Preface

Introduction. What Is a Word? What Is Lexicology?

• The Main Lexicological Problems (21мин.)
• Exercise (21мин.)

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

• Informal Style (106мин.)
• • Colloquial Words (43мин.)
  • Slang (21мин.)
  • Dialect Words (21мин.)
• Exercises (85мин.)
• Тест:  Which Word Should We Choose, Formal or Informal? (50мин.)

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

• Formal Style (149мин.)
• • Learned Words (64мин.)
  • Archaic and Obsolete Words (21мин.)
  • Professional Terminology (21мин.)
  • Basic Vocabulary (43мин.)
• Exercises (85мин.)
• Тест:  Which Word Should We Choose, Formal or Informal? (continued) (64мин.)

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

• Exercises (85мин.)
• Тест:  The Etymology of English Words. Are All English Words Really English? (62мин.)

Chapter 4. The Etymology of English Words (continued)

• Why Are Words Borrowed? (21мин.)
• Do Borrowed Words Change or Do They Remain the Same? (43мин.)
• International Words (21мин.)
• Etymological Doublets (21мин.)
• Translation-Loans (21мин.)
• Are Etymological and Stylistic Characteristics of Words at All Interrelated? (21мин.)
• Exercises (106мин.)
• Тест:  The Etymology of English Words (continued) (36мин.)

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

• Affixation (43мин.)
• Semantics of Affixes (43мин.)
• Conversion (106мин.)
• Exercises (128мин.)
• Тест:  How English Words Are Made. Word-Building (92мин.)

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

• Composition (106мин.)
• Semi-Affixes (21мин.)
• Shortening (Contraction) (21мин.)
• Some of the Minor Types of Modern Word-Building. Sound-Imitation (Onomatopoeia) (43мин.)
• Reduplication (21мин.)
• Back-Formation (Reversion) (21мин.)
• Exercises (149мин.)
• Тест:  How English Words Are Made. Word-Building (continued) (172мин.)

Chapter 7. What Is "Meaning"?

• Polysemy. Semantic Structure of the Word (64мин.)
• Types of Semantic Components (43мин.)
• Meaning and Context (43мин.)
• Exercises (85мин.)
• Тест:  What Is Meaning ? (98мин.)

Chapter 8. How Words Develop New Meanings

• Causes of Development of New Meanings (21мин.)
• The Process of Development and Change of Meaning (21мин.)
• Transference Based on Resemblance (Similarity) (21мин.)
• Transference Based on Contiguity (43мин.)
• Broadening (or Generalization) of Meaning. Narrowing (or Specialization) of Meaning (21мин.)
• The So-called "Degeneration" ("Degradation") and "Elevation" of Meaning (43мин.)
• Exercises (85мин.)
• Тест:  How Words Develop New Meanings (94мин.)

Chapter 9. Homonyms: Words of the Same Form

• Sources of Homonyms (64мин.)
• Classification of Homonyms (43мин.)
• Exercises (128мин.)
• Тест:  Homonyms: Words of the Same Form (78мин.)

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

• Criteria of Synonymy (64мин.)
• Types of Synonyms (21мин.)
• Types of Connotations (64мин.)
• Exercises (149мин.)
• Тест:  Synonyms: Are Their Meanings the Same or Different? (84мин.)

Chapter 11. Synonyms (continued). Euphemisms. Antonyms

• Euphemisms (64мин.)
• Antonyms (43мин.)
• Exercises (106мин.)
• Тест:  Synonyms (continued). Euphemisms. Antonyms (164мин.)

Chapter 12. Phraseology: Word-Groups with Transferred Meanings

• How to Distinguish Phraseological Units from Free Word-Groups (64мин.)
• Proverbs (43мин.)
• Exercises (85мин.)
• Тест:  Phraseology: Word-Groups with Transferred Meanings (44мин.)

Chapter 13. Phraseology. Principles of Classification

• Exercises (106мин.)
• Тест:  Phraseology. Principles of Classification (78мин.)

Chapter 14. Do Americans Speak English or American?

• Vocabulary of American English (64мин.)
• The Grammar System of American English (21мин.)
• Exercises (128мин.)
• 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 (21мин.)
• To Chapter 8. From "English words and their background" by George McKnight (21мин.)
• To Chapter 10. From "Semantics" by F. R. Palmer (43мин.)

Sources

Dictionaries

List of authors quoted

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Завершение курса

• Тест:  Итоговое тестирование (52мин.)