A Coursebook on English Lexicology: Английская лексикология

A Coursebook on English Lexicology is an assortment of exercises on English lexicology, which are aimed at raising students’ awareness of the notion of the word, it covers stylistic stratification of the English vocabulary, its etymology, word-building patterns, the meaning of the word, the major types of semantic transference, systematic relations between words, English phraseology, some regional varieties of English. Hopefully, it will also aid students in understanding systemic relations between words, namely in differentiating between paronyms, retronyms, neonyms, various types of synonyms, as well as in activating some vocabulary items centered around specific thematic fields.