Preface

Introduction. What Is a Word? What Is Lexicology?

• The Main Lexicological Problems (22мин.)
• Exercise (22мин.)

Chapter 1. Which Word Should We Choose, Formal or Informal?

• Informal Style (110мин.)
• • Colloquial Words (44мин.)
  • Slang (22мин.)
  • Dialect Words (22мин.)
• Exercises (88мин.)
• Тест:  Which Word Should We Choose, Formal or Informal? (50мин.)

Chapter 2. Which Word Should We Choose, Formal or Informal? (continued)

• Formal Style (154мин.)
• • Learned Words (66мин.)
  • Archaic and Obsolete Words (22мин.)
  • Professional Terminology (22мин.)
  • Basic Vocabulary (44мин.)
• Exercises (88мин.)
• Тест:  Which Word Should We Choose, Formal or Informal? (continued) (62мин.)

Chapter 3. The Etymology of English Words. Are All English Words Really English?

• Exercises (88мин.)
• Тест:  The Etymology of English Words. Are All English Words Really English? (58мин.)

Chapter 4. The Etymology of English Words (continued)

• Why Are Words Borrowed? (22мин.)
• Do Borrowed Words Change or Do They Remain the Same? (44мин.)
• International Words (22мин.)
• Etymological Doublets (22мин.)
• Translation-Loans (22мин.)
• Are Etymological and Stylistic Characteristics of Words at All Interrelated? (22мин.)
• Exercises (110мин.)
• Тест:  The Etymology of English Words (continued) (32мин.)

Chapter 5. How English Words Are Made. Word-Building

• Affixation (44мин.)
• Semantics of Affixes (44мин.)
• Conversion (110мин.)
• Exercises (132мин.)
• Тест:  How English Words Are Made. Word-Building (88мин.)

Chapter 6. How English Words Are Made. Word-Building (continued)

• Composition (110мин.)
• Semi-Affixes (22мин.)
• Shortening (Contraction) (22мин.)
• Some of the Minor Types of Modern Word-Building. Sound-Imitation (Onomatopoeia) (44мин.)
• Reduplication (22мин.)
• Back-Formation (Reversion) (22мин.)
• Exercises (154мин.)
• Тест:  How English Words Are Made. Word-Building (continued) (172мин.)

Chapter 7. What Is Meaning ?

• Polysemy. Semantic Structure of the Word (66мин.)
• Types of Semantic Components (44мин.)
• Meaning and Context (44мин.)
• Exercises (88мин.)
• Тест:  What Is Meaning ? (96мин.)

Chapter 8. How Words Develop New Meanings

• Causes of Development of New Meanings (22мин.)
• The Process of Development and Change of Meaning (22мин.)
• Transference Based on Resemblance (Similarity) (22мин.)
• Transference Based on Contiguity (44мин.)
• Broadening (or Generalization) of Meaning. Narrowing (or Specialization) of Meaning (22мин.)
• The So-called Degeneration ( Degradation ) and Elevation of Meaning (44мин.)
• Exercises (88мин.)
• Тест:  How Words Develop New Meanings (94мин.)

Chapter 9. Homonyms: Words of the Same Form

• Sources of Homonyms (66мин.)
• Classification of Homonyms (44мин.)
• Exercises (132мин.)
• Тест:  Homonyms: Words of the Same Form (72мин.)

Chapter 10. Synonyms: Are Their Meanings the Same or Different?

• Criteria of Synonymy (66мин.)
• Types of Synonyms (22мин.)
• Types of Connotations (66мин.)
• Exercises (154мин.)
• Тест:  Synonyms: Are Their Meanings the Same or Different? (84мин.)

Chapter 11. Synonyms (continued). Euphemisms. Antonyms

• Euphemisms (66мин.)
• Antonyms (44мин.)
• Exercises (110мин.)
• Тест:  Synonyms (continued). Euphemisms. Antonyms (164мин.)

Chapter 12. Phraseology: Word-Groups with Transferred Meanings

• How to Distinguish Phraseological Units from Free Word-Groups (66мин.)
• Proverbs (44мин.)
• Exercises (88мин.)
• Тест:  Phraseology: Word-Groups with Transferred Meanings (42мин.)

Chapter 13. Phraseology. Principles of Classification

• Exercises (110мин.)
• Тест:  Phraseology. Principles of Classification (72мин.)

Chapter 14. Do Americans Speak English or American?

• Vocabulary of American English (66мин.)
• The Grammar System of American English (22мин.)
• Exercises (132мин.)
• Тест:  Do Americans Speak English or American? (82мин.)

Supplementary material

• To Chapters 3, 4. From Growth and structure of the english language by Otto Jespersen (22мин.)
• To Chapter 8. From English words and their background by George McKnight (22мин.)
• To Chapter 10. From Semantics by F. R. Palmer (44мин.)

Sources

Dictionaries

List of authors quoted

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Завершение курса

• Тест:  Итоговое тестирование (60мин.)