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. Topic 1: Basic terminology. Characteristic features of the English vocabulary. Topic 2: Morphological structure of words; major and minor word-formation processes. Topic 3: Historical development of the English vocabulary. Topic 4: Collocation. Topi 5: Set expressions. Topic 6: Word meaning; paradigmatic sense relations; figures of speech. Topic 7: Stylistic stratification of the English vocabulary.
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. Topic 1: Basic terminology. Characteristic features of the English vocabulary. Topic 2: Morphological structure of words; major and minor word-formation processes. Topic 3: Historical development of the English vocabulary. Topic 4: Collocation. Topi 5: Set expressions. Topic 6: Word meaning; paradigmatic sense relations; figures of speech. Topic 7: Stylistic stratification of the English vocabulary.
- Teacher: Zuzana Nádraská