Abstract
The present paper aims to analyze the most inherent features and characteristics of household lexis in English. Special emphasis has been placed on their names of the objects used in everyday life, kitchen utensils, animal and birds. Lexical units concerning ceremonies, habits and traditions are also among the scope of the paper. Moreover, the study deals with the structural features of the units under consideration. It is believed that the thematic-semantic characterization of every-day lexis can have both pedagogical and linguistic implications, especially when dealing with comparative structures.
Highlights
The names of domestic birds and animalsDomestic animals: cat, donkey (ass), cow, goat, horse, lama, mule, ox,pig, sheep, calf
The present paper aims to analyze the most inherent features and characteristics of household lexis in English
Variety of language norms depend on temporal factors, and they depend on the local and social differentiation; the influence of same factors shows itself in the creation of the both, in the formulation of the norms of mono language, national dialects, and in the creation of social variants of the language [1] Investigation of everyday lexics appearing in connection with the social differentiation of nation-wide language draws attention with its actuality
Summary
Domestic animals: cat, donkey (ass), cow, goat, horse, lama, mule, ox,pig, sheep, calf. As the words entering every-day lexics express the names of realies, they are the units which undergo the least changes and only together with the names of realies they manifest themselves in the language and together with realies they can lose their use There are both similar and different features between terminologicallexics and every-day lexics. Distinctive features: dialect lexics from the geographical view point is used in restricted environment, but in the every-day lexics there is not such a restriction, instead from the social view – point it is used in the restricted environment Between these two lexical categories the difference lies in the fact that in the local dialect all the words included in to the group of main and secondary parts of speech are used whereas professional lexics include only names. In the every-day lexics in English the following types of monosyllabic words exist: a) CVV construction “tie”, “cow” b) words of CVC structure cap, hat, mug, pan, wok, pot, saw, cup, gin, rum, tap, dog, nut, cat, pig, hen c) words of VCVC structure: oven d) words of CVVC structure: coat, suit, nail, goat, beer, dead, boot, soul e) words of CCVC structure clog f) words of CVCCC structure pants g) words of CVCC dress, skirt, chess, scarf, grill h) words of CVCCV structure ladle, horse i) words of CVVCV structure sieve, goose j) words of CCVVCC structure priest k) words of CCVCVC structure of gloves l) words of CVCCCV kettle, fridge
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