- •Т. А. Ненашева
- •Seminars in english lexicology
- •Учебно-методическое пособие
- •Нижний Новгород
- •Рецензент: к.Ф.Н., доц. Н.И.Смирнова
- •Т. А. Ненашева
- •Seminars in english lexicology
- •Учебно-методическое пособие
- •Семинар 1
- •Etymological Structure of the English Vocabulary
- •I. Speak on the following topics.
- •II. Do the following assignments.
- •Seminar 2 Regional Varieties of English
- •I. Speak on the following topics.
- •II. Do the following assignments.
- •In the following sentences find the examples of Americanisms. State whether they belong to :
- •Seminar 3 Word Formation
- •I. Speak on the following topics.
- •II. Do the following assignments.
- •1.Affixation
- •Humanity – humanism
- •2.Compounding
- •3. Conversion
- •4. Shortening (clipping)
- •5. Sound-Imitation (Onomatopoeia)
- •6. Blending
- •7. Stress interchange
- •Seminar 4 Polysemy and Homonymy
- •Speak on the following topics.
- •II. Do the following assignments.
- •1)Find the homonyms proper to the following words and give their Russian equivalents.
- •2)Find the homophones to the following words and translate them into Russian.
- •3)Find the homographs to the following words and translate both.
- •Seminar 5 Synonyms and Antonyms. Archaisms and Neologisms
- •Speak on the following topics.
- •II. Do the following assignments. Synonyms and Antonyms
- •Archaisms and Neologisms.
- •Appendix lexicological analysis of the text
- •I. Etymology
- •II. Morphological structure of words
- •III. Word building
- •IV. Semasiology
- •Sample analysis of the text the longest journey
- •Lexicological analysis of the text
- •Etymological glossary* native words
- •Of the renaissance period
- •Norman-french borrowings
- •Art and Architecture
- •Fashion, Meals, Social Life, Every Day Words
- •Later french (parisian) borrowings Regime, routine, police, machine, ballet, matinee, scene, technique, bourgeois. Spanish borrowings
- •Italian borrowings
- •Arabic borrowings
- •German borrowings
- •Semantic development of words Arrive – Md e “to come by water” Bachelor – an unmarried man; l. Baccalaria – a heard of cows; l. Baccalarius – a youth who attended the cows.
- •Etymological doublets
- •Etymological triplets
- •American and british english
- •Contents
- •References
- •Ненашева Татьяна Александровна
2.Compounding
Assignment 7.
Explain the meanings of the following compounds.
Baby-sitter, boiling-point, three-cornered, knee-high, saleswoman, tragicomic, snub-nosed, stone-deaf, wrist-watch, clock-tower, red-hot, kill-joy,
blackmail, cut-throat, scarecrow, know-nothing, home-grown lady-killer,
luncher-out, double-decker.
Assignment 8.
Read the pairs of free combinations and compounds and explain the difference in meaning.
A dancing girl a dancing-girl
A green house a green-house
A mad doctor a mad-doctor
A face ache a face-ache
A missing list a missing-list
Assignment 9.
Form the plural of the following words.
Father-in law,
man-of-war,
baby-sitter,
secretary-stenographer,
knick-knack,
flowerpot-stand,
fancy-dress-maker,
woman-doctor,
clock-tower,
mother-goose,
brother-in-arms.
Assignment 10.
Read and translate the following compounds.
Sky-blue, flower-bed, handcuffs, door-handle, castle-builder, eye-wash, sweet-tooth, can-opener, eye-opener, night-cap, slow-coach, wall-flower,
walk-up, dog-eared, toy-man, forget-me-not, pick-pocket.
3. Conversion
Assignment 11.
Derive the verbs from the following nouns and deduce their meanings.
Monkey -
Fish -
Fox -
Nurse -
Cook -
Maid -
Eye -
Elbow -
Hand -
Face -
Shoulder -
Nose -
Pocket -
Bottle -
Lunch -
Supper
4. Shortening (clipping)
Assignment 12.
Decipher the following shortenings.
Rd
St
a.m.
p.m.
i.e.
e.g.
M.P.
Ph.D.
Dr.
R.&D
g.f.
H-bomb
vac
fridge
specs
lib
prof
cert,
U-turn
mike
gent
circs
I.O.U.
5. Sound-Imitation (Onomatopoeia)
Assignment 13.
Read the following words denoting sounds produced by different animals and guess what these animals are.
to croak
to bark
to meow/miaow/ mew
cock-a doodle-do
to quack
to moo/low
to twitter
Assignment 14.
Translate the following words formed by means of sound imitation.
to whisper
to whistle
to splash
to clatter
to bubble
to tinkle
to ding-dong
clang
chatter
6. Blending
Assignment 15.
Try to deduce the constituents which served as a source of blending and the meaning of the following words.
Slanguage -
Clash, brunch, pollutician, smog, transceiver, flush, transistor, medicare, bit, cinemaddict.