The aim of the online course:

• To teach the students to identify semantic systems and systemic processes in the lexicon; • To explain the difference between primary and metaphoric meanings and types of semantic shifts; • To understand what is “frame approach” used by Moscow Lexical Typology Group in studying lexicon and in cross-linguistic of lexical systems; • To learn how to compile lexical typological questionnaires and build semantic maps reflecting the main oppositions in lexical systems. Auditory of the online course: all those who are interested in linguistics and languages; ВА or MA or PhD students or teachers of linguistic programs. The course contains: • The detailed description of Moscow Lexical Typology Group methodology (frame approach) as compared to the other frameworks in the field of lexical semantics (Lecure 1) • The cross-linguistics description of several semantic fields according to MLexT, case studies: • Systems of AQUAMOTION verbs (Lecture 2) • Systems of Verbs of falling (Lecture 3) • Systems of qualitative terms for OLD (Lecture 4) • The description of derived pain predicates (Lectures 5-6): • Cross-linguistically relevant sources for metaphors, • linguistic processes, accompanying this type of metaphorization, • special features manifested by source verbs of different semantics in this process