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English Lexicology, 2nd edition. London: Continuum.
Katamba, F. 2005. English Words. Structure, History, Usage, 2nd edition. London: Routledge.
Lipka, L. 2002. English Lexicology. Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag.
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COURSE OUTLINE
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Lexicology. An introduction
Word formation
Multi-word units in English
Word meaning. Sense relations between words
Sources of the English vocabulary
Lexical strata in present-day English
LEXICOLOGY.
AN INTRODUCTION
Lexicology = a branch of
Bibliography: Baugh, A. and T. Cable. 2002. A History of the English Language, 5th edition. London: Routledge. Bejan, N. and Elena Asandei. 1981. Contemporary English Language: Syntax and Lexicology. Galaţi: Editura Universităţii din Galaţi. Brook, G. L. 1981. Words in Everyday Life. London: The Macmillan Press. Cannon, G. 1987. Historical Change and English Word-Formation: Recent Vocabulary. New York, Oxford: Peter Lang Publishing Group. Crystal, D. 1995. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Davies, Diane. 2005. Varieties of Modern English. An Introduction. London: Longman. Fernando, Chitra. 1996. Idioms and Idiomaticity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Hulban, H. 1975. English Lexicology. Iaşi: Editura Universităţii „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”. Jackson, H. 1988. Words and their Meaning. London: Longman. Jackson, H. and Etienne Zé Amvela. 2007. Words, Meaning and Vocabulary. An Introduction to Modern English Lexicology, 2nd edition Katamba, F. 2005. English Words. Structure, History, Usage, 2nd edition. London: Routledge. Lipka, L. 2002. English Lexicology. Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag. Moon, Rosamund. 1998. Fixed Expressions and Idioms in English. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Pyles, T. and J. Algeo. 1982. The Origins and Development of the English Language. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Tătaru, Cristina. 2002. An Outline of English Lexicology. Word Formation. Cluj-Napoca: Limes. (Bejan 1981) “an area of language study concerned with the nature, Arthur 1992) “the study of lexis, understood as the stock of words in a given language, i.e. its vocabulary or lexicon” (Amvela 2007) THE WORD