Лекція (Lecture) №2 - Semasiology. Problems of word-meaning

1. Characteristics of the word as the basic unit of the language

2. Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations of the word in the context

3. Problems of word-meaning

4. Referential and functional approaches to the problem of word-meaning

5. The semantic structure of English and Ukrainian words

6. Types of word-meaning: lexical, grammatical and lexico-grammatical

7. Lexical meaning: denotative and connotative components of lexical meaning

8. Types of connotation: stylistic, emotive, evaluative, and expressive

9. Motivation as a language universal

10. Phonetic type of motivation in the lexical units of English and Ukrainian

11. Morphological type of motivation in the lexical units of English and Ukrainian

12. Semantic type of motivation in the lexical units of the English and Ukrainian language

13. Motivation as a language universal

14. Semantic change as a language universal

15. Classification of semantic change: socio-linguistic classification

16. Classification of semantic change: psychological classification (metaphor, metonymy, hyperbole)

17. Classification of semantic change: logical classification (restriction, extension, amelioration and pejoration of word-meaning)