INTRODUCTION. What Is a Word? What Is Lexicology?...................................... 5
CHAPTER 1. Which Word Should We Choose, Formal or Informal?..................... 9
CHAPTER 2. Which Word Should We Choose, Formal or Informal? (continued). 18
CHAPTER 3. The Etymology of English Words. Are All English Words Really English? 30
CHAPTER 4. The Etymology of English Words (continued)................................. 42
CHAPTER 5. How English Words Are Made. Word-Building............................... 52
CHAPTER 6. How English Words Are Made. Word-Building (continued)............ 69
CHAPTER 7. What Is "Meaning"?......................................................................... 85
CHAPTER 8. How Words Develop New Meanings............................................... 98
CHAPTER 9. Homonyms: Words of the Same Form........................................... 111
CHAPTER 10. Synonyms: Are Their Meanings the Same or Different?.............. 124
CHAPTER 11. Synonyms (continued). Euphemisms. Antonyms......................... 140
CHAPTER 13. Phraseology: Principles of Classification..................................... 162
CHAPTER 14. Do Americans Speak English or American?................................ 173
Supplementary Material....................................................................................... 184
Sources................................................................................................................. 189
DICTIONARIES................................................................................................... 190
LIST OF AUTHORS QUOTED........................................................................... 190