Topics for Self-Testing and Individual Preparation

1. Point to the extralingual factors predetermining the birth and func tioning of universal lexicon.

2. Name and characterise all existing approaches to and principles of the systemic study and classification of lexicon.

4. Point out the common/isomorphic and divergent/allomorphic fea tures in the onomasiological structure of some English vs. Ukrainian no tional and functional words.

5. Point to the correlation of the phonetic/phonological, morphologi cal, and semantic types of motivation in the lexical units of English and Ukrainian.

6. Point out the typologically isomorphic layers of lexicon in the En glish and Ukrainian languages. State the correlation between the stylisti cally neutral and stylistically evaluative units of lexicon in the contrasted languages.

7. Characterise the socially predetermined layers of lexicon in the contrasted languages. Expand on the international terminological, pro fessional, literary, colloquial, low colloquial etc. words and expressions in the contrasted languages.

8. Expand on the 1) common Indo-European stock of words in En glish and Ukrainian 2) on nationally specific English vs. Ukrainian lexis.

9. Define the types of derivational morphemes/affixes and the role of agglutination in English and Ukrainian word-formation.

10.Speak on the national and international word-forming/affixal mor phemes in English and Ukrainian.

11.Expand on the phenomenon of substantivisation, adjectivisation, verbalisation and adverbialisation in English and Ukrainian.

12.Expand on the typological isomorphism of suppletivity as a word- formating and form-building means in English and Ukrainian.

13.Point out the isomorphic and allomorphic features in the identification, classification and functioning of international, national, and universal types of idiomatic expressions.

14. Expand on the typological classification of idiomatic and stable expressions in the genealogically different languages.