General (lg universals)

A word is the basic unit of a given lg. resulting from the association of a particular meaning with a particular group of sounds capable of a particular grammatical employment.(I.V. Arnold)

Lexicology is a branch of linguistics studying a word as a unit of the word stock, having

The theoretical and practical value of lexicology.

The word stock and the theory of oppositions.

Types of lexical units.

A word as a lexical unit.

Lexicology and its connections with other branches of linguistics.

Different branches of lexicology.

The subject of lexicology.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not. A sense of humour - to console him for what he is.

Lecture 1. General problems of lexicology.

LEXICOLOGY - 2010

KEEP ON SMILING!

1. Diner: Do you serve crabs here?

Waiter: We serve anyone - sit down.

2. What's black and white and red. Red (read) all over? - A newspaper.

3. - What's a baby pig called?

- A piglet.

- So what's a baby toy called?

- A toilet.

4. - When is a car not a car?

- When it turns into a garage.

AN OUTLINE to Lecture 1:

· the sound form and

· meaning,

· dealing with the vocabulary and

· the properties of words as the main units of language. (Arnol,1986)

Lexicology is of Greek origin: le xikos (lexis) “of a word”, “logos” science, speech (learning).

The term lexeme was introduced by Benjamin Lee Whorf (1938).

Vocabulary – the system formed by the sum total of all the words and word equivalents the lg. possesses.

Thus a word is a semantic, grammatical and phonological unit. Ex.: boy ‘a male child up to the age of 17-18’, boys, boy’s, boys’.

Different branches of lexicology:

	General
		Descriptive
		Comparative

Lexicology:

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