Structural aspect

Word building (final lesson)

Практическое занятие №7

Plan.

1) Composition (continued).

2) Semantic aspect of compounds.

3) Semi-affixes.

4) Shortening.

5) Minor types of word-building:

a) Onomatopoea.

b) Reduplication.

c) Back-formation (reversion).

 

1) a) fill in the following scheme with the titles given for every group of compounds (put them in the empty boxes trying to identify their proper places):

 

compounds

 

 

 

c) give the examples of above-mentioned types of compounds;

 

d) represent the definition of Composition (illustrate your answer with examples0.

 

e) practical work : fulfill ex.3 p.122 ( identify the neutral compounds in the word combinations and write them in three columns : A. Simple neutral compounds. B. Neutral derived compounds. C. Neutral contracted compounds.)

 

f) speak on the theory: How do you understand the linguistic term “semantic aspect of compound words”?

 

g) writethe translation of the following linguistic terms:

составные части, значения составляющих частей, сдвиг значения, компонент, свободная форма, непосредственное соседство, наложение, приспособление, прозрачное значение, безвозвратно потерянное значение, выведение значения, закодированный смысл.

 

h) answerthe following questions:

1. What are the three groups of compounds regarding their semantic aspects?

2. What is the difference between non-idiomatic compounds and idiomatic compounds? Give your own examples of each group.

 

i) explain the role of semi-affixes with examples;

j) give your own examples of shortening;

 

k) speak on the minor types of word-building :

1. onomatopoeia;

2. reduplication;

3. back-formation (reversion).

 

Home work: 1. Read and learn p.p. 225-236of the textbook ( Phraseology:Word groups with Transferred Meanings).

2. Answer the questions 1-7 p.p.236-237 of the textbook.

 

 

Практическое занятие №8

Phraseology: Word-Groups with Transferred Meaning.

 

Plan :

1. Definition of phraseological unit.

2. Difference between idioms and free word-groups.

3. Grammatical invariability of phraseological units.

4. Proverbs and their difference from phraseological units.

 

a) answer the following questions:

1. What linguists (in Russia and abroad) contributed most in English Phraseology?

2. Speak on the semantic classification of the idioms.

3. Describe the structural organization of the English idioms.

 

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