Microsoft Word umk 3-kurs leksikologiya kunduzgi

Seminar 12

Metaphorical and metonymic meaning change. Extralinguistic differentiation of vocabulary

Exercise 1: Identify the type of semantic shift that has occurred in each case. Choose either Metaphor or Metonymy.

1. 
   barbecue 'a rack for cooking meat over a fire' > barbecue 'a social event at which food is cooked over a fire';
   
2. 
   influence 'something which has flowed in' > influence 'something which affects someone without apparent effort';
   
3. 
   mouth 'the body opening through which one takes food' > mouth 'a person' (e.g. "three mouths to feed");
   
4. 
   solve 'to loosen' > solve 'to clear up something puzzling';
   
5. 
   mouse 'a small rodent that typically has a pointed snout, relatively large ears and eyes, and a long tail > mouse 'a computer device';
   
6. 
   white shirt 'a shirt that is white in color' > white shirt 'a manager'.
   

Seminar 13

Lexicography and methods of dictionary creation

Lexicography as a science and practice of dictionary compiling

• 
  History of English Lexicography
  
• 
  Types of dictionaries
  
• 
  Problems of dictionary compiling
  

Exercise 1: What dictionaries present the following information:

1. 
   the terminology related
   
2. 
   the origin of the lexical unit?
   

to a separate functional style?

3. 
   translation of the words
   
4. 
   who's who information?
   

into another language?

5. 
   explanation of the word
   
6. 
   word meaning in pictures?
   

meaning in the same language?
Exercise 2: Compare the dictionary entries for the given words in four different dictionaries and present your findings in the class.
1. 'happy'; 2.'head'; 3. 'animal'; 4. 'boy'; 5.'to drive'.