Introduction to Lexicology

This course provides an introduction to the basic terminology and fundamental general features of vocabulary. These include the lexical item and its properties – spelling, pronunciation, meaning in broad terms, grammar, word family, phraseology, as well as the role of context and the culture-bound element. Further, we explore dictionary treatment of meaning: types of dictionary definitions and illustrative examples in monolingual dictionaries. Other angles include: semantic features of lexical items: monosemy and polysemy, metaphoricity, levels of lexical meaning (denotative, connotative, stylistic, collocational); phraseological units and wider patterning; elements of pragmatics within lexicology; general and contrastive lexicology.

Carter, Ronald. 2005. Vocabulary: Applied Linguistic Perspectives. 2nd ed. London, New York: Routledge. COBISS.SI-ID – 38326882
Gabrovšek, Dušan. 2005. Words Galore. Ljubljana: Filozofska fakulteta. COBISS.SI-ID – 219240960
Jackson, Howard, and Etienne Zé Amvela. 2021. An Introduction to English Lexicology: Words Meaning and Vocabulary. 3rd Ed.
Katamba, Francis. 2005. English Words. 2nd ed. London, New York: Routledge. COBISS.SI-ID – 30586466
Schmitt, Norbert, in Diane Schmitt. 2020. Vocabulary in Language Teaching. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. COBISS.SI-ID – 48189187
Dodatna literatura in viri, predstavljeni na predavanjih.