The analysis of the structure of the english words in diachronic and synchronic aspects

THE ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE ENGLISH WORDS IN DIACHRONIC AND SYNCHRONIC ASPECTS.


PLAN:


INTRODUCTION
MAIN PART

1. 
   Synchronic and diachronic approaches of word meaning
   
2. 
   Synchronic and diachronic analysis of polysemy
   
3. 
   Diachronically approach to homonyms
   
4. 
   Synchronically approach in studying homonyms
   

CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY


Introduction
The theme of the course work is “Homonyms in English and in Russian languages”. The actuality of this work is caused by several important points. The appearance of new, homonymic meanings is one of the main trends in development of Modern English, especially in its colloquial layer, which, in its turn is supported by the development of modern informational technologies and simplification of alive speech. The work is composed of three major parts: introduction, main part and conclusion. The main part bears two chapters. The first chapter explains the conception of homonyms in English and Russian languages . Here we learn the basic concepts of homonyms and several similar linguistic concepts, which are related to homonymy . Also we learn to consider the origin of homonymy in Russian and English languages .The second chapter shows the interrelation between homonyms and polysemantic words and comparison of homonymy in English and Russian languages. The conclusion of the course work sums up the ideas discussed in the main part and shows the ways of implying of the course work. The goal of our course work is to consider the phenomenon of homonyms in English and compare it with the Russian. And the tasks and purposes of the work are: To consider the idea of homonyms in English and Russian languages to consider the origin of homonymy in Russian and English languages to compare homonymous words in the English and Russian languages. Modern English is exceptionally rich in homonymous words and word-forms. It is believed that languages where there are a lot of short words abound have more homonyms than those where longer words are prevalent. Therefore it is sometimes suggested that abundance of homonyms in Modern English is to be accounted for by the monosyllabic structure of the commonly used English words. Not only words but other linguistic units may be homonymous. Here, however, we are concerned with the homonymy of words and word-forms only, so we shall not touch upon the problem of homonymous affixes or homonymous phrases. Russian language is also rich in homonymous words and have various forms of lexical homonymy. So we'll look at all points of our interest.