1-variant 1The subject matters of Lexicology

2...Lexiography. Lexicography is a science of dictionary-compiling.  Modern English lexicography appeared in the 15 th century. In this period English-Latin dictionaries were in existence. The first dictionary of the English language was published in 1755 by Sumuel Johnson, in which he gave the origin of words and example from the works of the best writers.    Another major milestone is the New English Dictionary of Oxford English Dictionary. It was written from 1888 up to 1928. It covers the vocabulary of English with a full historical evidence. It gives the full history of words. It has 13 volumes and a supplement containing neologisms (new words).The first important dictionary in American lexicography is Webster’s American Dictionary of the English language. It was published in 1828 in two volumes. Lexicography depends on its development in the solution of some general problems of lexicology.  So, lexicography is closely connected with the problems of lexicology.  The compilers approach to lexicological problems differently.  For example,  there  is  no  clear  border-line  between  homonymy  and  polysemy  in different dictionaries. Thus in some dictionaries words such as fly-пешше (муха), (a two winged insect) and  fly - ñ1äåï óøûí ìàòåðèàë (материал для пуговиц), (a flap of cloth covering the buttons on a garment) are treated as two different words and  in  others  (Ex.  the  Concise  Oxford  Dictionary  and  the  Advanced  Learners Dictionary of Current English)- as different meanings of one and the same word.