Seminar № 9. ETYMOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY

Seminar № 1. METHODS OF LEXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Theoretical questions

Assignments

I. METHODS OF LEXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH 1. Methods of vocabulary research: 1.1. Diachronic vs synchronic methods. 2. Synchronic methods: 2.1. Operational analysis 2.2. Distributional analysis 2.3. Transformational analysis 2.4. Analysis into Immediate Constituents (IC) II. SEMASIOLOGY: THE GROUNDS 1. Subject-matter of semasiology 2. Referential vs. fuctionalapproach 3. The main problems of the word: definition, identity, separability, word as a sign 4. Motivation: phonetic, morphological, semantic, false etymology 5. Semantic change: change of the scope, change of the social rating

ex. 1 p.58 ex. 2 p.58 ex. 6 (1-10) p.66

Seminar № 2. SEMASIOLOGY

Theoretical questions

Assignments

SEMASIOLOGY: POLYSEMY & SEMANTIC CLASSIFICATION 1. Polysemy as a phenomenon 2. Figures of speech: 2.1. Metaphor 2.2. Metonymy 2.3. Hyperbole 2.4. Litotes 3. Types of meaning 4. Systematic character of syntagmatic and paradigmatic connections 5. Synonyms and euphemisms: 5.1.The problem of definition 5.2.The problem of classification 5.3.The main common and different features in synonymic series 5.4.Synonymic patterns 5.5.Euphemisms 5.6.Lexical variants and paronyms 6. Antonyms: 6.1.The problem of definition 6.2.The problem of classification 7.Thematic groups 8. Semantic fields 9. Terminology

ex. 8 p.71 ex.11 (1-10) p.72 ex.12 (1-5) p.73 ex.13 (1-5) p.75 ex.15 p.78 ex.20 p.80 ex.31 p.88 ex.22 p.81 ex.34 p.90 ex.33 p.90

Seminar № 3. HOMONYMS

Theoretical questions	Assignments
HOMONYMS 1. Sources of homonyms 2. The problem of classification of homonyms. 3. Homonymy treated diachronically 4. Homonymy treated synchronically 5. Homonymy vs. polysemy	ex.25 p.85 ex.26 p.85 ex.27 p.85 ex.24(1-10) pp.83-84

Seminar № 4. CLASSIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO TIME AXIS

Theoretical questions

Assignments

CLASSIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO TIME AXIS 1. The concept of an adaptive system. 2. Neologisms: 2.1.Social aspects of neologisms 2.2.Ways and means of forming neologisms 2.3.Semantic classification 3. Archaisms, historisms and obsolete words. 3.1.Archaisms: linguistic and extralinguistic aspects, stylistic reference. 3.2.Historisms: social function and semantic classification. 3.3.Obsolete words.

ex.7 p.113

Seminar № 5. FUNCTIONAL STYLE

Theoretical questions	Assignments
FUNCTIONAL STYLE 1. The concept of functional style. 2. Formal: 2.1. Poetic diction. 2.2. The main peculiarities of Modern Poetry. 2.3. Learned words and official vocabulary. 2.4. Special terminology. 3. Neutral. 4. Informal: 4.1. Literary colloquial. 4.2. Familiar colloquial. 4.3. Low colloquial. 4.4. Folk speech. 4.5. Slang. 4.6. Vulgar/ Argot.	ex.1a p.108 ex.16 p.121 ex. 12 (1-10) p.117 ex.14 (1-10) p.119

Seminar № 6. WORD-FORMATION (I)

Theoretical questions	Assignments
WORD-FORMATION 1. Affixation: 1.1. Word structure – types of morphemes. 1.2. Principles of structural analysis. 1.3. Morphemic analysis. 1.4. Classification of affixes (synonyms, antonyms, homonyms). 1.5. Valency of affixes and stems. 1.6. Productive vs non-productive affixes. 1.7. Origin of affixes. 1.8. Hydrids. 2. Composition: 2.1. Types of compounds. 2.2. “Stone Wall” problem.	ex. 1 p.19 ex.17 p.32 ex.1 p.23 ex.2 p.23 ex. 3 p.24 ex.18 p.15 ex.12 p.29 ex.14 p.31 ex.23 (1-5) p.37

Seminar № 7. WORD-FORMATION (II)

Theoretical questions	Assignments
WORD-FORMATION 1. Abbreviation: 1.1. Graphic and lexical shortening. 1.2. Clipping and its types. 1.3. Blending. 2. Conversion: 2.1. Synchronic and diachronic aspects of conversion. 2.2. The main conversion pairs. 2.3. Types of semantic relations in conversion. 3. Minor types: 3.1. Sound interchange. 3.2. Distinctive stress. 3.3. Sound imitation. 3.4. Back-formation. 3.5. Reduplication.	ex.41 p.51 ex.38 p.48 ex.44 p.52 ex.27 (1-5) p.40 ex.28 (1-5) p.41 ex.47 p.54 ex.46 p.54 ex.50 p.55 ex.42 p.51 ex.23 (1-5) p.37

Seminar № 8. PHRASEOLOGY

Theoretical questions	Assignments
PHRASEOLOGY/ SET EXPRESSIONS 1. Set expressions vsfree phrases. 2. The problem of classification: 2.1. Structural classification. 2.2. Verbal collocations of the ‘give up’ type. 3. Proverbs, sayings, familiar quotations, cliches.	ex.2 p.97 ex.3 p.97 ex.4 p.97 ex.6 p.98 ex.12 pp.103-104

Seminar № 9. ETYMOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY

Theoretical questions

Assignments

ETYMOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY 1. The native element: 1.1. Indo-Europen vs. Common Germanic. 1.2. English vs. Russian: phonetic and graphic peculiarities. 2. Foreign element/ borrowings: 2.1. Causes of borrowing: extralinguistic and linguistic. 2.2. Assimilation, its types and degrees: 2.2.1. Celtic and Scandinavian. 2.2.2. Latin, Greek. 2.2.3. French. 2.2.4. German. 2.2.5. Spanish, Portugese. 2.2.6. Italian. 2.2.7. Arabic and other Oriental languages. 2.3. Etymological doublets. 2.4. International words. 2.5. Misleading words “False friends of translator”.

ex.1 p.6 ex.3 p.6 ex.7 (1-5) pp.8-9 ex.6 (1-5) p.7 ex.8 p.9 ex.9 (1-5) p.9 ex.17 p.14 ex.19 p.15