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English Lexicology

Course code

GRA6020.HT

old course code

GRA6020

Course title in Estonian

Leksikoloogia, etümoloogia, fraseoloogia

Course title in English

English Lexicology

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Systematic philological overview of the English lexicon. The ability to analyse morphological, etymological, semantic and phraseological characteristics of the lexicon and word formation processes.

Brief description of the course

Lexicology as a branch of linguistics. Morphological structure of words and word formation processes. The origin of English vocabulary, the process of borrowing and creating new English words. Homonymy, synonymy, antonomy. Phraseology and idiomatic expressions. Proverbs and sayings. Varieties of English words. Lexicology and lexicography. Words in dictionaries.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has skills to analyse English vocabulary morphologically, etymologically, derivationally and phraseologically as well as to see it as a systemic entity.

Teacher

dots Liljana Skopinskaja

The course is a prerequisite

Language Corpora and Their Use (GRA7302.HT)

Study programmes containing that course