Основы теории английского языка. Листунова Е.И. - 20 стр.

                         TEST QUESTIONS

      1. How can it be proved that language is a historical phenome-
non? 2. What is meant by diachronic and synchronic approaches to
the study of vocabulary? 3. What types of semantic change do you
know? Give examples. 4. Is semantic change socially conditioned?
5. What is the etymological composition of Modern English? 6. What
social aspects of borrowing can you illustrate with examples? 7. What
are the characteristic features of hybrids? 8. What pair of words are
called ‘etymological doublets’? 9. Why are certain units called ‘inter-
national’ words? Is the qualification ‘international’ justified here?
10. In what layers of language are ‘international’ words especially
numerous? 11. What is the difference between neologisms and occa-
sional words?



    Unit II.     The Morfological Structure
                      of a Word
      WORKING DEFINITIONS OF PRINCIPAL CONCEPTS

      1. Word-formation, the process of forming words by combining
root and affixal morphemes according to certain patterns specific for
the language.
      2. Derivation, such word-formation where the target word is
formed by combining a stem and affixes.
      3. Conversion, a special type of derivation where the word form-
ing means is the paradigm of the word itself.
      4. Abbreviation, the process and the result of forming a word out
of the initial elements(letters, morphemes) of a word combination.
      5. Clipping, the process and the result of curtailing (the cutting
of a part) off a word to one or two, usually initial syllables.
      6. Blending, combining parts of two words to form one word.
Blend, (blended,or portmanteau, word), the result of blending.
      7. Onomatopoea, formation of words from sounds that resemble
those associated with the object or action to be named, or that seem
suggestive of its qualities.


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