Lexicology - Lecture 1

Lexicology is a branch of linguistics which deals with…

• the various means of expressing grammatical relations between words and

  with the patterns after which words are combined into word-groups and

  sentences

• the outer sound form of the word

• lexical units and the vocabulary of a language

• the study of the nature, functions and structure of stylistic devices and

  with the investigation of each style of language

By external structure of the word we mean …

• its meaning

• its morphological structure

• its sound-form.

Which branch of lexicology deals with the meaning of words and other

linguistic units?

• Onomasiology

• Lexical Morphology

• Semasiology

• Phraseology

• Word-Formation

The word has …

• phonological and semantic aspects

• phonological, semantic, syntactic aspects

• phonological and syntactic aspects

• semantic and syntactic aspects

English Lexicology, Armenian Lexicology, French Lexicology, etc. are examples of

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• General lexicology

• Special Lexicology

• Descriptive Lexicology

• Historic Lexicology

• Comparative Lexicology.

Modern English Lexicology, Modern French Lexicology, etc. are examples of

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• General Lexicolgy

• Special Lexicology

• Descriptive Lexicology

• Comparative Lexicology.

• Historic Lexicology.

Armenian-English Lexicology, English-French Lexicology , Armenian-Russian-English Lexicology, etc are examples of

• General Lexicology

• Special lexicology

• Descriptive Lexicology

• Historic lexicology

• Comparative lexicology.

What is Special Lexicology?

• It is the lexicology of any language

• It is the lexicology of a particular language

• the lexicologyof a given language at a particular stage of its development

Mention all the possible options where lexicalization of grammatical forms is observed

• arms

• nurses

• colours

• developments

• games

The connection of Lexicology & Grammar can be observed in the following aspects

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• be going to do vs. be gone

• de (prefix) + compos (stem) + ition (suffix) = decomposition

• door vs odor

• work (n) vs to work (v)

• 'perfect vs. per'fect