Decipher the following shortenings.
Rd
St
a.m.
p.m.
i.e.
e.g.
M.P.
Ph.D.
Dr.
R.&D
g.f.
H-bomb
vac
fridge
specs
lib
prof
cert,
U-turn
mike
gent
circs
I.O.U.
5. Sound-Imitation (Onomatopoeia)
Assignment 13.
Read the following words denoting sounds produced by different animals and guess what these animals are.
to croak
to bark
to meow/miaow/ mew
cock-a doodle-do
to quack
to moo/low
to twitter
Assignment 14.
Translate the following words formed by means of sound imitation.
to whisper
to whistle
to splash
to clatter
to bubble
to tinkle
to ding-dong
clang
chatter
6. Blending
Assignment 15.
Try to deduce the constituents which served as a source of blending and the meaning of the following words.
Slanguage -
Clash, brunch, pollutician, smog, transceiver, flush, transistor, medicare, bit, cinemaddict.
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
I. 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.