Course description
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basic issues of the Modern English lexicology. The course addresses the following major areas: the morphological structure of words, word-formation processes, lexical semantics, stylistic stratification of the lexicon and the processes of borrowing. Although the primary perspective will be synchronic, where relevant, the most important historical (linguistic, social-cultural) milestones in the development of the English language will be taken into account. Téma 1: Basic terminology. Characteristic features of the English vocabulary. Téma 2: Morphological structure of words; major and minor word-formation processes. Téma 3: Historical development of the English vocabulary. Téma 4: Collocation. Téma 5: Set expressions. Téma 6: Word meaning; paradigmatic sense relations; figures of speech. Téma 7: Stylistic stratification of the English vocabulary. Téma 8: Lexicography.
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basic issues of the Modern English lexicology. The course addresses the following major areas: the morphological structure of words, word-formation processes, lexical semantics, stylistic stratification of the lexicon and the processes of borrowing. Although the primary perspective will be synchronic, where relevant, the most important historical (linguistic, social-cultural) milestones in the development of the English language will be taken into account. Téma 1: Basic terminology. Characteristic features of the English vocabulary. Téma 2: Morphological structure of words; major and minor word-formation processes. Téma 3: Historical development of the English vocabulary. Téma 4: Collocation. Téma 5: Set expressions. Téma 6: Word meaning; paradigmatic sense relations; figures of speech. Téma 7: Stylistic stratification of the English vocabulary. Téma 8: Lexicography.
- Teacher: Zuzana Nádraská