Lexicology

... compound-shortened word formed from a word combination where one of the components was shortened, e.g. «busnapper» was formed from « bus kidnapper», «minijet» from «miniature jet». In the English language of the second half of the twentieth century there developed so called block compounds, that is compound words which have a uniting stress but a split spelling, such as «chat show», «pinguin ...

... Transformational analysis ·  Componential analysis ·  Method of semantic differential ·  Contextual analysis The detailed description of these methods will be shown further. I. METHODS OF LEXICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS   I.1. Contrastive Analysis In fact contrastive analysis grew as the result of the practical demands of language teaching methodology where it was empirically shown that the ...

... . 6. The Scandinavian element in the English vocabulary. 7. The Norman-French element in the English vocabulary. 8. Various other elements in the vocabulary of the English and Ukrainian languages. 9. False etymology. 10.Types of borrowings.   1. The Native Element and Borrowed Words The most characteristic feature of English is usually said to be its mixed character. Many linguists ...

... : red tape, to let the cat out of the bag. The distinguishing feature of the new approach is that phraseology is regarded as a self-contained branch of linguistics and not as a part of lexicology. According to this approach phraseology deals with all types of set expressions which are divided into 3 classes: 1.  phraseological units 2.  phraseomatic units 3.  border-line cases Lecture 6   ...