CHAPTER 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO LEXICOLOGY Main issues: Lexicology: words‚ words‚ words Language units Lexicology as a system Relationships with other linguistic sciences Learning objectives By the end of this chapter you will be able to: One sign of immaturity [in a science] is the endless flow of terminology . define the field of lexicology and use the subject-related terminology distinguish between lexicology and other related linguistic sciences speak about various
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Lexicography. LEXICOLOGY The term «lexicology» is of Greek origin / from «lexis» - «word» and «logos» - «science»/ . Lexicology is the part of linguistics which deals with the vocabulary and characteristic features of words and word-groups. The term «vocabulary» is used to denote the system of words and word-groups that the language possesses. The term «word» denotes the main lexical unit of a language resulting from the association of a group of sounds with
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Table of contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Politeness a theoretical approach 3 3. the concept of limao 4 4. Request strategies 4 4.1. Request strategies in Chinese 4 4.2. Request strategies in English 5 5. Forms of address 6 5.1. Forms of address in Chinese 6 5.2. Forms of address in English 7 6. Chinese: Politeness across social groups 8 7. Conclusion 9 References 11 1. Introduction In many parts of this world‚ former existing borders are removed and people
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A Cultural Comparison of English and Chinese Family Names Hongmei Zhu School of Foreign languages‚ Henan University of Technology Lotus Street‚ Hi-Tech Development Zone‚ Zhengzhou 450001‚ Henan‚ China Tel: 86-371-6775-6797 E-mail: zhuhongmei@haut.edu Abstract The family names of humans are formed and used in the long process of the course of history and the development of society. Family names‚ being a part of culture‚ are closely related to history and culture. English and Chinese names are different
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1. Introduction to English lexicology 2. Origins and periodization of English 3. Lexical relationships 4. Word formation 5. Special vocabularies Bibliography: 1. Jackson‚ H. and Angela E.Z. – Words‚ meaning and vocabulary‚ 2000. 2. Bauer‚ Laurie – English Word formation‚ 1983. 3. Horia Hulban- Synthesis in English lexicology and Semantics‚ 2001. 4. Corneliu Nicolescu – Anglia si spiritul englez‚ 2010. 5. Vladimir Moss – Caderea Angliei ortodoxe‚ 2010. 6. E.L. Edward – History of
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1. Lexicology and linguistics. Contrastive lexicology‚ object‚ aim‚ and tasks. 2. The history of contrastive lexicology‚ main units and terms. Ukrainian scientists‚ manuals‚ observing. 3. Language and vocabulary. The branches of Contrastive Lexicology. 4. Structural aspects of a word: External and Internal structure. Scientific methods to leant English and Ukrainian words in Comparison. 5. The semantic unity of a word. Polysemy: types of semantic component. Sema‚ Semema‚ semantic field. 6. The main
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Chapter 1. The subject-matter of the contrastive lexicology of English and Ukrainian 1. Fundamentals 1.1. Object of lexicology. 1.2. Subdivisions of lexicology. 2. Tasks of contrastive lexicology. Its theoretical and practical value. The gift of language is the single human trait that marks us all genetically from the rest of life . Lewis Thomas. The Lives of a
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* Lexicology is the part of linguistics which studies words‚ their nature and meaning‚ words’ elements‚ relations between words (semantical relations)‚ word groups and the whole lexicon. The term first appeared in the 1820s‚ though there were lexicologists in essence before the term was coined. Computational lexicology as a related field (in the same way that computational linguistics is related to linguistics) deals with the computational study of dictionaries and their contents. An allied
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1. The Object of Lexicology. Lexicology (from Gr. lexis ’word’ and logos ’learning’) is the part of linguistics dealing with the vocabulary of the language and the prop¬erties of words as the main units of language. The term vocabulary is used to denote the system formed by the sum total of all the words and word equivalents that the language possesses. The term word denotes the basic unit of a given language resulting from the association of a particular meaning with a particular group of sounds
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