Dominik chapter one
root
derivative
base
affix 缀，只能和其他元素一起出现在词里
combining form-- a sequence of letters consisting of one or more bases and zero or more affixes
combining vowel-- a vowel used to separate two parts of a word that might be difficult to pronounce in sequence
parts of speech-- a list of categories to which words can be assigned
比如 adj. adv. v. n. pron. conj. prep. interj. particles(little sounds that tell you sth about what the sentence is about, how the listener might react, 比如加拿大英语eh)
register-- a variety of a language used in a specific social setting
word endings-- Latin&Greek 有很多不同endings
三种对 Latin&Greek word endings的做法
1. Take the ending off
2. Leave the ending on
3. Change the ending to silent -e
Latin and Greek plural forms in English
Greek:
-on -a
-is -es
...
Latin:
-us -i
-a -ae
-um -a
-us -era
-ex -ices
derivative
base
affix 缀，只能和其他元素一起出现在词里
combining form-- a sequence of letters consisting of one or more bases and zero or more affixes
combining vowel-- a vowel used to separate two parts of a word that might be difficult to pronounce in sequence
parts of speech-- a list of categories to which words can be assigned
比如 adj. adv. v. n. pron. conj. prep. interj. particles(little sounds that tell you sth about what the sentence is about, how the listener might react, 比如加拿大英语eh)
register-- a variety of a language used in a specific social setting
word endings-- Latin&Greek 有很多不同endings
三种对 Latin&Greek word endings的做法
1. Take the ending off
2. Leave the ending on
3. Change the ending to silent -e
Latin and Greek plural forms in English
Greek:
-on -a
-is -es
...
Latin:
-us -i
-a -ae
-um -a
-us -era
-ex -ices
