What serves as a word-formation means in the given words?

Abstract, accent, address, affix, combine, compound, concert, conduct, confine, conflict, conscript, consort, construct, consult, contest, contrast, convert, convict, decrease, dictate, digest, discard, discount, discourse, envelop, escort, export, extract, ferment, impact, import, impress, incense, incline, increase, insult, misprint, compress, perfume, overflow, permit, pervert, produce, progress, protest, rebel, record, refill, refit, refund, regress, resit, segment, survey, suspect, torment, transfer, transform, transplant, transport, upset.

Define the type of word-building.

Bevvied up, RSVP, wacko, cookie, imperishable, misconception, anti-missile, disengage, single-handed, show-stopping, cybercafé, walkie-talkie, etc., criss-cross, bow-wow, flip-flop, semicircular, higgledy-piggledy, spit (n), CIA, takeover, wishy-washy, e.g., NB, crack-down, dilly-dally, birth control, dash (n), shilly-shally, enc., teeny-weeny, grumpy, tip-top, shoe horn, fool-proof, hum (n), brand-new, stardom, ticket-holder, subject, zoological, hiccough, T-shirt, V-day, mockumentary, festivity, scornsome, untidiness, non-U, house-sitting, filmware, underwhelm, chill-out, 4 pax.

Topics for presentations

· Conversion (Зыкова И.В. … С. 87-90, Смирницкий А.И. Лексикология … C. 71-100)

· Compound words. Types and peculiarities. (Зыкова И.В. … С. 91-96)

Seminar 10. Etymology of the English Word-Stock

The etymological composition of Modern English. Words of native origin: words of Indo-European origin and of Common Germanic origin. Borrowed words. Celtic, Latin, Scandinavian, French (Norman and Parisian borrowings), Greek, Italian, Spanish and other borrowings. Ways of borrowing: through oral speech, through written speech. Direct and idirect borrowings. Source of borrowing VS origin of borrowing. Assimilation of borrowings: completely assimilated borrowings, partially assimilated borrowings, unassimilated borrowings or barbarisms. Speech frequency of native and borrowed words. Influence of borrowings on the phonetic structure of English words, word-structure and the system of word-building, semantic structure of English words. Etymological doublets of Scandinavian, Latin and French origin. International words.