Учебное пособие для студентов педагогических вузов, Москва, Дрофа, 2000, - 288 стр
Учебное пособие включает разделы: предмет и задачи курса, этимологический состав и стилевые слои словарного состава английского языка, словообразование, семантология, фразеология, синонимия и антонимия современного английского языка.Содержание
What is a word? What is a lexicology?
Which word should we choose, formal or informal?
The etymology of English words. Are all English words really English?
How English words are made. Word-building.
What is "Meaning"?
How words develop new meanings
Homonyms: words of the same form
Synonyms: are their meanings the same or different?
Euphemisms. Antonyms.
Phraseology: word-groups with Transferred meanings
Principles of classification
Do American speak English or American?
Supplementary material
Dictionaries
List of authors quoted
