- •Introduction ... ........ ......... .......N. V
- •Introduction
- •1. What counts as a word? Define the status of the given lexical items and comment on the types of naming. Consult the re -commended dictionaries:
- •Give spelling variants of the same words (morphological variants, regional variants).
- •Read the excerpt and answer the questions.
- •Etymological characteristics of the english lexicon
- •1. Trace the etymology and comment on the etymological
- •2. State the languages from which the following words are borrowed:
- •3. Make sure you know the following abbreviations used in the Concise Oxford Dictionary (cod):
- •4. Match the etymological doublets:
- •5. Give adjectives of Latin origin to the following nouns:
- •1. Group the following words into motivated/non-motivated and define the type of motivation:
- •Define polysemy as a linguistic phenomenon.
- •Give working definitions of the key terms with examples.
- •Comment on the semantic processes that were at work in the following words:
- •6. Comment on the types of meaning (metaphoric/ me-tonymic) in the following items:
- •Of english words
- •3. Compare the inner form of the correlative units and focus on the degree of their semantic equivalence:
- •4. Explain the meanings of the following word-combinations:
- •Stylistic and social stratification of the english lexicon
- •1. Read the excerpt and dwell on the influence the two varieties (British and American) have had on each other. American and british english
- •2. Give the American spelling of the following words and de- scribe the main patterns of spelling differences between the two variants (use dictionaries):
- •International Encyclopedia of Linguistics / Ed. By w. Bright. New York; Oxford, 1992. Vol. 1-4.
- •Ways of enriching and expanding the english lexicon
- •1. Classify the words given below according to the word- formation types:
- •1. Pay attention to some widely used abbreviations:
- •Compare the dictionary entries in synchronic and diachronic dictionaries (sod, cod, oald).
- •Characterize the dictionaries you work with according to the model:
- •Manuals of lexicology
- •Encyclopedias of language
- •Тамара Николаевна Суша лексикология английского языка Практикум Учебно-методическое пособие
3. Compare the inner form of the correlative units and focus on the degree of their semantic equivalence:
English Belarusian
birds of a feather flock сарока сароку бачыцъ здалёку together
to carry coals to Newcastle ехаць з кафляй у 1вянец to have a flea in one's ear шалёная муха укусгла за вуха
there is not enough room
to swing a cat
as blind as a bat
a dog is a lion at home
when the cat is away the mice will play няма худы пеуню дзюбнуцъ
сляпы як крот
i певень на сваШ сметшку
гаспадар
кошка з дому - мышка на стол
Russian
рыбак рыбака видит издалека
English
birds of a feather flock together
to carry coals to Newcastle ехать в Тулу со своим
to be sick at heart like water off a duck's back
to buy a pig in a poke a bull in a china shop Jack of all trades
самоваром душа не на месте как с гуся вода
купить кота в мешке
слон в посудной лавке
и швец, и жнец, и на дуде игрец
мастер на все руки
4. Explain the meanings of the following word-combinations:
as free word-combinations
as phraseological units:
lame duck; red tape; wet blanket; white elephant; let sleeping dogs (a sleeping dog) lie; a new broom (a new broom sweeps clean); to kick the bucket
Questions
What are the main classifications of phraseological units?
What types of phraseological units does V. V. Vinogradov distinguish?. What is the basic criterion used by V. V. Vinogradov?
What types of phraseological units does A. I. Smirnitsky distinguish? What is the basic criterion used by A.I. Smirnitsky?
What types of phraseological units does N.N. Amosova distinguish? What is the basic criterion used by N.N .Amosova?
What types of phraseological units does A.V. Koonin distinguish? What are the main criteria used by A.V. Koonin?
What phraseological units are considered to be synonymous?
What phraseological units are considered to be variants?
In your opinion, what are the main types of phraseological units in modern English?
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