Introduction, Lexicology as a science

Key words :
Synonyms and their types
The main sources of synonyms
Antonyms The classification of antonyms
The interchangeability of antonyms
Neologism and its types
The formation of neologism
The difference between neologism and obsolete words
Archaisms
Emotionally coloured words
The difference between stylistically marked words and stylistically neutral words

Answer the following questions

1. What is understood by the term «synonym»? 2. Are there complete synonyms in English? 3. Can polysemantic words have the same synonyms in all their meanings? 4. What is the dominant of a synonymic group? 5. What is the difference between ideographic synonyms and stylistic ones? 6. Do the synonyms occur in the same surroundings? 7. What is the collocability of synonyms? 8. What are the main sources of synonyms? 9. What is understood by the term «antonyms»? 10. What is the classification of antonyms? 11. What is the interchangeability of antonyms in contexts? 12. What are the semantic fields? 13. What is the differen­ce between neologisms and obsolete words? 14. What words are called emotionally coloured words? 15. What is the dif­ference between stylistically marked words and stylistically neutral words?

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