English Lexicology

Facts

Duration: 1 semester

Period: Fall-Spring Semester

Credits: 4 ECTS

Contact Hours: 68

Self-study: 34

Hours: 102

Main Objectives

The course is designed to show the ways the modern English lexicon is structered and stored. It also puts insight into meaning and concept relation, the vocabularies of world Englishes, stylistical analysis of words, sociolinguistic and historical accounts of lexical change, particularly with reference to dialects. Within the course the main building patterns of the words coinage, issues of dictionary making industry and enlargement of learners‘ vocabularies are discussed.

Learning Outcomes

Formation of competence:

а) intercultural:

the ability to develop cultural and professional competence independently and to master new methods of linguistic research;
the ability to get and use new knowledge independently.

b) professional:

the ability to operate basic terms and concepts in the analysis of vocabulary;
the ability to deal with words and their contextual meaning and usage, word clusters development and semantic change of words;
ability to conduct research of different lexical items and sets with reference to different lexical, syntactic and stylistic behaviour.

Professor

Nadezda I. Marugina, Associate Professor, Department of English Philology

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Course annotation

Course unit code	45.04.02 Linguistics
Course unit title	English Lexicology
Name(s), surname(s) and title of lecturer(s)	Nadezda I. Marugina Associate Professor, Department of English Philology
Level of course	Bachelor
Semester	5-6
ECTS credits	4
Working hours	Contact hours		68
	lectures		68
	seminars
	practical classes
	laboratory classes
	consultations
	*Independent work*		34
	Total		102
Work placement
Language of instruction	English
Prerequisites	Theoretical Linguistics, Spoken and Written English.
Objectives of the course	Learning outcomes			A student’s assessments methods
The course is designed to show the ways the modern English lexicon is structered and stored. It also puts insight into meaning and concept relation, the vocabularies of world Englishes, stylistical analysis of words, sociolinguistic and historical accounts of lexical change, particularly with reference to dialects. Within the course the main building patterns of the words coinage, issues of dictionary making industry and enlargement of learners‘ vocabularies are discussed.	Formation of competence: *а)intercultural:* -the ability to develop cultural and professional competence independently and to master new methods of linguistic research; - the ability to get and use new knowledge independently. *b) professional:* - the ability to operate basic terms and concepts in the analysis of vocabulary; - the ability to deal with words and their contextual meaning and usage, word clusters development and semantic change of words; - ability to conduct research of different lexical items and sets with reference to different lexical, syntactic and stylistic behaviour.			Presentations, tests and an exam at the end of the course .
Teaching methods	Lectures, video lectures, group work, presentations, brainstorming.
Course unit content	Title				Lecturers (hours)	Self-study (hours)
	Fundamentals of Lexicology				2
	General Characteristics of English Vocabulary Development				6	4
	Etymological Characteristics of English Vocabulary				6	4
	Word as the Basic Unit of Vocabulary System				6	2
	Semasiology. Meaning of the Word				10	6
	Word-building System of English				8	4
	Social Stratification of English				10	6
	English Phraseology				8	6
	English Lexicography				6	2
	Methods of Learning English Vocabulary				6
					68	34
Assessment requirements		Student’s skills and knowledge are assessed at the lectures, written tests and final examination.
Assessment criteria		The assessment of students‘ works is carried out by the following criteria: – compliance of the contents to the subject; – logically structured answers to the questions; – coherence and cohesion; – work is handed over in time.
The composition of final accumulative mark		Final mark consists of: 2 tests –15 % each, individual assignment – 20 %, group case analysis and presentation – 20 %, exam – 30 %.
Course outline arranged by		Nadezda I. Marugina Associate Professor Department of English Philology Faculty of Foreign Language

5-6

Contact hours

Total

Lectures, video lectures, group work, presentations, brainstorming.