Systematize the problems of lexicography and contrast your point.

WRITE ABOUT THE DOMINANT SYNONYM AND GIVE EXAMPLES.

All synonymic groups have a “central” word whose meaning is equal to the denotation common to all synonymic groups. This word is called the dominant synonym.

Here are examples of the dominant synonyms with their groups:

to surprise – to astonish – to amaze – to astound;

to tremble – to shiver– to shudder – to shake.

The dominant synonym expresses the notion common to all synonyms of the group in the most general way without any additional information.

The dominant synonym is a typical basic-vocabulary word, its meaning is broad and generalized, more or less “covers” the meanings of the rest of the synonyms.

E.g.: to look instead of to glare, to stare, to peer, to peep.

The following characteristic features of the dominant synonym can be underlined:

high frequency of usage;

broad combinability, i.e. ability to be used in combinations with various classes of words;

broad general meaning.

SYSTEMATIZE THE PROBLEMS OF LEXICOGRAPHY AND CONTRAST YOUR POINT.

Lexicography is the science of dictionary-compiling.

The word " lexicography" derives from the Greek (lexikographos), from (lexicon), neut. (from (lexis) - " speech", " word", and (grapho) in the meaning – to scratch, to inscribe, to write.

Lexicon is a term used in linguistics to indicate the archive of lexemes. Lexemes are abstract, minimal units in a language that link related forms of a word together. For example, the words fly, flight, flew, flying, and so on, are all morphologic variations of the lexeme fly.

Fly is the lexeme because it is the base from which these word variations aris

Lexicography is the branch of applied linguistics dealing with the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries. It is closely connected with lexicology. They both have a common object of study - the form, meaning, usage and origin of vocabulary units. The difference between the two lies in the degree of systematization and completeness. Systematization and completeness cannot be achieved in lexicology simultaneously, because the number of units it studies is very great. Lexicography, on the other hand, aims at a more or less complete description of individual words, but cannot attain systematic treatment. So, the relationship between these branches of linguistics are that of theory and practice dealing with the same object.

The main problems in Lexicography
The most important problems of lexicography are connected with:

· the selection of lexical units for inclusion;

· the arrangement of the selected lexical units;

· the setting of the entry;

· the selection and arrangement of word-meanings;

· the definition of meanings;

· the illustrative material.