Syllabus
The characterization of lexicology as a linguistic discipline, its substance and tasks. The origin of the naming process and its motivation.
Semasiology. Concept of word.
Meaning of word. Meaning and concept.
Types of meaning. Polysemy, the role of context.
Formation of mew meanings through semantic transposition: metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche. Polysemy in Cyzech-English comparison.
Homonymy; interlingual honomymy. Paronymy.
Antonymy. Synonymy; relation between synonymy and polysemy.
Synonym chains. Synonymy in Russian-Czech comparison.
Annotation
Undergraduates learn basic questions of lexicology including phraseology and lexicography of contemporary Russian and get the idea of the characteristic features of the word stock of standard Russian with emphasis on comparative perspective.