Schedule of Lectures

1. General classification of word-formation; language-inherent and language-adherent word-formative processes; types of word-formative processes in English and their characterization; productive and non-productive word-formative processes; comparisons with the classification of word-formative processes in Slovak

2. Derivation as a word-formative process in English; etymology of affixes; native and borrowed affixes; productive and non-productive affixes; valency of affixes; hybrids; comparisons with Slovak;

3. Class-changing affixes in English; alloforms of affixes; affixoids and radixoids; polysemy, homonymy and synonymy of affixes; semantic classification of affixes; phonetic, phonological, suprasegmental and graphical modifications due to derivation; comparisons with Slovak;

4. Conversion as a word-formative process in English; historical development of conversion; types and contemporary productivity of conversion; partial conversion; semantic consequences of conversion; enantiosemy; comparisons with Slovak;

5. Compounding as a word-formative process in English; theories of compounding; classification of compounds according to their categorial constituents and the resulting word-category; endocentric and exocentric compounds; bahuvrihi and tatpurusha compounds; repetitive compunds, ablaut and rhyme combinations; pseudo-compounds; faded motivation and compounding; comparisons with Slovak;

6. Shortening as a word-formative process in English; historical development of shortening; classification of shortenings - lexical shortenings, abbreviation into initial letters, acronyms, contractions; communicative and stylistic functions of shortenings; comparisons with Slovak;

7. Blending as a word-formative process in English; historical development of blending; classification of blends; neological blends; word-formative potential of blending; communicative impact of blends; blends in Slovak;

8. Back-formation as a word-formative process in English; historical development of back-formation; classification of back-formations; productivity and non-productivity of the particular types;

9. Sound changes, sound imitation and artificial word-formation; symbols used in electronic communication; neological word-formative tendencies; ad-hoc formations; stylistic revaluation;

10. Semantic change as a word-formative process; types of semantic change; semantic change resulting in polysemy, split of polysemy, homonymy,

11. Phraseology and its place in the English linguistic system; origin of phraseologisms; types of phraseologisms; definition of idioms, phrasemes, phraseological collocations, proverbs and sayings; clichés; communicative and stylistic functions of phraseologisms

* The above themes, together with the themes for Lexicology 1, also constitute the themes for the State Final Examination.