English Lexicology
Reading for Seminars
Seminar Topic
Reading Assignment
Read thoroughly all the chapters for the seminar and be
prepared to discuss them in class. Then choose one of the
chapters and summarize the main problems in 200 words.
1
Morphology
1) Plag I. The phonology-morphology interaction:
lexical phonology. In Word-formation in English. Cambridge University Press, 2002. – P. 211-229.
2) The nature of word-formation rules (ibid.). – P.
229-244.
Read thoroughly all the chapters for the seminar and be
prepared to discuss them in class. Then choose one of the
chapters and summarize the main problems in 200 words.
2
1) Geeraerts D. The structuralist conception of
Lexical Semantics I meaning. In Theories of Lexical Semantics. – Oxford
(Semasiology I)
University Press, 2010. – P. 47-53.
2) Lexical field theory (ibid.). – P. 53-70.
3) Componential analysis (ibid.). – P. 70-80.
Read thoroughly all the chapters for the seminar and be
prepared to discuss them in class. Then choose one of the
chapters and summarize the main problems in 200 words.
3
Lexical Semantics
II
(Semasiology II)
1) Geeraerts D. Neostructuralist Semantics. In
Theories of Lexical Semantics. – Oxford University
Press, 2010. – P. 124-147.
2) Zalizniak A.A. The Phenomenon of Polysemy and
Ways to Describe It. In The Cognitive Basis of
Polysemy. – Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2007. –
P. 93-118.
Read thoroughly all the chapters for the seminar and be
prepared to discuss them in class. Then choose one of the
chapters and summarize the main problems in 200 words.
4
Relational
Semantics
(Vocabulary as a
System)
1) Geeraerts D. Relational semantics. In Theories of
Lexical Semantics. – Oxford University Press, 2010.
– P. 80-91.
2) Beyond structuralist semantics (ibid.). – P. 91-97.
3) Elaborating the relational approach (ibid.). – P.
156-165.
Read thoroughly all the chapters for the seminar and be
prepared to discuss them in class. Then choose one of the
chapters and summarize the main problems in 200 words.
5
Free Word Groups
and Phraseological
Units
1) Geeraerts D. Distributional corpus analysis. In
Theories of Lexical Semantics. – Oxford University
Press, 2010. – P. 165-179.
2) Cowie A.P. Introduction. In Phraseology: Theory,
Analysis, and Applications. Ed. By A.P. Cowie. –
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. – P. 4-20.
3) Кунин А.В. Некоторые вопросы английской
фразеологии / Англо-русский фразеологический
словарь. – М., 1956. – P. 1433-1455.
Read thoroughly all the chapters for the seminar and be
prepared to discuss them in class. Then choose one of the
chapters and summarize the main problems in 200 words.
6
Etymology
1) The origins of Old English. In Crystal D. The
Stories of English. – The Overlook Press:
Woodstock & New York, 2004. – P. 15-33.
2) Lexical invasions in the Middle Ages (ibid.). – P.
144-157, P. 160-162.
3) Geeraerts D. Classifications of semantic change.
In Theories of Lexical Semantics. – Oxford
University Press, 2010.
– P. 25-41.
Read thoroughly all the chapters for the seminar and be
prepared to discuss them in class. Then choose one of the
chapters and summarize the main problems in 200 words.
7
Variants and
Dialects
1) Caribbean and Creole English. In Crystal D. The
Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. –
Cambridge University Press, 1995. – P. 344-349.
2) Australian and New Zealand English (ibid.). – P.
350-355.
3) New Englishes: a preliminary sitting (ibid.). – P.
358-363.