Lexicology as a linguistic branch
What is lexicology?
Lexicology is a branch of linguistics which deals with the vocabulary and characteristic features of words and word-groups.
How many types of morphemes are there in English?
3 types (root, affix, inflection)
Define etymology.
Etymology is the science that deals with the origin and history of words.
TRUE or FALSE: Affixation is one of the secondary ways of word-building in Modern English.
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE: Conversion is the main way of forming nouns in Modern English.
FALSE
Define the term "word".
The term "word" denotes the main lexical unit of a language with a meaning
Define the term "morpheme".
Morpheme is the smallest unit of the language which has a meaning
Name the large groups into which the English vocabulary is divided.
The Old English vocabulary, borrowed words, words created in England
What is the main function of suffixes in Modern English?
Define graphical abbreviations.
How contrastive and comparative differ from one another?
Contrastive - similarities and differences of two or more related or non-related languages, comparative - only related languages
What type of morpheme gives the word its grammatical characteristics?
inflection
What difference is there between Indo-European group of words and Germanic group of words?
Indo-European - words that have equivalents in many Indo-European languages, Germanic - words that are found only in Germanic languages.
Give 2 examples of non-idiomatic compound words.
What type of abbreviation was used in the following example? USA
initial abbreviation
Explain the connection between lexicology and grammar.
word-building (purely grammatical means are used for building new words, e.g. custom (habit) - customs (custom house, duties)
Give an example of a compound word with three elements.
e.g. mother-in-law
Give 3 examples of aliens.
coup d'etat, ballet, bouquet, vis-a-vis
Can words change their parts of speech while forming new words through prefixation? Give examples.
Yes, they can (e.g. war - prewar, friend - to befriend)
What means of word-building was/were used in the following sentence: "At last they came into the open"?
conversion, composition
What type of lexicology is our course of English Lexicology?
Special lexicology
Analyse the word blue-eyed from the morphological point of view and mention its structural type.
compound-affixed word
What is the origin of candle? What is the period when it was borrowed? Is it assimilated or not?
Latin, second period, fully assimilated
What is the way the components of the compound "electro-plate" are joined together? Give one more example of a similar compound.
morphological (handicraft, Anglo-American)
What means of word-building was/were used in the following sentence: "Set in fridge for 20 minutes or overnight"?
abbreviation (apocope+apheresis), affixation