ENG 431 English Lexicology Exam 2024
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ENG 431: This First Semester examination (20 January 2024) in English Lexicology (ENG431), from the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Buea, covers vocabulary-enrichment strategies (borrowing, affixation, compounding, blending), idioms and suffixation, the lexicology/lexicography and denotation/connotation distinctions, vertical versus horizontal sense relationships, Saussure's notion of the associative field, and the aspects of a word found in a dictionary entry.
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University of Buea
Faculty of Arts - FA
English - ENG
English Lexicology
Exam · First Semester · Level 400
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- 1.
No language can claim self-sufficiency in naming all the ideas, concepts and things that exist in the world. Discuss and illustrate four strategies that the English language uses to enrich itself and to make up for various lacunas. (20 marks)
- 3.
Clearly distinguish between the following pairs of notions, using clear illustrations: a) Lexicology/lexicography b) Denotation/connotation c) Vertical/horizontal relationships (15mks)
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- ENG431 (ENG 431)
- Type
- Exam
- Year
- 2024
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- First Semester
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University of BueaFaculty
Faculty of Arts - FADepartment
English - ENG
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