American and British English
| British English | American English |
| Pocket money Block of flats Pram Luggage Lavatory, toilet Wallet Tin Sweets Coffin Credit account Bill Note Buiscit Maize, sweet corn Cot Lollipop man/woman Reception clerk Nappy Tea towel Dual carriage way Curtains Driving licence Pharmacist Flex Primary school Lift Rubber Motorway Autumn Tap Ground floor Torch Standard lamp American football French windows Chips Rubbish Petrol Holiday Home help Ice Immersion heater Jumble sale Jumper Ladder Lemonade Lounge suit Marrow Maths Mince Nail varnish Nightdress Nil Nought Paraffin Pavement Pillarbox Post Queue Railway Roundabout Saltcellar Shop assistant Sleeper (railway) Spanner Spirits State school Tights Trade union Trainers Trolley Tube, underground Vest Waistcoat WC Whisky | Allowance Apartment Baby carriage Baggage Bathroom Billifold Can Candy Casket Charge account Check Bill Cookie Corn Crib Crossing guard Desk clerk Diaper Dish towel Divided highway Drapes Driver’s license Druggist Electric cord Elementary school Elevator Eraser Expressway (in city), freeway Fall Faucet First floor Flashlight Floor lamp Football French doors French fries Garbage Gasoline Vacation Homemaker Ice cream Hot water heater Rummage sale Sweater, pullover Run Lemon soda Business suit Squash Math Ground/chopped meat Nail polish Nightgown Zero Zero Kerosene Sidewalk Mailbox Mail Line Railroad Traffic circle Saltshaker Sales clerk Crosstie, tie Wrench (Hard) liquor Public school Pantyhose Labor union Sneakers Shopping cart Subway Undershirt Vest Restroom Scotch |
Contents
Seminar 1 Word Formation ……………………………………………..4
Seminar 2 Etymological Structure of the English Vocabulary…………68
Seminar 4 Polysemy and Homonymy..…………………………………13
Seminar 5 Synonyms and Antonyms. Archaisms and Neologisms……..15
Appendix
Lexicological Analysis of the Text ……………………………………….19
Etymological Glossary ………………………………………………… 25
American and British English ……………………………….....................39
References
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4. Э. М. Дубенец. Modern English Lexicology. Theory and Practice. Глосса-пресс, 2002.
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6. Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary. – Harper Collins Publishers, 1994.
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Семинары по английской лексикологии (Seminars in English Lexicology)
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