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1. Affixation. Classifications of suffixes.
2. Valency of suffixes.
3. Prefixes, their classification.
4. Compounding, classifications of compounds.
5. Conversion
6. Sound interchange, clipping, blending.
7. Distinctive stress, onomatopoeia, back formation
II. Do the following assignments.
Affixation
Assignment 1.
Analyse the following affixed words and try to deduce their meaning:
Brainy, catty, dressy, foxy, stagy, touchy, chatty.
Eatable, loveable, questionable, imaginable.
Lovely, lonely, friendly, heavenly.
Assignment 2.
Analyse the meaning of suffixes and translate sentences.
Humanity – humanism
1.His theory was rooted in Western Marxism and liberal humanism. 2. They degraded them and denied their humanity. 3. That act was rightly considered as a crime against humanity. 3. He has a sense of humour, a warm humanity, and a strong common sense. 4. She has a background in humanities and modern languages.
Reality – realism
1.She had never seemed able to face reality. 2.He did as much as anything to foster the new note of realism. 3.Extraordinary degrees of realism are reached in the film. 4.Day-dreams have become realities.
Womanish –womanly
1.I should never imagine him to be able to take decisive steps, he has always seemed to me a bit womanish: weak and emotional. 2.Her figure has become more womanly. 3. The womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion attract men.
Childlike –childish
1. She looked at me with her big, childlike eyes. 2. I thought her nice but rather childish. 3. I was annoyed at the childishness of the remark.
Assignment 3.
Form diminutive forms of the following nouns.
Book, cloud, kitchen, aunt, girl, bird, night-gown, dad, handkerchief, squirrel, wolf.
Assignment 4.
Translate into Russian.
Boyish, girlish, bookish, childish, reddish, bluish, greenish, hoggish, baldish.
Assignment 5.
Deduce the meanings of the following derivatives from the meanings of their constituents.
Disrespectable, unladylike, disorganise, snobbish, breakable, tallish, underfed, unsystematic,
inwardly, clannishness, workaholic, reconstruction, to re-sit, gangsterdom, concentration,
counter-culture, allusion, to computerize, dispensable, to overreach, actorishness, brinkmanship,
unbecoming, outfield, to outnumber.
Assignment 6.
Explain the difference between the meanings of the following words produced from the same root by means of different suffixes.
Watery – waterish, colourful – coloured, embarrassed – embarrassing, manly – mannish, respected – respectful – respectable, exhaustive – exhausted –exhausting, bored – boring, touchy – touched –touching.
Compounding
Assignment 7.
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Explain the meanings of the following compounds.
Baby-sitter, boiling-point, three-cornered, knee-high, saleswoman, tragicomic, snub-nosed, stone-deaf, wrist-watch, clock-tower, red-hot, kill-joy,
blackmail, cut-throat, scarecrow, know-nothing, home-grown lady-killer,
luncher-out, double-decker.
Assignment 8.
Read the pairs of free combinations and compounds and explain the difference in meaning.
A dancing girl a dancing-girl
A green house a green-house
A mad doctor a mad-doctor
A face ache a face-ache
A missing list a missing-list
Assignment 9.
Form the plural of the following words.
Father-in law,
man-of-war,
baby-sitter,
secretary-stenographer,
knick-knack,
flowerpot-stand,
fancy-dress-maker,
woman-doctor,
clock-tower,
mother-goose,
brother-in-arms.
Assignment 10.
Read and translate the following compounds.
Sky-blue, flower-bed, handcuffs, door-handle, castle-builder, eye-wash, sweet-tooth, can-opener, eye-opener, night-cap, slow-coach, wall-flower,
walk-up, dog-eared, toy-man, forget-me-not, pick-pocket.
Conversion
Assignment 11.
Derive the verbs from the following nouns and deduce their meanings.
Monkey -
Fish -
Fox -
Nurse -
Cook -
Maid -
Eye -
Elbow -
Hand -
Face -
Shoulder -
Nose -
Pocket -
Bottle -
Lunch -
Supper
4. Shortening (clipping)
Assignment 12.
Decipher the following shortenings.
Rd
St
a.m.
p.m.
i.e.
e.g.
M.P.
Ph.D.
Dr.
R.&D
g.f.
H-bomb
vac
fridge
specs
lib
prof
cert,
U-turn
mike
gent
circs
I.O.U.
Sound-Imitation (Onomatopoeia)
Assignment 13.
Read the following words denoting sounds produced by different animals and guess what these animals are.
to croak
to bark
to meow/miaow/ mew
cock-a doodle-do
to quack
to moo/low
to twitter
Assignment 14.
Translate the following words formed by means of sound imitation.
to whisper
to whistle
to splash
to clatter
to bubble
to tinkle
to ding-dong
clang
chatter
Blending
Assignment 15.
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