ЛЕК-Я 100-150

Word-formation where the target word is formed by combining two or more stems

• composition

• derivation

• affixation

• conversion

• back formation

Combining parts of two words to form one word

• blending

• clipping

• onomatopoeia

• derivation

• conversion

The amount of native words in English makes up:

• 30 per cent

• 50 per cent

• 40 per cent

• 70 per cent

• 90 per cent

Semasiology is a branch of linguistics devoted to the study of:

• meaning

• phonetic structure of the words

• grammatical structure

• origin

• morphemic structure

Define the nature of semantic change in ‘head of a cabbage'

• metaphor

• broadening

• narrowing

• amelioration

• metonymy

Descriptive lexicology deals with

• the vocabulary of a given language at a given stage of its development

• the evolution of any vocabulary

• general properties of words

• description of the characteristic peculiarities in the words

• the linguistic properties of the vocabulary of two, three or more languages

Point out a pair of homographs

• bow – bow

• pair – pear

• pail – pale

• sow – sew

• sweet – suite

Historical lexicology studies:

• Evolution of any vocabulary, origin and development

• Vocabulary of a given language

• The properties of words

• Method of scientific research

• Morphological and semantic studies in the certain language

There are 2 principle approaches in linguistic science they are:

• Synchronic and diachronic

• Interconnective and independent

• Historical and independent

• Descriptive and independent

• Grammatical and independent

What kind of meaning do the words have?

• Grammatical and lexical

• Historical and descriptive

• Interconnective

• Phonetical

• Phonetical and grammatical