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C. Give definitions of the following termsLexicology. Examination Questions.
1. The word as the basic unit of language, controversial points, the definition 2. Lexicology as a branch of linguistics (objects and aims branches of lexicology). Theoretical and practical value of lexicology 3. Methods of lexicology 4. The connection between meaning and form (motivation). 5. Types of meaning 6. The structure of meaning. Componential analysis. 7. Patterns of polysemy 8. Semantic change, its types and causes 9. Types of semantic relations 10. Synonyms, types of differences, neutralisation 11. Groups of words similar in denotative meaning (hyponyms, cohyponyms, correlation “part – whole”, antonyms, conversives, semantic derivatives, associative groups) 12. Groups of words similar in connotative meaning (emotionally coloured/emotionally neutral vocabulary, thematical groups, terminological systems, neologisms/archaisms) 13. Homonyms (criteria for identifying, sources, types), paronyms, lexical variants 14. Stylistically marked vocabulary 15. Political correctness in the English language 16. Native words, classification, typical features 17. Causes, classification and periods of borrowing 18. Criteria of borrowings 19. Assimilation of borrowings 20. Influence of borrowings on the English language 21. History and new trends of English lexicography 22. The main problems of lexicography 23. Types of dictionaries 24. The structure of the dictionary and the dictionary entry 25. Standard English variants & British dialects 26. American English 27. Word-Building as a Branch of Linguistics. The Basic Units & Concepts of WB. 28. The Morpheme as the Basic Unit of Word-Formation, its Types. 29. Word Fission. Types of Morphemic Fission. 30. The Meaning of Affixes. Classification of Prefixes. 31. Affixation. Classification of Suffixes. 32. Hybrids. Combining Forms. Allomorphs. 33. Morphemic & Word-Formation Analyses. 34. The Method of IC. 35. The Basic Elementary Units of the Derivative Structure of Words. 36. Word –Building Patterns. 37. The Main Structural Types of English Words 38. Compounding in English. Patterns & Types. Semi-Affixes. 39. Compounding. Historical Changes. 40. The Criteria of Compounds. 41. Conversion as a Typically English Way of Word-Building. The Definition & the Term. 42. Semantic Correlations in Convertive Pairs. Criteria of Semantic Derivation. 43. Shortening. 44. Minor WB Processes. 45. Neologisms in Modern English. Structural Peculiarities of New Vocabulary Units. 46. Phraseology as a Branch of Linguistics. Set Expressions & Free Word Combinations. 47. Classification of Set Expressions / Smirnitsky/ 48. Classification Systems of Set Expressions by Vinogradov, Arnold, Amosova 49. Koonin’s Classification of Phraseological Units. 50. Ways of Forming Set Expressions. Specific Features Securing their Stability. 51. Communicative Phraseological Units. 52. The Sources of Set Expressions.(Be ready to name at least 10 set expressions from the Bible & 10 from Shakespeare) B. Practical tasks
12. Analyze the structure of the following compounds, comment on the degree of motivation 13. Sort out the compounds into endocentric and exocentric.
15. Classify the phraseological units in the terms of a certain classification system 16. Analyze the words using the IŃ Method 17. Define the direction of derivation & the semantic correlations in the pairs of words
C. Give definitions of the following terms Date: 2016-01-03; view: 2109
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