Lexicology

Description

• Use the terminology employed in the study of the lexicon of a language • Define the term ‘word’ in different ways from different perspectives and name the types of words • Identify the sense relations existing among the words of English/Arabic • Define the word formation processes (more or less common) and summarize their basic properties • Contrast the properties of a dictionary with the mental lexicon • Realize that the lexicon of any language can be enlarged by both external and internal means • Compare dictionaries on the basis of the information they encode • Relate the knowledge of lexicology to others subjects they study/will study (e.g. morphology, semantics)

Program

Language and Translation Department

Objectives

• To enable the students to uncover the layers, patterns and levels that constitute stylistic description in the process of translation the texts from the source into the target ones.