Examination Questions

1. Lexicology as a science. The object of Lexicology and its connection with other branches of linguistics.

2. The word as a main language unit. The relation between a word and a notion.

3. The problem of definition of a word and its principal characteristics.

4. The elements of the semantic structure of a word. Polysemy in English.

5. Polysemy and Homonymy. The problem of differentiation of polysemy and homonymy.

6. Antonymic relations between vocabulary units. Some common and distinctive features of antonyms and synonyms.

7. Types of meaning. Meaning in syntagmatics and paradigmatics.

8. Meaning in compounds.

9. Semantic change as a source of quantitative and qualitative growth of vocabulary. Widening and narrowing of meaning. Degradation and elevation of meaning. Other types of semantic change.

10. Types of synonyms. Synonymic sets and their patterns. Euphemisms as a special type of synonyms. Differentiation of synonyms.

11. Homonyms in English. Classifications of homonyms.

12. Synonymy in English. Criteria of synonymity.

13. The origin of homonyms.

14. The morpheme. Types of morphemes and allomorphs.

15. The development of the English vocabulary. Causes of vocabulary development.

16. Systematic groupings of words. Thematic groupings.

17. Synchronic treatment of homonyms. Differentiation of polysemy and homonymy.

18. The problem of motivation of words.

19. Types and causes of semantic transference.

20. Semantic fields.

21. Meaning in derivatives. Synonymy, polysemy and homonymy of affixes.

22. Morphemic and derivational analysis. Analysis into IC.

23. Word-formation. Synchronic and diachronic approaches. Different types and ways of word-building in English

24. Suffixation in English. The etymology and productivity of English suffixes.

25. Prefixation in English.

26. Conversion as one of the most productive ways of word-building in English. Different conceptions of the problem of conversion. Diachronic and synchronic approaches to the study of conversion.

27. Typical semantic relations between members of converted pairs in synchronic approach.

28. The problem of substantivation.

29. Word-compounding in English. Classification of compounds.

30. The criteria of distinguishing compounds from word-combinations.

31. Shortening as a productive way of word-building in Modern English. Various types of abbreviated words.

32. Minor types of word-building (back derivation, sound imitation, reduplication, sound and stress interchange, lexicalization of grammatical forms).

33. Graphical abbreviations, acronyms, blendings.

34. Historical changebility of word-structure.

35. Combinability and valency.

36. Phraseological units. Their stability, divisibility and semantic unity.

37. Classification of phraseological units.

38. The etymological background of the English vocabulary. Native and borrowed elements.

39. Ways and causes of borrowing. Different types of loan words. Criteria of borrowings.

40. Sources of borrowing in English. French loans. The role of French borrowings in English.

41. The role of Latin borrowings in English.

42. Borrowings from other languages.

43. Different types of loan words. The process of assimilation.

44. The problem of international words.

45. Hybrids.

46. Translation loans, semantic loans, etymological doublets.

47. Neologisms. Ways of their formation.

48. Variants and dialects of the English language. AE and BE.

49. Lexicography and the main principles of compiling dictionaries.

Date: 2015-12-11; view: 812