Лексикология английского языка. Экзамен

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English lexicology: aims, problems, links with other branches of linguistics, approaches to language study.
The word: definition, approaches to study. Structural and semantical unity of the word.
Morpheme. Types of morphemes. Types of morphemic segmentability. Morphemic analysis.
Word-building. Derivational patterns, derivational meaning, derivational word-family.
Word-building: major and minor types.
Semasiology. The semantic structure of the word. Referential and contextual approaches to meaning.
Polysemy. Approaches to polysemy. Split polysemy. Polysemy and context.
Change of meaning: causes and results.
Types of meaning transference.
Homonymy. Sources of homonymy. Types of homonyms. Polysemy and homonymy. Split polysemy.
Types of semantic relations. Semantic classification of words.
Synonymy. Sources of synonymy. Euphemistic expressions. Types of synonyms. Synonyms, duality. Synonymic chains.
Antonymy. Types of opposition. Types of antonyms.
Motivation in words and word groups.
Types of transference of phraseological units.
Phraseology: phraseological units and free word - groups. The place of proverbs in phraseology.
Phraseology: different approaches to classification. Prof. Smirnitsky’s, Prof. Kunin’s and prof. Vinogradov’s classifications of phraseological units.
Classification of phraseological units according to their origin. The sources of native and borrowed phraseological units.
The English vocabulary as a system. Stylistically neutral and stylistically marked vocabulary.
Dynamics of the English vocabulary: neologisms (causes of appearing, ways of formation), nonce-words, historisms and archaic words.
The etymological characteristics of the English vocabulary.
Borrowings. Classification of borrowings according to the borrowed aspect. Classification of borrowings according to the degree of assimilation.
Borrowings. Classification of borrowings according to the language from which they were borrowed. Etymological doublets. International words.
ariants of English. The main characteristics of British English, American English, Canadian English, Scottish and Irish Englishes.
ariants of English. The main characteristics of Australian English, New Zealand English, Indian English.
Local dialects of Great Britain.
Lexicography: aims and the main problems. Classification of dictionaries. Macro- and microstructures of a dictionary. Modern trends in lexicography.