Современный английский язык. Лексикология.

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Дубенец Эльвина Михайловна. Курс лекций по лексикологии современного английского языка для студентов гуманитарных вузов.

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Lexicology.

The term lexicology is of Greek origin (from lexis - word and logos - science). Lexicology is the part of linguistics with deals with the vocabulary and characteristic features of words and word-groups.
The term vocabulary is used to denote the system of words and word-groups that the language possesses.
The term word denotes the main lexical unit of a language resulting from the association of a group of sounds with a meaning. This unit is used in grammatical functions characteristic of it. It is the smallest unit of a language which can stand alone as a complete utterance.

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COMPLETIVES

Combining forms (completives) are often used in modern English to form neo-classical compound words, either as one of the stems, or both of them. These words are usually referred to compound words of morphological type.
Both components are completives in such words as: aerogram - аэрограмма, aeronaut - лётчик, аэронавт (from Greek aer - air), astronaut - астронавт (from Greek - astro - star), biblioklept (from Greek biblio - book, kleptos - thief), claustrophobia (from Latin claustrum - closed space, phobia - fear), claustrophilia (from Latin philia - love), cosmopolis (from Greek kosmos - universe), hypnopedia (from Greek hypnos - sleep), megapolis (from Greek megas - great).