B) a lexico-semantic group

C) a lexical set

D) a semantic field

 

4) Morphemic analysis is completed, when we get…

A) Ultimate Constituents

B) Immediate Constituents

C) a derived word

D) a derivational base

 

 

5)The antonyms “lucky – unlucky” are…

A) relational opposites

B) contraries

C) incompatible terms

D) contradictories

 

6) Which of the following words belongs to the core of the LSG

A) scarlet

B) red

C) maroon

D) crimson

 

7) _____________________________

These different phonetic variants of the French borrowing “boulevard” illustrate:

A) graphical assimilation

B) gradual phonetic assimilation

C) complete phonetic assimilation

D) lexical assimilation

 

8) Pick out a subordinative compound:

A) girl-friend

B) zigzag

C) queen-bee

D) wrist-watch

 

9) Define the nature of the semantic change in the word “camp” (original meaning: ‘the place where troops are lodged in tents’; acquired meaning: ‘temporary quarters, eg. of travellers, nomads, etc.’)

A) specialization of meaning

B) generalization of meaning

C) similarity of meaning (metaphor)

D) contiguity of meaning (metonymy)

 

10) The words “” kolkhoz” and “collective farm” are both borrowings from Russian with the same meaning. Still, they appeared in English due to two different processes. What were they?

 

Set 3

1)Theinnerfacet of the word is…

A) a linguistic sign

B) its sound form

C) its meaning

D) a concept

 

 

2) Semantically, all morphemes are classified into:

A) prefixes and suffixes

B) roots and prefixes

C) affixes and prefixes

D) affixes and roots

 

3) Food, GM, wholesome, eat, cholesterol. These words make up…

A) a thematic group

B) a lexical field

C) a lexico-semantic group

D) a semantic field

 

4) There are two main criteria for distinguishing between free word-groups and phraseological units. They are:

A) syntactic and semantic

B) substitutional and structural

C) semantic and structural

D) morphological and semantic

 

5) Which of the following does not belong to word-formation?

A) blending

B) back-clipping

C) conversion

D) sound interchange

 

6) What is the type of the definitions given in the following examples: “despicable – vile, contemptible”; “to experience – to undergo, to suffer”; “hope – expectation, anticipation”?

A) encyclopedic definition

B) descriptive definition

C) cross-reference

D) synonymous definition

7) The word “timbre” which has a number of meanings in French was borrowed into English as a musical term only. This phenomenon is called

A) phonetic assimilation

B) grammatical assimilation

C) lexical assimilation

D) graphical assimilation

 

8) Pick out a fore-clipping:

A) phone

B) coke

C) maths

D) a.m.

 

9) What is the semantic relation in the conversion pair “crowd – to crowd”?

A) agent of the action

B) instrumental relationship

C) instance of the action

D) action characteristic of the object

 

10) “An observing man claims to have discovered the colour of the wind. He says he went out and found it blew.” On what linguistic phenomenon is the joke based?

 

 

LITERATURE

 

CONTENTS

 

 

Lectures

1. Lexicology as a branch of linguistics 4

2. Nomination ……………………..…9

3. Word-meaning. Meaning and motivation ………………………….… 15

4. Change of meaning ………………20

5. Polysemy …………………………24

6. Word meaning and context………. 29

7. Homonymy ………………………33

8. Semantic groupings of the English Lexicon ………………………………38

9. Synonymy and antonymy .….……43

10. Word formation …………….……52

11. Phraseology ………………………62

12. Etymological survey of the English wordstock …………………………….69

13. Lexicography …………………….79

14. American English ………………...88

15. The communicative aspect of the English lexicon ………………………94

QUESTIONS AND TASKS

1. Lexicology as a branch of linguistics 99

2. Nomination ………….……………...101

3. Word-meaning. Meaning and motivation …………………………..… 103

4. Change of meaning ……………….. 106

5. Polysemy ……………………….…. 108

6. Word meaning and context ……….. 110

7. Homonymy ……………………….. 112

8. Semantic groupings of the English Lexicon ……………………………..… 115

9. Synonymy and antonymy …………. 118

10. Word formation …………………... 121

11. Phraseology ………………………. 124

12. Etymological survey of the English wordstock …………………………….. 128

13. Lexicography ………………………131

14. American English ………………… 135

15. The communicative aspect of the English lexicon …………………………………. 138

QUIZ………………………………… 141