5. Structural types of words. Different approaches (Arnold, Bloomfield).

6. Prefixation. Classification of prefixes.

7. Suffixation. Classification of suffixes.

 

Practice

 

English Lexicology Test Book. Part One

 

Q. One p.66 (1-10)

Q. Eleven p. 87 (1 – 5)

Q. Sixteen p. 98 (1 – 20)

Q. Seventeen p. 102 (1 – 6)

Q. Twenty-four p. 121 (1 – 5)

Q. Twenty-eight p.133 (1-5)

Q. Thirty p. 136 (1 – 19)

Q. Thirty-six p. 152 (1 - 5)

Seminar Four

Compounding

 

Literature:

1. Readings in Modern English Lexicology: Word-Formation – L. Bloomfield, Ch. Hockett, H. Marchand.

2. I. Arnold. The English Word.

3. A Course in Modern English Lexicology.

4. L. Shvydkaya. English Lexicology Test Book. Part One.

5. Dictionaries: The Concise Oxford Dictionary; The Shorter Oxford Dictionary, The World Book Dictionary, Webster’s Dictionary, etc.

 

Topics for Discussion

 

1. Compounding. Criteria of compound words as opposed to free word-groups.

2. Types of compounds (classification of compounds).

3. Means of compounding.

4. Types of bases (stems).

5. Semantic and syntactic relations between the components of a compound.

 

Practice

 

English Lexicology Test Book. Part One

 

Q. Three p.180 (1 – 5)

Q. Four p. 183 (1 – 5)

Q. Six p. 189 (1 – 5)

Q. Seven p.191 (1 – 15)

Q. Eight p. 194 (1 – 15)

Q. Sixteen p. 218 (1 – 10)

Q. Nineteen p. 226 (1 – 5)

 

 

Seminar Five

Conversion

 

Literature:

1. Readings in Modern English Lexicology: Word-Formation –

O. Jespersen, H. Marchand, A. Kennedy.

2. I. Arnold. The English Word.

3. A Course in Modern English Lexicology.

4. L. Shvydkaya. English Lexicology Test Book. Part One.

5. Dictionaries: The Concise Oxford Dictionary; The Shorter Oxford Dictionary, The World Book Dictionary, Webster’s Dictionary, etc.

 

Topics for Discussion

 

1. Conversion. Definition. Synchronic and diachronic approach.

2. Semantic relationships in conversion.

3. Substantivation. Complete and partial conversion.

4. Lexico-grammatical and semantic relations between a source word and a target word in conversion.

 

Practice

 

English Lexicology Test Book. Part One

 

Q. One p.254 (1 – 5)

Q. Seven p. 271 (1 – 6)

Q. Eight p. 274 (1 – 6)

Q. Nine p. 277 (1 – 4)

Q. Ten p. 282 (1 – 6)

Q. Twelve p.290 (1 – 10, 21 – 26, 39 – 44, 45 – 49))

Seminar Six

Abbreviation. Minor Types of Word-Formation.

 

Literature:

1. Readings in Modern English Lexicology: Word-Formation – Ch. Hockett, H. Marchand.

2. I. Arnold. The English Word.

3. A Course in Modern English Lexicology.

4. L. Shvydkaya. English Lexicology Test Book. Part One.

5. Dictionaries: The Concise Oxford Dictionary; The Shorter Oxford Dictionary, The World Book Dictionary, Webster’s Dictionary, etc.

 

Topics for Discussion

 

1. Abbreviation. Causes of abbreviation.

2. Classification of abbreviationts.

3. Backformation. Blending.

4. Sound imitation. Distinctive stress.

 

Practice

 

English Lexicology Test Book. Part One

 

Q. Two p. 298 (1 – 15)

Q. Three p.333 (1 – 10)

Q. Five p. 305 (1 – 5)

Q. Seven p. 313 (1 – 5)

Q. Ten p. 319 (1 – 6)

Q. Fifteen p. 327

Q. Three p. 333 (1 – 6)

Q. Four p. 336 (1 – 10)

Q. Three p. 350 (1 – 5)

 

Seminar Seven

Register and Time Axis Differentiation of the Vocabulary

 

Literature:

1. I. Arnold. The English Word.

2. A Course in Modern English Lexicology.

3. L. Shvydkaya. English Lexicology Test Book. Part One.

4. Dictionaries: The Concise Oxford Dictionary; The Shorter Oxford Dictionary, The World Book Dictionary, Webster’s Dictionary, etc.

 

Topics for Discussion

 

1. Differentiation of the vocabulary according to the time-axis.

2. Replenishment of Modern English vocabulary (productive types of neologisms).

3. The opposition of emotionally neutral and emotionally colored vocabulary.

4. Functional styles and neutral vocabulary.

5. Registers: learned, official, poetic.

6. Registers: colloquial, slang. Jargons (slanguage).

 

Practice