FUNDAMENTALS OF LEXICOLOGY Object of Lexicology n Links of Lexicology with Other Aspects of Linguistic n Types of Lexicology n Two Principle Approaches in Linguistic n
Lexicology n “lexis” - word, phrase n “logos” - science
Language Units Morphemes n Word groups n Phraseological units n
Aims of Lexicology Investigates the problems of word-structure and wordformation in Modern English n The semantic structure of English words n
Aims of Lexicology Principles of the classification of vocabulary units into various groupings n The laws governing the replenishment of the vocabulary n
Aims of Lexicology n Studies the relations between various lexical layers of the English vocabulary
Aims of Lexicology The specific laws and regulations that govern development of the vocabulary n The source and growth of the vocabulary and changes it has undergone n
Lexicology and Other Linguistic Sciences phonetics n grammar n stylistics n history of the language n social linguistics n typology n
Types of Lexicology n n General Lexicology – general study of words and vocabulary, irrespective of the specific features of any particular language part of general linguistics
Types of Lexicology n Special Lexicology – description of the characteristics peculiarities in the vocabulary of a given language
Types of Lexicology n Historical Lexicology – origin of various words, their change and development, linguistic and extra-linguistic factors influencing the structure of words, their meaning and usage
Types of Lexicology Descriptive Lexicology – vocabulary of a given language at a given stage of its development n functions of words, morphological and semantic structures of words n
Types of Lexicology n Comparative and Contrastive Lexicology – correlation between the languages , correspondences between the vocabulary units of different languages
Synchronic (Descriptive) Approach syn – “together, with” chronos - “time” n concerned with the language vocabulary as it exists at a given time n
Diachronic (Historical) Approach dia – “through” chronos – “time” n development and changes of the language, evolution of vocabulary units as times goes by n
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