- Attendance/Participation- 5%
- Quizzes/Blog- 5%
- Assignment/Presentation- 20%
- Mid-term Test- 20%
- Final Exam- 50%
Homework / Research Topics
- Different words with the same meaning. (Eg: Satee, Couch, Sofa)
- The longest word in the in English
- Affixes (Eg: Prefix & Suffix)
- Content Words
- Function Words
- Morpheme
- Acronym
- Blend
Research and post your findings here.Don't have the same answers.
ReplyDeleteAlso research on the importance of affixes,etc...hmmm,get moving...this research will 'cost' you 20marks...
ReplyDeleteSorry ms,i had tried my best to spread the news about this blog but i can't email to everyone via SMS system??it showed that there's a system error. I will try again. Sorry for any inconvenience caused ms. Have a nice day!:)
ReplyDeletehi guys..this is 1 of the longest word that i get..check this out..
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for ur info,its a protein name..
i would like to share some info i get..
ReplyDeletewhich of the following sentences are correct?
1)How tall is the building?
OR How high is the building?
2)How tall are you?
OR How high are you?
In both cases the word tall should be used.
this articles were first published on June 9 and 18,2004 under The Star's Mind Our English series.
Here is a list of adjectives and their synonyms that are commonly used to DESCRIBE PEOPLE.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful: Attractive, Pretty, Lovely, Stunning
Fair: Just, Objective, Impartial, Unbiased
Funny: Humorous, Comical, Hilarious, Hysterical
Happy: Content, Joyful, Mirthful, Upbeat
Hardworking: Diligent, Determined, Industrious, Enterprising
Honest: Honorable, Fair, Sincere, Trustworthy
Intelligent: Smart, Bright, Brilliant, Sharp
Introverted: Shy, Bashful, Quiet, Withdrawn
Kind:Thoughtful, Considerate, Amiable, Gracious
Lazy: Idle, Lackadaisical, Lethargic, Indolent
Mean: Unfriendly, Unpleasant, Bad-tempered, Difficult
Outgoing: Friendly, Sociable, Warm, Extroverted
Rich: Affluent, Wealthy, Well-off, Well-to-do
Strong: Stable, Secure, Solid, Tough
Unhappy: Sad, Depressed, Melancholy, Miserable
1. different word, same meaning
ReplyDeletea) student-pupil
b) speak-talk
2.pneoumonoultramicroscopicsilicorolcanoconisis
(45 letters) name of a lung disease
3. affixes are words that are attached at the beginning and the end of a word
prefix are words place at the beginning of a root word anti+ biotic = antibiotic
suffix are words place at the end of a root work
eg sleep + ing = sleeping
Lekha
Acronym : PTA stands for Parents Teachers Association
ReplyDeleteBlend : handbag
Lekha
How high are you?...Wrong sentence...
ReplyDeleteThis are the longest word in english
ReplyDelete1)Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl
2Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsano
3)Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
4)Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
5)Honorificabilitudinitatibus
6)Floccinaucinihilipilification
An acronym is an abbreviation, but not in the ordinary sense as in Dr. for doctor. An acronym is a word made of the initial letters of the words describing a certain concept, organization or special object. NATO is an acronym, and the letters stand for North American Treaty Organization. Usually all the letters of an acronym are in upper case, because each stands for its own word in the phrase it describes. Dr. is NOT an acronym; it is a simple abbreviation.
ReplyDeleteWhat is morpheme.............
ReplyDeleteA morpheme is a word or a word element that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts.
In the word "singing," sing is a morpheme and ing is a morpheme.
In the word "friendliest," friend is a morpheme, ly is a morpheme, and est is a morepheme
what is content word............
ReplyDeleteA word, such as a noun, verb, or adjective, that has a statable lexical meaning, rather than indicating a syntactic function, as a function word does.
What is BLEND.................
ReplyDeletev., blend·ed, or blent (blĕnt), blend·ing, blends.
v.tr.
1.To combine or mix so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable from one another: "He has no difficulty blending his two writing careers: novels and films" (Charles E. Claffey).
2.To combine (varieties or grades) to obtain a mixture of a particular character, quality, or consistency: blend tobaccos.
v.intr.
1.To form a uniform mixture: "The smoke blended easily into the odor of the other fumes" (Norman Mailer).
2.To become merged into one; unite.
3.To create a harmonious effect or result: picked a tie that blended with the jacket. See synonyms at mix.
n.
1.
a.The act of blending.
b.Something, such as an effect or a product, that is created by blending: "His face shows, as he stares at the fire, a blend of fastidiousness and intransigence" (John Fowles). See synonyms at mixture.
2.Linguistics. A word produced by combining parts of other words, as smog from smoke and fog.
kavita..........
yup,mam...tall should be use in both sentences...
ReplyDeletethe synonyms...
ReplyDeletehow about>>
important-essential-vital
teenager-adolescent
penalize-sentence
child-kid
beg-plead
friend-peer
cheat-lie
weird-strange
are there any mistakes?
Hello,everyone! Except of the one that had been mentioned by Kavitah, the longest word that i got with the clear meaning is:
ReplyDeleteHippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia [35 letters]
=fear {actually we can see the word "phobia" at the end of the word}
P/s: Please correct me if I am wrong. Lots of thanks~ :)
The link for longest world in the world..
ReplyDelete1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English
2.http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_longest.html
3.http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/long1.html
*nanTny*
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ReplyDeleteWhat is content word?It means a word that conveys information in the form of Text or Speech act.Content words(lexical) include nouns,lexical verbs,adjectives and adverbs.
ReplyDeleteExamples are:
Nouns-Girl,boy,paper,ball
Lexical verbs-Write,cooking,dancing
Adjectives-blue,fat,handsome,small
Adverbs-Frankly,unfortunately,deadly
Frm:Mayyen
HALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo everone hw r u?? hahahahahaha....this is not the longest word..Here comes the longest word...njoy lalings :)
ReplyDelete1. The longest word in the in English
1)floccinaucinihilipilification
meaning => the act of estimating as worthless.
2)antidisestablishmentarianism
meaning => opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England.
3)Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
meaning => it is the fear of long words.
(they could have made it shorter
4)pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
meaning => a lung disease.
2. Affixes (Eg: Prefix & Suffix)
3) Affixes
• An affix is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word.
• Affixation is, the linguistic process speakers use to form different words by adding morphemes (affixes) at the beginning (prefixation), the middle (infixation) or the end (suffixation) of words.
Example of prefix :
a. –able= work-able , reli-able
b. –er=teach-er, work-er
c. –ing=shoot-ing, danc-ing
d. Al= refusal , proposal
e. –ly=quiet-ly , slow-ly , careful-ly
f. Less= penni-less , brain-less
g. Ise=hospital-ise , crystal-ise
h. –meat= treat-ment , amaze-ment
Example of suffix :
a. Anti = Antiabortion , anti-population
b. De= de-activated , de-mystify
c. Dis= dis-continue , dis-obey
d. Ex= ex-president , ex-wife , ex-friend
e. In= in-competent , in-complete
f. Mis= mis-count , mis-placed
g. Un=un-happy , un-fair , un-intelligent
h. Re= re-think , re-do , re-state.
3. Function &Content Words
~Elements to the structures of sentences.
~Serve to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker
~Words that are not function words are called content words (or open class words or lexical words or autosemantic words):
~It include nouns, verbs, adjectives, and most adverbs, although some adverbs are function words (e.g., then and why).
~Function words might be prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, conjunctions, grammatical articles or particles, all of which belong to the group of closed-class words.
~Interjections are sometimes considered function words but they belong to the group of open-class words.
~ Function words might or might not be inflected or might have affixes.
4. Morpheme
~ a study of words
~ formation of words in a language
~ A morpheme is the smallest indivisible unit of a language that retains meaning in a language like words, affixes and parts of speech (noun, adjective and verb)
5. Acronym
• A word that is formed by combining some parts (usually the first letters) of some other terms For example, modem is the acronym derived from modulator/demodulator.
• In everyday speech, the term is also used to refer a longer phrase.
Examples of acronyms
ASAP As Soon As Possible
BTW By The Way
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYI For Your Information
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
LOL Laughing Out Loud
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
TIA Thanks In Advance
6. Blend
~Blending is the combination of two separated form to produce a single new word.
~ Blending is a process of taking only the beginning of one word and joining it to the end of the other words.
Examples of blending =
-knapsack (knap + sack)
-lipstick (lip + stick)
-mouthwash (mouth + wash)
-sunlight (sun + light)
-raindrop (rain + drop)
-sandpaper (sand + paper)
-groundhog (ground + hog)
-afternoon (after + noon)
-motorcar (motor + car)
-eyebrow (eye + brow)
-spork ( spoon + fork)
~ flare(flame+glare)
~ flirtationship(flirting+relationship)
~ glimmer(gleam+shimmer)
~ Globish(global+English)
~ guitarthritis(guitar+arthritis)
~ moped(motor+pedal)
~ motorcade(motor+cavalcade)
here are some examples of SUFFIXES..
ReplyDeleteABLE,IBLE-moveable,eatable,incredible
(capable of being)
AIN,AN-chaplain,publican(one connected)
ANCE,ENCE-acceptance,existence(state of)
ANT-assistant,servant(one who)
ESS-goddess,princess,waitress(the female)
ICLE,SEL-particle,morsel(little)
ORY-dormitory,factory,laboratory(a place for)
OUS-famous,glorious,wondrous(full of)
----Words can also be changed from one part of speech to another by adding or removing the PREFIX and SUFFIX and by changing the SPELLING---
>compounding
ReplyDeleteCompounding is the word formation process in which two or more lexemes combine into a single new word. Compound words may be written as one word or as two words joined with a hyphen. For example:
* noun-noun compound: note + book → notebook
* adjective-noun compound: blue + berry → blueberry
* verb-noun compound: work + room → workroom
* noun-verb compound: breast + feed → breastfeed
* verb-verb compound: stir + fry → stir-fry
* adjective-verb compound: high + light → highlight
* verb-preposition compound: break + up → breakup
* preposition-verb compound: out + run → outrun
* adjective-adjective compound: bitter + sweet → bittersweet
* preposition-preposition compound: in + to → into
>Clipping
Clipping is the word formation process in which a word is reduced or shortened without changing the meaning of the word. Clipping differs from back-formation in that the new word retains the meaning of the original word. For example:
* advertisement – ad
* alligator – gator
* examination – exam
* gasoline – gas
* gymnasium – gym
* influenza – flu
* laboratory – lab
* mathematics – math
* memorandum – memo
* photograph – photo
* public house – pub
* raccoon – coon
* reputation – rep
* situation comedy – sitcom
* telephone – phone
The four types of clipping are back clipping, fore-clipping, middle clipping, and complex clipping. Back clipping is removing the end of a word as in gas from gasoline. Fore-clipping is removing the beginning of a word as in gator from alligator. Middle clipping is retaining only the middle of a word as in flu from influenza. Complex clipping is removing multiple parts from multiple words as in sitcom from situation comedy
>Blending
Blending is the word formation process in which parts of two or more words combine to create a new word whose meaning is often a combination of the original words. For example:
* advertisement + entertainment → advertainment
* biographical + picture → biopic
* breakfast + lunch → brunch
* chuckle + snort → chortle
* cybernetic + organism → cyborg
* guess + estimate → guesstimate
* hazardous + material → hazmat
* motor + hotel → motel
* prim + sissy → prissy
* simultaneous + broadcast → simulcast
* smoke + fog → smog
* Spanish + English → Spanglish
* spoon + fork → spork
* telephone + marathon → telethon
* web + seminar → webinar
Blended words are also referred to as portmanteaus.
SOME OTHER EXAMPLES I GET FROM MY RESERACH FOR BLEND WORDS...
ReplyDelete# agitprop (agitation + propaganda)
# alcopop (alcohol + pop)
# bash (bat + mash)
# Breathalyzer (breath + analyzer)
# camcorder (camera + recorder)
# chexting (cheating + texting)
# clash (clap + crash)
# cosmeceutical (cosmetic + pharmaceutical)
# docudrama (documentary + drama)
# electrocute (electricity + execute)
# emoticon (emote + icon)
# faction (fact + fiction)
# fanzine (fan + magazine)
# flare (flame + glare)
# flirtationship (flirting + relationship)
# glimmer (gleam + shimmer)
# Globish (global + English)
# guitarthritis (guitar + arthritis)
# infotainment (information + entertainment)
# moped (motor + pedal)
# motorcade (motor + cavalcade)
# palimony (pal + alimony)
# pornacopia (pornography + cornucopia)
# pulsar (pulse + quasar)
# sexcapade (sex + escapade)
# slanguage (slang + language)
# smash (smack + mash)
# sportscast (sports + broadcast)
# stagflation (stagnation + inflation)
# staycation (stay home + vacation)
# telegenic (television + photogenic)
# textpectation (text message + expectation)
# workaholic (work + alcoholic)
AND HERE ARE MORE BLEND WORDS I GET THROUGH MY RESERACH...SORRY IF I REPEATED SOME..N THIS WAS MY MOST FAVOURITE RESERACH TOPIC,,HEHE..THOSE ARE FINDINGS I GET FROM VARIOUS WEBSITES...REALY ENJOYED WHILE I DONE IT,VERY INTERESTING AND GAIN LOT NEW KNOWLEDGE..
ReplyDeletebash -bang + smash
bleep -blankout + beep
because -by + cause
blotch -blot + botch
bit -binary + digit
blurt -blow + spurt
cellophane- cellulose + diaphane
brash -bold + rash
dumbfound- dumb + confound
chortle -chuckle + snort
electrocute- electronic + execute
chump - chunk + lump
flare -flame + glare
clash -clap +crash
fortnight- fourteen + nights
ditsy - dizzy + dotty
goodbye- God + be (with) + ye
doddle -dodder + toddle
hassle -haggle + tussle
emoticon -emotion + icon
humongous -huge + monstrous
flop - flap + drop
intercom -internal + communication
flurry -flutter + hurry
modem -modulator + demodulator
galumph -gallop + triumph
motel - motor + hotel
glitz -glamour + ritz
Muppet -marionette + puppet
goon -gorilla + baboon
napalm -naphthene + palmitate
pang -pain + sting
o'clock of -(the) + clock
prissy -prim + sissy
pixel -picture + element
scuzzy -scummy + lousy
paratroops -parachute + troops
slosh - slop + slush
skyjack - sky + hijack
snazzy - snappy + jazzy
slang -slovenly + language
splurge -splash + surge
smog - smoke + fog
squiggle -squirm + wriggle
swipe - wipe + sweep
tangelo -tangerine + pomelo
telethon -telephone + marathon
twiddle -twist + fiddle
workaholic -work + alcoholic
waddle - wade + toddle
and answers for other question will be post ASAP...
Here are some research i get.
ReplyDelete1.Different words with the same meaning.
important - significant - main
happy - merry
write - note - pen
weird - strange
teenager - adolescent
child - kid
plead - beg
naughty - disobedient
noble - great
rubbish - trash - garbage - refuse
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2.The longest word in English
- i get the same word with Kavitah which is
methiony............... which consists of
1913 letters, and it is a name of a protein.
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3. Affixes
- An affix is a bound morpheme that is joined
before, after or within a root or stem.
- It cannot stand alone.
(a)Prefix
- Occurs in the front of a root or stem
- will increase our vocabulary by changing
the definition of a word to form a new word
- eg:
de + press = depress (press down)
ex + change = exchange (change out)
il + legal = illegal (not legal)
(b)Suffix
- Occurs at the end of a root or stem
- suffixes or word endings will frequently
give a clue as to what part of speech a
word may belong (e.g., noun, verb,
adjective, adverb)
- eg: breakable, acceptable, thoughtless,
faithful, actuality
Derivational suffixes
- Derivational suffixes can combine with one
another, which gives great flexibility in
creating new words but also leads to further
spelling complications. For example, -ity can
be added to -able, but the result is -ability
(e.g. suitability)
- Inflectional suffixes used to stress their
importance in grammar as well as in spelling.
For example, 's' marks a noun as plural, but
a present tense verb as (third person)
singular: e.g. The books look interesting but
The book looks interesting; s changes to es
after a hissing sound (e.g. hiss - hisses)
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cont.....
ReplyDelete4.Content words
- content words are open class words (new
words are being added in every language)
- it includes:
'Nouns'(John,room..)
'Adjectives'(happy,new..)
'Full verbs'(search,grow..)
'Adverbs'(very, really..)
'Numerals'(one,first..)
'Interjections'(eh,well..)
'Yes/No'(yes,no >as answer)
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5.Function words
- function words are closed class words (only
about 300 in English)
- it includes:
'Prepositions'(of,at..)
'Pronouns'(he,they..)
'Determiners'(the,a..)
'Conjunctions'(and,when..)
'Modal verbs'(can,must..)
'Auxiliary verbs'(be,have..)
'Particles'(no,nor..)
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6.Morpheme
- A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit
of a language.
- For example, the word "unladylike" consists
of 3 morphemes. Morpheme breaks:
~ un - 'not'
~ lady - 'female adult human'
~ like - 'having the characteristics of'
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7.Acronym
- acronyms are abbreviations that are formed
using the initial components in a phrase or
name.
- For example,
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
(corporate title)
COBOL - Common Business Oriented Language
VISA - Visa International Service
Association
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8.Blend
- Blends deal with the action of abridging
and then combining various lexemes to form
a new word.
- Algeo, a linguist, proposed dividing blends
into three groups:
(a)Phonemic Overlap
~ a syllable or part of a syllable is
shared between two words
(b)Clipping
~ the shortening of two words and then
compounding them
(c)Phonemic Overlap and Clipping
~ shortening of two words to a shared
syllable and then compounding
-For example,
breakfast + lunch = brunch
simultaneous + broadcast = simulcast
smoke + fog = smog
cybernetic + organism = cyborg
motor + hotel = motel
lithe + slimy = slithy
(please correct me if i made any
mistakes,thanks^^)
1. Different words with the same meaning:
ReplyDelete* Big = huge, large
* Pretty = beautiful, awsome, amaze
* Sad = unhappy
* Trousers = pants
* Mate = friend
2. The longest word in the in English
- Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.'"
3. Affixes (Eg: Prefix & Suffix)
Affixes content two important compenent which is prefixs and suffix.
* prefix = are morpheme added to the begining of the word. For example: unhappy, unlucky,impossible
*Suffix = are morpheme added to the end of the word. For example: happiness, possibility, sadness.
4. Content Words = It's a word make our sentencec grammatical correct which includes pronouns,proposation,article word,conjuction word.
5. Function Words = A word which make our sentences meaningful with sing nouns, adjective.
6. Morpheme = A minimal meaningful og language unit or carries certain grammatical function. There are two subcomponent under morpheme which are free morpheme and bound morpheme.
7. Acronym = a word which formed from the intial word of the origin word. For example, UNITAR = Universiti Tunku Abdul Razak.
8. Blend = combination of two separate form to produce a single new term. However, blending is typically accomplished by taking only the begining of one word and joining it to the end of the other word. For example, Bteakfast + lunch = brunch, television + broadcast = telecast.
DIFFERENT WORDS WITH SAME MEANING
ReplyDelete1.)-They offered rises of between 8 per cent
and 10 per cent.
-They offered increases of between 8 per
cent and 10 per cent.
2.)-The union leaders rejected Ford's offer.
-The union heads rejected Ford's offer.
3.)-They rejected the offer.
-They refused the offer.
4.)-The union claims are unreasonable.
-The union demands are unreasonable.
5.)-Their share of the marked slumped to 7.51
per cent.
-Their share of the marked dropped to 7.51
per cent.
6.)-This period saw the worst strike we have
ever had.
-This perdiod showed the worst strike we
have ever had.
7.)-There was hardly a Ford car to be had
anywhere.
-There was hardly a Ford car to be found
anywhere.
8.)-I'm sick of strikes.
-I'm fed up of strikes.
9.)-The strikes are crippling the country.
-The strikes are damaging the country.
CONTENT WORDS
-content words are words that conveys information in a text or speech.
-it belongs to opened class(that new member are lexicology)
-lexical morpheme has a meaning that can be understood fully in and of itself.
-content words include nouns, lexical verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
-content words are usually longer;(quick, large, boy...)
FUNCTION WORDS
- are words that expresses a grammatical r/ship.
- it belongs to closed class(a person cannot easily invent a new prepositions/ conjunction.
- function words include determiners, conjunctions and prepositions.
- grammatical words tend to be short,(1 syllable)
- grammatical morphemes such as 'of, and, the, ness, a,... can be understood completely only when they occur with other words in a sentence.
MORPHEME
-is the smallest meaningful unit in the grammar of a language.
-a morpheme can be either a word or it can be just an element of a word.
-none of this morpheme can be broken up into smaller parts without losing all semantic meaning.
-2 types of morpheme:
1) Free morpheme
*are those words which can stand alone as
words in a language.
*Eg; house, dog, door...it stands alone and
have its meaning, plus it cannot be divided
into smaller units.
2) Bound morpheme
*are sounds or a combination of sounds which
must be bound to to a free morpheme in order
to create a word.
*most prefixes and suffixes are considered
bound morpheme.Eg; big(free morpheme)
'-est'(bound)
ACRONYMS
-is a pronounceable word formed from each of
the first letter of a descriptive phrase or by
combining the initial letters or parts of
words from the phrase.(also viewed as subtype
of blending)
-Eg:LEISURE COMMERCE SQUARE (LCS)
BLEND
-is the combination of 2 separate forms to
produce a single new term.
-usually taking only the beginning of 1 word
and joining it to the end of the other word.
-Eg:Jazzercise (jazz + exercise)
parascending (parachute + ascending)
dramadoc (dramatised+documentary)
infotainment (information + entertainment)
magalogue (magazine + catalogue)
cyborg (cybernetic + organism)
Different words with the same meaning
ReplyDeletemean, cruel
rich, wealthy
laugh, giggle
damp, moist
quick, fast, rapid
small, tiny
huge, large, gigantic
angry, mad, furious
beautiful, gorgeous
silly, goofy
Longest word.
ReplyDeletePneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. A lung disease.
Affixes
ReplyDeleteAn affix is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word. They are bound morphemes by definition; prefixes and suffixes may be separable affixes. Affixation is the linguistic process speakers use to form different words by adding morphemes (affixes) at the beginning (prefixation), the middle (infixation) or the end (suffixation) of words.
Content word
Content words are words that have meaning.
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are content parts of speech.
Function word
9. Function words are words that exist to explain or create grammatical or structural relationships into which the content words may fit. Pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, determiners, and interrogatives are some function parts of speech.
Morpheme
A morpheme is composed by phoneme ,the smallest linguistically distinctive units of sound in spoken language. a morpheme may or may not stand alone. One or several morphemes compose a word. Free morphemes, like town and dog, can appear with other lexemes as in town hall or dog house or they can stand alone, as examples "free".
Bound morphemes like "un-" appear only together with other morphemes to form a lexeme. Bound morphemes in general tend to be prefixes and suffixes. Derivational morphemes can be added to a word to create another word: the addition of "-ness" to "happy," for example to give "happiness."
Acronym
ReplyDeleteAcronym/Initialism Meaning
ASAP As Soon As Possible
BTW By The Way
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYI For Your Information
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
LOL Laughing Out Loud
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
RTFM Read The #&!@ing Manual
TIA Thanks In Advance
An acronym is a word using the first letter of each word in a phrase or description. Abbreviations are used to provide a shortened form of a word or phrase. One style of abbreviation combines the initial letters of each word in a series. In cases in which the resulting abbreviation is pronounced by saying each of the letters in order, this is called initialism.
Blend
Blending is the process of forming a word by combining parts of words. Blends deal with the action of abridging and then combining various lexemes to form a new word. However, the process of defining which words are true blends and which are not is more complicated. The difficulty comes in determining which parts of a new word are "recoverable" (its root can be distinguished).
Diffrent words with the same meaning
ReplyDeleteAbondon-discard-vacate
Accord-agree-grant
Adversity-difficulty-misfortune
Arrogant-disdainful-imperious
Avoid-ignore-shun
Baffle-confuse-deceive
Berate-critize-disapprove
Bias-inclination-predisposition
Bitter-acrid-sour
Bliss-happiness-joy
Bother-annoy-irritate
Blend-combine-mix
Bonus-award-gift
Brilliant-clever-intelligent
Brisk-fast-swift
Casual-informal-natural
Candid-honest-truthful
Cherish-esteem-love
Confirmation-acknowledgement-proof
Courteous-polite-well-mannered
Durable-constant-lasting
Encourage-foster-induce
Essential-cultured-learned
Essential-basic-necessary
Estimate-guess-predict
Ideal-goal-perfection
Ignorant-stupid-unintelligent
Jargon-argot-slang
Juvenile-adolescent-immature
Liberal-lenient-open-minded
Obvious-conspicuous-definite
Range-anger-furor
Rank-arrange-classify
The longest word in English
Cholangiocholecystocholedochectomy : The surgical removal pf the hepatic duct and gall bladder.
Honorificabilitudinitatibus : The state being able to achieve honors.
Circumbilivagination : The definition of this word is not yet out.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippediliophobia : The fear of long words.
Pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism : The false support of the idea that a government should not support the church.
Antidisestablishmentarianism : Opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
Floccinaucinihilipilification : the action or habit of estimating something as worthless.
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis : A lung disease.
Affixes (egs: prefix & suffix)
PREFIX
a-afraid
be-behold
bi-bicycle
com-commit
con-confess
de-deport
dis-dismiss
ex-expand
im-imperfect
in-inside
mid-midterm
mono-monorail
out-outlast
post-postseason
pre-pretend
pro-provide
re-resell
semi-semicircle
un-unhappy
uni-uniform
SUFFIX
able-drinkable
age-package
al-animal
er-hotter
est-saddest
ful-helpful
ing-dusting
ion-action
ish-punish
ive-captive
less-restless
ly-friendly
ment-shipment
ness-goodness
ous-monstrous
ship-friendship
teen-fifteen
ward-seaward
y-muddy
CONTENT WORDS
ReplyDeleteContent words which is nouns, adjectives, fullverbs, adverbs, numerals or interjection that a word that conveys information in a text or speech act. It is contrast with function word.
FUNCTION WORDS
Fnction word which is prepositions, pronouns, determiners, conjuctions, modal verbs, auxillary verbs, and particles that a wors that express a grammatical relationship.
MORPHEME
A combination of sounds that have a meaning. A morpheme does not necessarily have to be a word. For example ‘caps’ has two morpheme which is ‘cap’ and ‘s’. There are free morpheme and bound morpheme. Free morpheme is a morpheme that can stand alone as a word without another morpheme. It does not need anything attached to it to make a word. Cap is a free morpheme. However Bound morpheme which is a sound or a combination of sounds that cannot stand alone as a word. The ‘ s’ in ‘caps’ is a bound morpheme, and it does not have any meaning without the free morpheme cap.
ACRONYMS
SARS – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrom
CD – Compact Disk
UNIFEM – United Nations Development Fun for Women
MHz – Megahertz
3G - Third-generation mobile telephone system
POC – Point of Contact
IAC – Internet Access Coalition
CSS – Computer Subsystems
EVD – External Visual Display
BLEND
A word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two or more other words. For example :-
afterthoughtful (afterthought + thoughtful)
agitprop (agitation + propaganda)
alcopop (alcohol + pop)
bash (bat + mash)
Breathalyzer (breath + analyzer)
camcorder (camera + recorder)
clash (clap + crash)
docudrama (documentary + drama)
electrocute (electricity + execute)
emoticon (emote + icon)
faction (fact + fiction)
fanzine {fan + magazine)
flare (flame + glare)
flirtationship (flirting + relationship)
glimmer (gleam + shimmer)
guitarthritis (guitar + arthritis)
infotainment (information + entertainment)
Jazzercize (jazz + exercise)
moped (motor + pedal)
motorcade (motor + cavalcade)
palimony (pal + alimony)
pornacopia (pornography + cornucopia)
pulsar (pulse + quasar)
sexcapade (sex + escapade)
slanguage (slang + language)
smash (smack + mash)
smog (smoke + fog)
sportscast (sports + broadcast)
stagflation (stagnation + inflation)
staycation (stay home + vacation)
telegenic (television + photogenic)
textpectation (text message + expectation)
transistor (transfer + resistor)
workaholic (work + alcoholic)
1. Different Words with same Meaning
ReplyDeleteAmong other synonymous word i could find
Gas - Petrol
berate-critisize-disapprove
bitter-acrid-sour
bliss-happiness-joy-merry
great - wonderful
zilch - nada - nothing - zero
juvenile - teenager
essential- important
2. Longest word in the English Language are
Pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism - longest noncoined and nontechnical word
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - longest technical word in a major dictionary
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3. Affixes
ReplyDeletePrefixes include:
a-aloud
be-bewitched
bi-bipolar
de-denounce
dis-disparity
ex-exterior
im-impossible
in-interior
mid-midday
mono-monoloque
post-posthumous
pre-prefix
re-recall
semi-semifinal
un-unable
uni-unisex
Suffixes
While prefixes are attached at the beginning of the word, suffixes are at the end of the word. Among others:
able-palatable
age-patronage
al-denial
er-better
est-best
ful-joyful
ing-bleaching
ion-transition
ish-Kenny Dalglish :P Scottish
ive-active
less-hapless
ly-wholly
ment-payment
ness-sweetness
ous-deleterious
ship-courtship
ward-forward
y-discovery
4. Content Words
Content words are words used in a manner to project or relay the meaning of the sentence. In order to do so, words such as nouns, verbs, and adjectives - among others - is extremely required.
5. Function Words
On the otherhand, function word uses prepositions, conjunctions and determiners to ensure the proper grammatical relationship of the sentence
6. Morpheme
Morpheme is the smallest unit of a word that carries a meaning. Morpheme is divided into two: free morphemes and bound morpheme. Free morpheme includes nouns (dog), verb (get), adjective (fast)among others. Linguistically speaking, free morphemes are words that cannot be divided into smaller unit and can still stand alone.
Bound morpheme, however, requires a free morpheme to be attached in order for the content of the word to be understandable. Suffixes are the best candidate to examplify what a bound morpheme is.
7. Acronyms
According to Wikipedia, acronyms or initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial component of the first letter of the word. Examples are:
CEO – Chief Executive Officer
USA - United States of America
UN – United Nations
UNITAR - Universiti Tun Abdul Razak
Petronas - Petroliam Nasional
PIC - Person In Charge
ERT - Emergency Response Team
8. Blend
Blending a word requires consolidating two or more words of different meaning to create a new word.
Examples:
Emoticon - Emotion + Icon
Synthesizer - Synthesis + Analyzer
Brunch - Breakfast + Lunch
Bleep - Blankout + Beep
Splurge - Splash + Surge
Paratrooper - Parachute + Trooper
1. Different words with the same meaning.
ReplyDeletea) thesaurus – lexicon – dictionary
b) dress – costume – garment
c) food – meal – nourishment
d) see – look – sight – behold
e) earth – globe – world
2a. Prefix is an element placed at the beginning of a word. For example; research, recycle, impossible.
b. Suffix is an element placed at the back of a word. For example; naturally, secondly, thinking.
3. Content words are words such as noun, verb, or adjective that has a stat able lexical meaning. A word to which an independent meaning can be given by reference to a world outside any sentence in which the word may occur.
4. Function words are a word that expresses a grammatical relationship. Function words include determiners, conjunctions and prepositions.
5. Morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit in the grammar of a language.
6. Acronym is a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letter of words in a set phrase or series of words.
7. Blend is to combine or mix of word so that the constituent parts are distinguishable from one.