Лексикология. Практическое задание. МУМ.

1. The italicized words in the following jokes and extracts are formed by derivation. Write them out in two columns: A.Those formed with the help of productive affixes. B. Those formed with the help of non-productive affixes.

2. Say what parts of speech can be formed with the help of the affixes.

3. Deduce the meanings of the following derivatives from the meanings of their constituents. Explain your deduction. What are the meanings of the affixes in the words under examination?

4. In the following examples the italicized words are formed from the same root by means of different affixes. Translate these derivatives into Russian and explain the difference in meaning.

5. Explain the difference between the meanings of the following words produced from the same root by means of different affixes. Translate the words into Russian. 

6. One of the italicized words in the following examples was made from the other by conversion. What semantic correlations exist between them?

7. Explain the semantic correlations within the following pairs of words.

8. Which of the two words in the following pairs is made by conversion? Deduce the meanings and use them in constructing sentences of your own. Глаголы образованы от существительных способом конверсии, в случае poor, adj. — the poor существительное образовано от прилагательного.

9. Read the following joke, explain the type of word-building in the italicized words and say everything you can about the way they were made.

10. Find compounds in the following jokes and extracts and write them out in three columns:  

11. Identify the neutral compounds in the word combinations given below and write them out in.

12. Arrange the compounds given below into two groups: A. Idiomatic. B. Nonidiomatic. Say whether the semantic change within idiomatic compounds is partial or total. Consult the dictionary if necessary.

13. Find shortenings in the jokes and extracts given below and specify the method of their formation.

14. Match the following terms with their definitions.

16. Study the meanings of the following English forms and define the type of semantic ambiguity. State your reasons for qualifying them as polysemantic or homonymous words.

17. Define the meanings of the words in the following sentences. Say how the meanings of the same word are associated one with another.

18. Copy out the following pairs of words grouping together the ones which represent the same meaning of each word. Explain the different meanings and the different usages, giving reasons for your answer. Use dictionaries if necessary.

19. The verb "to take" is highly polysemantic in Modern English. On which meanings of the verb are the following jokes based? Give your own examples to illustrate the other meanings of the word.

20. Explain the basis for the following jokes. Use the dictionary when in doubt.

21. Explain the logical associations in the following groups of meaning for the same words. Define the type of transference which has taken place. Перенос по смыслу

1. Find the homonyms in the following extracts. Classify them into homonyms proper, homographs and homophones.

3. Find the homonyms proper for the following words; give their Russian equivalents. 

4. Find the homophones to the following words, translate them into Russian or explain their meanings in English. 

5. Classify the following italicized homonyms. Use Professor A. I. Smirnitsky's classification system.

6. Give as many synonyms for the italicized words in the following jokes as you can

8. Find the dominant synonym in the following groups of synonyms. Explain your choice.

10. Find antonyms for the words given below. 

11. Say whether the following synonymic groups represent stylistic, ideographic or collocational synonyms.

13. Subdivide all the following words of native origin into: a) Indo-european, b) Germanic, c) English proper. 

14. Explain the etymology of the following words. Write them out in three columns: a) fully assimilated words; b) partially assimilated words; c) unassimilated words. Explain the reasons for your choice in each case. 

16. Rearrange the loan words listed below into eight groups according to their source language: 

20. Explain the etymology of the following words.