Leksikoloogia
Leixcology revision questions
1) Composition of english vocabulary
Vobabulary is the sum of a total of words used in a language by speekers or used in a
dictionary. English vocabulary cosists of six units:
Simple words- fall
Complex words- prefall
Phrasal word- face up to
Compound word- face lift
Multiword expression- face the music
Shortened forms- prefab (prefabely?)
2) Core and pherifery
English has been heavily influenced by other languages. 31.8 % comes from old english, 45%
comes from french, 16,7% comes from latin, 4,2% other germanic languages and 2,3 other
languages. The very core is mono-syllabic (93 of the first 100 words nad the other seven are
two-syllabic). The core vocabulary is predominantly germanic.
3) Native and foreign elements
Native vocabulary:
INDO-EUROPEAN- mother, foot, heart, father, sea, night etc
GERMANIC- friend, bidge, ship, life, heaven
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