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LECTURE 1. Etymological survey of the English word stock

I. The origin of English words.
1.Words of native origin.
2.The
foreign
element
in
the
English
language.
a)The Celtic element
b)The Classical element
c) The Scandinavian element
d)The Norman-French element
II. Source of borrowing and origin of borrowing
III. Assimilation of borrowings
1) Definition of the term assimilation.
2) Types of assimilation.
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LECTURE 2. WORD-FORMATION IN MODERN ENGLISH

The Morphological Structure of a Word. The Word.
The Morpheme Types of Morphemes.
The Principles of Morphemic Analysis
According to the method of IC
According to the method 0f UC
The Concept of Productivity.
Productive means of Word-formation
Affixation. Prefixes. Suffixes
Classification of Prefixes and suffixes
The Stem. Types of Stems.
LECTURE 3. WORD FORMATION IN MODERN ENGLISH
1. Conversion.
2. Typical semantic relations within a converted pair.
3. Non-productive types of word-formation:
a) Shortening (clipping)
b) Abbreviations
c) Blending
d) Back-formation
e) Onomatopaeia
f) Sound and stress interchange
LECTURE 4 COMPOUNDING

1. General Principles of Compounding Specific Features of Eng lish

Compounds.
2. Classification of Compounds
3. Derivational compounds.
4. Reduplicative
Compounds.
Ablaut
combinations.
Pseudocompounds.
5. Rhyme combinations
6. The Historical Development of English Compounds
LECTURE5 SEMASIOLOGY
1. Semasiology. Main objects of its study.
2. Problems of Word-meaning. Referential approach to meaning.
Functional approach to meaning. Motivation of words.
3. Polysemy. Polysemic words in context.
4. Types of meaning. Denotational and connotational meaning.
5. Types of semantic change.
LECTURE 6
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SEMANTIC GROUPS OF WORDS.

Synonyms. Definition of the Term' Synonym'.

Classification of Synonyms.
The Sources of Synonymy.
Antonyms and their Classification.
Homonyms and their Classification.
Lexical Variants and Paronyms.
LECTURE 7

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The Problem of Definition of Phraseological Units.

Classification of Phraseological Units.
Stylistic Aspect of Phraseology.
Polysemy and Synonymy of Phraseological Units
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PHRASEOLOGY

LEXICOGRAPHY

The Object of Lexicography.

The history of dictionary making for the English language.
The most difficult problems of lexicography.
Types of Dictionaries

Seminar 1.

Etymological survey of the English word stock

1. Some basic assumptions: problem of definition of terms native,

borrowing, source of borrowing and origin of borrowing
2. Words of native origin. Word-forming ability of native words in
Modern English.
3. The foreign element in Modern English
The Classical Element
The Scandinavian Element
The Norman-French Element
Seminar 2. Word-structure in Modern English
1. The morphological structure of a word. Morphemes. Types of
morphemes. Allomorphs.
2. Structural types of words.
3. Principles of Morphemic Analysis.
4. Derivational Level of Analysis. Stems. Types of Stems.
Derivational types of words.
Seminar 3 Productive and non-productive means of word- formation.
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2.

Productive means of word-formation

Affixation. Classification of prefixes and suffixes.
Conversion. Typical semantic relations within a converted pair.
Non-productive means of word-formation.
Lexical and graphical abbreviations.
Shortening(clipping), types of clipping.
Blending
Onomatopoeia
Sentence-condensation

Seminar 4. Compounding and its general principles

1. Specific features of English compounds.
2. Classification of compounds according to the type of composition
and linking element
3. Classification of compounds according to the part of speech and
structural pattern
4. Endocentric and exocentric compounds
5. Derivational compounds
6. Reduplicative compounds and three subgroups of them/
Seminar 5. Semasiology and the problem of word-meaning.
1. Word-meaning
Referential and functional approach to meaning.

 Meaning and sound-form

Meaning and concept
Meaning and referent
2. Types of meaning:

Grammatical and lexical meaning

Denotational and connotational meaning

3. Change of meaning

Causes of semantic change

Types of semantic change (extension, narrowing, elevation,
degradation))
4. Polysemy. Polysemic word in context.

Lexical context

Grammatical context
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Seminar 6. Semantic groups of words

Synonyms. Definition of the term synonym. Different view points
on the problem of synonymy.
Problem of classification of synonyms. Ideographic, stylistic, total,
contextual synonyms.
Sources of synonymy.
Antonyms and their classification
Homonymy. Homonyms proper, homographs and homophones.
Seminar 6. Phraseology
Phraseological units and their definition.
Changeable and unchangeable set expressions
Classification of phraseological units
Similarity and difference between a set expression and a word.
Phraseological units and their characteristic features.
Polysemy and synonymy of phraseological units.

1. Internationalisms. Etymological dublets.
2. Derivational and functional affixes.
3. Back formation and stress interchange
4. Demotivation
5. Types of dictionaries and how to use them

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