Lexicology as a branch of linguistics

1. Lexicology as a branch of linguistics

Lecture 1

2. The plan of the lecture

1) The definition of lexicology and a word
2) Internal and external structure of a word
3) Semantics and semantic unity
4) The major lexicological problems

3. The literature used

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3.
4.
Г.Н. Бабич Lexicology: A Current Guide. Лексикология английского
языка. Учебное пособие – М.: Флинта, 2010
И.В. Арнольд Лексикология современного английского языка. – М.:
Флинта, 2012.
В.В. Катермина Лексикология английского языка: практикум – М.:
Флинта, 2010
Т.С. Руженцева Лексикология. Учебно-практическое пособие. – М.:
Евразийский открытый институт, 2011

4. A WORD

1) A unit of communication
2) A total of sounds
3) A structural unity

5. Structure of a word

External
Morphological
structure
Internal
Semantic structure

6. Structural and semantic unity

A black bird – as a word –combination
A blackbird - as a type of a bird

7. Levels of study

Syntagmatic
(linear relations)
Paradigmatic
(in relations with other
words in the system)
E/G
E/G
Work – labour
Refuse-reject-decline
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