Слайд 2Lexicology
(Gr.: lexis ‘word’ + logos ‘learning’) is one of the branches
of linguistics dealing with different properties of words and the vocabulary of a language
Слайд 3The basic definition of the word
The word is the basic unit of
the lexical system of a language resulting from the association of a particular meaning with a particular group of sounds capable of a particular grammatical employment.
All the words of a language make up its vocabulary or lexicon.
Слайд 4Branches of Lexicology
Etymology
Word-formation
E.g. lingu – root (“tongue, language”); ist – noun
suffix; ic – adjectival suffix
Semantics: silly (OE ‘happy’); nice (OE ‘foolish’)
Phraseology: not for the world; to carry coal to New Castle; a piece of cake
Lexicography: English (500,000); German (185,000); French (100,000).
Слайд 6Two approaches to language study Ferdinand de Saussure (1857 - 1913)
synchronic (Gr.
syn ‘together, with’ + chronos ‘time’)
diachronic (Gr. dia ‘through’ + chronos ‘time’)