Lexicology

Anglų kalbos leksikologijos konspektas. The primary object of lexicology. Langue. The definition of the word. Semasiology. The meaning of the word and the concept. Functional approach. Types of word meaning. The denotational component. The smallest language unit. The cause of the change of meaning. Results of semantic change in denotational component of word meaning. Results of semantic change in the connotational component of the word meaning. Sense relations. Synonymy. The dominant synonym. Antonyms. Sense relations. Phraseology. There are two major classes of ME phraseological units. Phraseological borrowings. English literature. Classification of ph. Vinogradov. Idioms. Gibbs divides idioms into four classes. Words are made up of morphemes. Morphemic analysis. Word-building is that branch of lexicology. Semantics of affixes. Classification of prefixes. Conversion. Semantic relations between conversion pairs. Partial conversion. Composition. Motivation in compounds. Semantic aspects of compounds. Distinguishing between a compound word and word combination. Distinguishing between a compound word and word combination. Shortenings. Blending. Back-formation. The etymological structure. Words of native origin. The growth of the national literary language. Assimilation of borrowings. The degree of assimilation of borrowings. International words. Standard English. American English. Types of Americanism. The language spoken in the U.S.A.