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    Homonymy in English

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    be able to speak on the following: 1. Homonyms‚ its etymology‚ definition. 2. Classification of homonyms. 3. Sources of homonyms. 4. Relationship among polysemy‚ homonymy and synonymy. Seminar on Homonymy and Polysemy: Consider your answer to the following: 1) Antrushina G.B. and others “English lexicology”‚ M.‚ 1999. Pp. 166-182. Do exercises 1‚ 2‚ (8 sent)‚ 4‚ 5‚ 7‚ (6 sent)‚ 8 p. 182 2) Kasheeva “Practical Lexicology”‚ pp. 39-40 Homonyms (from Gr. “homos” means “the

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    Literature. 6. English Prose of theXXth Century The English Lexicology 1. Word Building Processes Based on Addition and Contraction 2. Peculiarities of American and British English 3. Criteria of Classification of the Phraseological Units 4. Synonymy‚ Antonymy and Homonymy 5. The Development of English and American Lexicography 6. Variants and Dialects of the English language 7. The Etymology of the English Word Stock 8. The Theory of the Word. Lexical

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    (comparative linguistics) to develop general theories about how and why language changes to describe the history of speech communities to study the history of words‚ i.e. etymology. Contents [hide] 1 History and development 2 Evolution into other fields 3 Sub-fields of study 3.1 Comparative linguistics 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Dialectology 3.4 Phonology 3.5 Morphology 3.6 Syntax 4 Conservative‚ innovative‚ archaic 5 See also 6 Citations and notes 7 References 8 Recommended readings [edit]History

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    The main problems of lexicography The most burning issues of lexicography are connected with the selection of head-words‚ the arrangement and contents of the vocabulary entry‚ the principles of sense definitions and the semantic and functional classification of words. In the first place it is the problem of how far a general descriptive dictionary‚ whether unilingual or bilingual‚ should admit the historical element. In fact‚ the term "current usage” is disconcertingly elastic‚ it may‚ for instance

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    lexicilogy

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    Modern English Lexicology 1. lexicology as a branch of linguistics 2. the object of lexicology 3. various aspects of lexicology 4. the connection of lexicology with other linguistic sciences 5. two approaches to Language Study Lexicology is a branch of linguistics‚ the science of the word‚ dealing with the vocabulary of a language and different properties of words. The term lexicology is composed of two Greek morphemes lexis - means word‚ logos - means learning. Scientists whose works are

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    The Lithuanian language belongs to the Indo-European language family. As already mentioned‚ Latvian and Lithuanian are the only two Baltic languages and are distinct from the Slavic and Germanic languages. Historians believe that Balts already in the 2000 BC diverged from the Indo-European community. The contacts between Balts and the Finno-Ugric tribes have left the impact both on the development of Baltic and Finno-Ugric languages. To a greater extent it has influenced the Latvian language much

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    Semantics vs. Pragmatics

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    linguistics and what their major concerns . 2 Table of contents : Introduction …………………………………2 1.What is pragmatics ?......................................4 1.1 Structural ambiguity …………………….5 1.2 Etymology ………………………….6 1.3 Areas of interest …………………….6 What is Semantics ?...............................7 2. What are the differences between semantics and pragmatics ?..............8 2.1 Differences in Meaning……………….9 2.2 Idioms and Miscommunications………

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    Translation Studies in the New Millennium: Volume 5 (2007) Semiotics and the Translation of News Headlines: Making an Image of the Other Khalid Al-Shehari Sana’a University‚ YEMEN kshehari@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This paper aims to explore how certain ideologies can be signaled through the translation of news headlines. The main objective is to investigate the strategies used by an international Arab news producer (aljazeera.net) to translate into English news stories published

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    |1. Lexicology as a branch of |3. Etymological survey of the |4. Types of word meaning. Word |5. Change of meaning in English. |№ 6 Polysemy in English. |№ 7 Homonymy in English. Polysemy vs| |linguistics. Lexical units. |English lexicon. |meaning and motivation. |Word-meaning is liable to change in |1. The semantic structure of the |homonymy | |Lexicology (from Gr lexis ‘word’ and|The term “etymology”

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    References: 1)T.A.Rastorguyeva A History of English.Москва Высшая школа 1983-345 p. 2) Smirnitsky A.I. Lexicology of the English language. M: 2000. -260C. 3) Reznik Z.V.‚T.A. and Sorokin‚ Reznik I.V. The History of English language Москава Издательство «Флинта»‚издательство «Наука»2001-496p. 4)E.Haugen borrowing process New in Linguistics (Moscow:Progress)

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