7. Stress interchange

Assignment 16.

Pronounce the following pairs of words paying attention to the stress.

An accent – to accent , a conflict – to conflict, the export – to export, an extract - to extract, a contest – to contest, an object – to object, a progress – to progress, a protest – to protest, a present – to present, a rebel – to rebel, a record – to record, a survey – to survey, a transfer – to transfer, absent – to absent, frequent – to frequent

But: comment – to comment, process – to process, program – to program, focus – to focus, figure – to figure.

Seminar 4 Polysemy and Homonymy

1. Speak on the following topics.

   1. Polysemy. Semantic structure of a polysemantic word.

   2. Types of semantic structure.

   3. Split polysemy.

   4. Homonyms, their classifications.

   5. Sources of homonymy

II. Do the following assignments.

Assignment 1

Group the pairs of words with the same meaning of the key word in columns.

Smart: smart clothes, a smart answer, a smart house, a smart garden, a smart officer, a smart blow, a smart punishment, a smart repartee.

Stubborn: a stubborn child, a stubborn look, a stubborn horse, stubborn resistance, a stubborn cough, stubborn depression, a stubborn fighting.

Sound: sound lungs, a sound scholar, a sound tennis-player, sound views, sound advice, sound criticism, a sound ship, a sound whipping.

Root: edible roots, the root of the tooth, the root of the matter, the root of the trouble, square root, the route of the evil, cube root.

Perform: to perform one’s duty, to perform an operation, to perform a dance, to perform a play, to perform well, to perform a vital service.

Kick: to kick the ball, to kick the dog, to kick off one’s slippers, to kick smb. downstairs, to kick off a discussion, to kick smb. out, to kick against the system, to kick the bucket.

Assignment 2.

Choose any polysemantic word that is well-known to you and illustrate its meanings with examples of your own. Prove that the meanings are related to each other.

Assignment 3.

Comment on the semantic development of words.

Starve, marshal, tide, ready, person, queen, clown, girl, china, jeans, meat, knight, write, hound.

Assignment 4.

Explain the logic of semantic transfer.

The mouth of a cave, astrakhan, the best pen of his epoch, tongues of flame, a musical ear, a Ford, not half as bad, to burn with a desire, madeira, a bookworm, a hooligan.

Assignment 5.

1)Find the homonyms proper to the following words and give their Russian equivalents.

Band –a company of musicians, seal – a warm-blooded, to bore – to make a long round hole, to hail – to greet, salute, cut – the result of cutting, cut – гравюра, рана, снижение,