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Lexicology

The document outlines topics for discussion in Seminar № 3 on Etymology, focusing on the etymological structure of the English vocabulary, including native words and borrowings. It covers the sources and historical periods of borrowings from languages such as Latin, French, Greek, and others, as well as the assimilation and degrees of assimilation of borrowed words. Additionally, it addresses concepts like translation loans, etymological doublets, and international words.

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Lexicology

The document outlines topics for discussion in Seminar № 3 on Etymology, focusing on the etymological structure of the English vocabulary, including native words and borrowings. It covers the sources and historical periods of borrowings from languages such as Latin, French, Greek, and others, as well as the assimilation and degrees of assimilation of borrowed words. Additionally, it addresses concepts like translation loans, etymological doublets, and international words.

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Seminar № 3

Etymology
Topics for discussion:
1. Etymological structure of the English vocabulary: What are native words?
How do they differ from borrowings in terms of origin and usage?
2. Sources and origins of borrowings: Why does English have so many borrowed
words? What are the main historical periods of borrowing?
3. Latin borrowings: What are the main periods of Latin influence on English?
Provide examples of words borrowed during each period.
4. French borrowings: How did the Norman Conquest influence the English
language? What are the key semantic fields influenced by French borrowings?
5. Borrowings from Greek, Scandinavian, German, Italian, and other languages:
What were the main reasons for borrowing from these languages? Provide
examples.
6. Assimilation of borrowings: What does assimilation mean in linguistics? How
do borrowed words adapt to the English language?
7. Degrees of assimilation: What are the main types (phonetic, grammatical,
lexical, semantic)? Provide examples of words at different stages of
assimilation.
8. Translation and semantic loans: What are they, and how do they differ?
Provide examples of each.
9. Etymological doublets: What are they? How do they appear in the language?
Provide examples (e.g., “chief” and “chef”).
10.International words: What are international words? How do they spread
across languages? Provide examples of commonly used international words.

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