Курс лекций по лексикологии английского языка для студентов факультетов иностранных языков

ASSIGNMENTS FOR SEMINARS 
SEMINAR No. 1 
I. Etymological survey of the English word-stock. Topics for discussion. 
1.Definition of terms native, borrowing, translation loan, semantic loan. 
2.Words of native origin and their characteristics. 
3.Foreign elements in Modern English. Scandinavian borrowings, classical elements-
Latin and Greek, French borrowings, Russian-English lexical correlations. 
4.Assimilation of borrowings. Types and degrees of assimilation. 
5.Etymological doublets, hybrids. 
6.International words 
 Exercise 2. 
Explain the origin of the following words: father, brother, mother, dog, cat, 
sheep, wolf, house, life, earth, man, apple, live, go, give, begin, strong, long, wide, to, 
for, from, and, with, I, he, two, well, much, little. 
 
Exercise 3. 
Analyse the following words from the point of view of the type and degree of 
assimilation. State which words are: a) completely assimilated; b) partially 
assimilated; c) non-assimilated: prima-donna, ox, caftan, city, school, etc., mazurka, 
table, street, they, century, sky, wall, stimulus, reduce, cup, present.  
 
Exercise 4. 
Comment on the different formation of the doublets and on the difference in 
meaning, if any: balm-balsam, suit-suite, senior-sir, legal-loyal, skirt-shirt, emerald-
smaragdus, major-mayor, pauper-poor, of-off, history-story, catch-chase.

Exercise 5. 
Read the following text. Find the international words. State to what sphere of 
human activity they belong. British dramatists. 
In the past 20 years there has been a considerable increase in the number of 
new playwrights in Britain and this has been encouraged by the growth of new theatre 
companies. In 1956 the English Stage Company began productions with the object of 
bringing new writers into the theatre and providing training facilities for young actors, 
directors, and designers; a large number of new dramatists emerged as a result of the 
company productions Television has been an important factor in the emergence of 
other dramatists who write primarily for it; both the BBC and IBA transmit a large 
number of single plays each year as well as drama series and serials. 

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