocket
Exercise 16. Compare the following pairs of nouns and adjectives. Comment on their meanings. Use the adjectives in sentences of your own.
camp (n.) - camp (a.); cloth-cap (n.) - cloth-cap (a.); cod (n.) - cod (a.); jet-set (n.) -jet-set (a.); looking-glass (n.) - looking-glass (a.); mixed-media (n.) ~ mixed-media (a.); no-growth (n.) - no-growth (a.); no-lead (n.) - no-lead (a.); nuts-and-bolts (n.) - nuts-and-bolts (a.); platinum (n.) - platinum (a.); redbrick (n.) - redbrick (a.); soul (n.) - soul (a.).