Темы лекций дисциплины «Практическая лексикология английского языка»:

 

1. The notion of lexicology. Characteristics of the Word as the Basic Unit of Language.

2. Word-building: affixation (suffixation, prefixation), composition, conversion, abbreviation.

3. The notion Polysemy.

4. Types of semantic changes (specialization, generalization, metaphor, metonymy, elevation, degradation, hyperbole, litote).

5. Etymological characteristics of modern English vocabulary.

6. Classification of borrowings.

 

Вопросы к зачету:

 

 

 

1. Give the general notion of Lexicology. What does Lexicology studies? Name and describe two principle approaches in linguistic science to the study of language material.

 

 

 

2. Notion of Morpheme.

 

3. Notion of the Word.

 

4. Definition of Stem.

 

5. Word-building is one of the main ways of enriching vocabulary.

 

6.  The Notion of Polysemy.

 

7. Types of semantic changes.

 

8. Etymological characteristics of modern English vocabulary.

 

9. Main criteria of  classification of Borrowings.

 

10. Give main criteria and give examples of borrowings according to the language from which they were borrowed.