Topics for the project
(one topic for one student) 1. Polysemy and Homonymy: Etymological and Semantic Criteria. 2. Word-Meaning in Syntagmatics and Paradigmatics. 3. Meaning Relations in Paradigmatics and Semantic Classification of Words. 4. Some Basic Features of Word-Groups and their Structure. 5. Interdependence of Structure and Meaning in Word-Groups. 6. Free Word-Groups versus Set-Phrases. Phraseological Units, Idioms, Word-Equivalents. 7. Phraseological Units and Idioms Proper. 8. Phraseology as a Subsystem of Language. Some Problems of the Diachronic Approach. 9. Historical Changeability of Word-Structure. 10. Various Types and Ways of Forming Words. 11. Productivity of Word-Formation Means. 12. Definition. Degree of Derivation. Prefixal and Suffixal Derivatives. 13. Typical Semantic Relations. 14. The Meaning of Compounds. Motivation. 15. Correlation between Compounds and Free Phrases. 16. Words of Native Origin. Semantic Characteristics and Collocability. 17. Interrelation between Native and Borrowed Elements. 18. Interdependence of Various Aspects of the Word. 19. Replenishment of Modern English Vocabulary. 20. Ways and Means of Enriching the Vocabulary. 21. Number of Vocabulary Units in Modern English. 22. The Main Variants of the English Language. 23. The Relationship Between the English National Language and h 24. Some Basic Problems of Dictionary Compiling. 25. Learner’s Dictionaries and Some Problems of Their Compilation. 26. The Phenomenon of Political Correctness. 27. The Gender Problem and its Reflection in the Vocabulary of Modern English Language. 28. Anthroponyms in Modern English Phraseology. 29. Politically Correct Vocabulary of George W. Bush’s Speech. 30. Politically Correct Vocabulary of Barack Obama’s Public Speech. 31. Phraseological Units of Biblical Origin. 32. English Somatic Phraseological Units. 33. The Role of Interdisciplinary in Modern English.
3. Articles and their analyses (can be collected after each class). You may prepare a short report before each class. Самостійна робота. Reading a lot about the subject matter is critical for expanding your linguistic background, while making notes on what you read is important for processing and organizing the information in your mind.
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