Course Description and Requirements

Course Description

The aim of the course is to familiarize the students with lexicology as a linguistic discipline and with the basic notions related to it, as well as with lexicography, its history and the current lexicographical sources. Most of the course is devoted to the diachronic view of the Contemporary English lexis, its development, standardization, rise of geographical variants, internationalization, as well as the rise of English as a lingua franca. The course concludes with a theoretical chapter on borrowing, on its processes and linguistic consequences.

Course Requirements and Evaluation

Attendance at the seminars, including arriving on time, is required and indispensable for successful completion of the course. Any absence may disqualify a student, unless it is caused by a legitimate reason duly announced to the lecturer, if possible in advance, and compensated for by additional work arranged with the lecturer.

Preparation for each seminar and active participation in it is essential. Non-compliance with this may count as absence or result in a lower grade.

Any other policies, i.e. academic honesty, the need for mutual communication if the student has any problems concerning course work, preparation of assignments, etc., will be specified at the first seminar.

For each seminar the students are required to do all the assignments, i.e. study the assigned theoretical materials, the items assigned from the list of Reading Materials, and do all the exercises and other tasks.

There will be a final test, and the students are required to take it at the time scheduled.

The evaluation will be based on:

• Continuous work in the seminars 40 %
• Final test 60 %

Taking into account active attendance and the final test results, the overall grading will be as follows: