Syllabus
Week 1 Introduction. Key Terms in Lexicology and Lexicography. PLC
Week 2 Working with Words. Teaching and Learning Vocabulary.
Week 3 Borrowing. Historical Development of the English Word-Stock.
Week 4 Lexicography. Word-Stock Layers. Registers. Style.
Week 5 Affixation I.
Week 6 Affixation II.
Week 7 Conversion.
Week 8 Compounding.
Week 9 Minor Word-Formation Processes. Collocations. Set expressions.
Week 10 Word Meaning.
Week 11 Sense Relations between Words.
Week 12 Sense Developments. Figures of Speech.
Annotation
The aim of this course is to introduce the students to the lexicology of Modern English ? including both Lexical Semantics and Word-Formation. The key aspects of the historical development of the English lexis and its socio-cultural context will also be studied.
The stylistic layers of the word-stock will be explored as well as relevant issues in lexicography. Having completed this course, students should be able to demonstrate a familiarity with linguistic concepts and terminology that will enable them to theoretically explain relevant features of English word-formation and lexical semantics and to apply theoretical notions in practice.