Тема дипломной работы- Word-Composition as a means of Word-Formation in English Language (Словосложение как способ словообразования в английском языке)

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  157754
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  Все работы   →   Дипломные работы   →   Английский язык
• Год подготовки:
  25.05.2010
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  56 стр.
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  CONTENTS
  INTRODUCTION 3
  CHAPTER 1. THEORETICAL BACKGROUNDS OF WORD-COMPOSITION AS A WAY OF WORD-FORMATION IN ENGLISH 6
  1.1 The means of word-formation in English language 6
  1.2 The concept and the essence word-composition 14
  CHAPTER 2. STRUCTURAL-SEMANTIC AND FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF COMPOUND WORDS 19
  2.1 The analysis of semantic features of compound words 19
  2.2 The analysis of functional features of compound words 24
  CHAPTER 3. ANALYTICAL BASES OF USE OF WORD-COMPOSITION 36
  3.1 Practical examples of compound words in modern English 36
  3.2 New tendencies of use of word-composition as a way of word-formation in English 38
  CONCLUSION 41
  LITERATURE 44
  APPENDIXES 46
  Appendix 1 46
  Appendix 2 49
  Appendix 3 52
  Appendix 4 54
  
  
  
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  INTRODUCTION
  
  The word-formation system of language is in constant development, as it reflects evolution of the language. At different stages of language development ways of word-formation become more or less productive. However there are also ways of the word-formation which stay productive for a very long time. One of such methods is word-composition.
  Word-composition is a very ancient way of word-formation, and it serves as powerful tool of the replenishment of language and its grammatical system perfection for hundred years.
  Many researches are devoted composition studying. So, the considerable contribution to studying of this problem was brought by V.Guz’s, G.Marchand’s, S.Ulman's researches, and also the studies of I.V.Arnold, N.V.Kosarev, E.S.Kubrjakov, O.D.Meshkova, V.J.Ryazanov, A.I.Smirnitsky, M.D.Stepanova, M.V.Tsareva. That is the problem is widely studied both in domestic, and in foreign practice.
  However it should be noticed that the majority of word-composition studies concern 70-80 years of the last century, and during last 20 years no serious researches appeared.
  Besides, the analysis of researches reveals considerable confrontation in opinions of different authors both in questions of defying the concept of word-formation, and in approaches of classification of its kinds.
  CHAPTER 1. THEORETICAL BACKGROUNDS OF WORD-COMPOSITION AS A WAY OF WORD-FORMATION IN ENGLISH
  1.1 The means of word-formation in English language
  
  The chapter is devoted to description of theoretical bases of allocation of word-composition as way of word-formation in modern English language. We pay attention to the most popular among existing ways of word-formation, and also try to define the role of word-composition way which is, along with abbreviations, stays one of the most productive for last decades. The definition and the essence of word-composition are also under discussion.
  The main way of enrichment of lexicon of any language is word-formation. All innovations in branches of human knowledge are fixed in new words and expressions.
  Expansion of dictionary structure of English language for last decades goes with the accelerated rates. And the main place in this process belongs to word-formation, as the majority of new growths are created with the means of word-formation ways and means of the language. The process of new words appearance by means of formal ways is called as derivation, and the made words - derivatives.
  There are different opinions in concerning quantity of ways of word-formation.
  These divergences speak that various ways change the activity and become more or less productive in a definite period. Anyhow, it is conventional that modern English has 6 ways of word-formation.