Definition: The process of creating a new word out of one or more old words‚ either by adding a prefix or suffix or by compounding. Adjective:derivational. Examples and Observations: * "Morphology may be divided into derivation--rules that form a new word out of old words‚ like duckfeathers and unkissable--and inflection--rules that modify a word to fit its role in a sentence‚ what language teachers call conjugation and declension." (Steven Pinker‚ Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
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Essay I enjoyed the process of writing this essay because it was a topic that hit very close to home‚ and a subject that i could relate to in regards to the N word and how it has changed throughout history. At first I must admit i didnt feel i could relate and write a decent essay‚ when it was first assigned because i couldn’t equate how language effected me personally‚ and how i could write an argumentative essay on a facet of language. I came to my decision of writing about the N word after having
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Honorificabilitudinitatibus This 27-letter word coined by Shakespeare‚ in his comedy Love’s Labour’s Lost‚ is a testament to the Bard’s own intralexiconic skills. Meaning “the state of being able to achieve honors‚” the word is the longest one in the English language with alternating consonants and vowels (Take a look for yourself….yep 9. Antidisestablishmentarianism Containing 28-letters‚ antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest proper word‚ consisting of proper and compatible root and
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invent words‚ is unknown; in other words‚ the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men‚ unlike animals‚ somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings‚ actions and things. So that they could communicate them to each other; and that‚ later‚ they agreed upon certain signs‚ called letters‚ which could be combined to represent those sounds‚ and which could be written down. These sounds‚ whether spoken‚ or written in letters‚ we call words. A word‚ then
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Coleman‚ Shareca As I Lay Dying Like Addie As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner is a novel about a series of siblings and their dying mother. Each sibling has a different view on the sense of their dying mother and even their siblings‚ but it tells that story through each point of view differently. These characters see themselves being a certain amount of supportive and a certain amount of helpful after their demise of their mother‚ Addie Bundren. You have this depiction of who they think they are
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annihilate— 1. to destroy completely; to reduce to nonexistence; to defeat decisively; vanquish. 2. to nullify or render void; abolish. apposite (AP-ah-zit) — strikingly appropriate and relevant Beautiful to say‚ and self-descriptive. apricity (AP-ris-i-tee) — the warmth of the sun in the winter. archipelago (ar-kah-PEL-ah-go) — 1. a large group of islands. 2. a sea‚ such as the Aegean‚ containing a large number of scattered islands The pronunciation has a whimsical tone to it that makes me love
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Scrooge‚ the ultimate Victorian miser‚ has not a good word for Christmas‚ though his impoverished. Clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. Nevertheless‚ in the night‚ spirits of another color visits Scrooge. Straightforward adaptation of Dickens. The two people affect scrooges in the story are his sis death‚ and his girlfriend. The Ghost says they will see another Christmas‚ and the young Scrooge grows larger as the room becomes dirtied. A little girl‚ Scrooge’s sister Fan‚ runs
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sentences we use various words and grammatical constructions; conjunctions‚ relative pronouns‚ ing-forms‚ infinitive constructions and a number of special words/expressions. Using Conjunctions There are coordinating conjunctions (sideordnende/sideordnande) which bind together sentences of the same kind. The most common are: and: They finished their job and went home. To vary the language there are alternatives like besides (dessuten/dessutan) and in addition (i tillegg): She is a good car
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10 Things I Hate About You 1. Some elements of the stills that tell us that ’10 Things I Hate About You’ is a teen movie are: Kat and Pat staring at each other angry confrontations between two (moody) teens Ms Perky - disapproving or disappointed adults‚ most likely teachers and parents Cameron and Bianca together young love’ Teenagers are predominant in all stills Grungy rock bands and emphasis on music rebellion and hobbies The prom stereotypical of films involving
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my sanity. In spite of this‚ I consider the written word inferior to the spoken‚ and much of the frustration experienced by novelists is the awareness that whatever we manage to capture in even the most transcendent passages falls far short of the richness of life. Dialogue achieves its power in the dynamics of a fleeting moment of sight‚ sound‚ smell and touch." -excerpt taken from Gloria Naylor’s ’The Meanings of a Word’. Words The first sentence of this excerpt can have several interpretations
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