QUESTIONS FOR REVISION

1. What is the subject matter of lexicology?

2. What is the basic stock of words?
3. Give the definition of word and vocabulary? How are words and
vocabulary different?
4. What is a morpheme? What types of morphemes are there?
5. How many types of words are there? What are they? Define them and
give two examples for each type.
6. How many types of word formation are there? What are they? Give
one example for each.
7. Give the definitions of lexical meaning and grammatical meaning?
Give 3 examples for each.
8. What are the components of lexical meaning? Give one example of
each component.
9. What are metaphors? What are the characteristic features of
metaphors?
10. How are metaphors classified? Give examples.
11. What is metonymy? What types of metonymy are there? Give
examples.
12. What is the definition of homonyms? How are they classified? Give
two examples for each.
13. What are proverbs and idioms? How are they different? Give
examples.
14. What are quotations and cliché’s? Give examples.
15. How many ways of classifying phraseological units are there? What
are they? Give examples.
16. What aspects of lexicology do you like most? Tell us about it.