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English Words History and Structure
ENGL225 at UWEC - final exam
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English
Undergraduate 2
05/17/2011

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Term
What is an orthographic word
Definition

A word surrounded by white space on either side

 

Ex: phone

NOT: work out

Term

Which of the following are NOT content words:   

nouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions


Definition
Prepositions
Term
√doc
Definition

law, charge

ex: document

Term
Definition
write
Term
What are examples of function words?
Definition
Prepositions, determiners, auxiliary verbs, conjunctions (sometimes pronouns)
Term
√gno
Definition

 

to know

(ex: cognition, agnostic, ignorant)

 

Term

√scrib

Definition

to write

(ex: scribe, scripture)

Term

√graph

Definition

to make lines, write, record

(ex: telegraph, telegram)

Term
English gets words through: (3)
Definition

1) Borrowing/Loan words

2) Derived or Created words

3) Native/Inherited words

Term
Of the 1,000 most frequent words in English, what percent are native English?
Definition
80%
Term
Of the 100 most frequent words in the English language, what percent of them are native English?
Definition
90%
Term
What are some examples of word creation processes?
Definition

Derivation

Zero Derivation

Compound (Syntactic, Lexical)

Blending

Clipping

Backformation

Acronym

Eponym

Reduplication

Term
What is the word creation process: derivation?
Definition

Adding a prefix/suffix

(ex: treat - mistreat)

Term
What is the word creation process: zero derivation?
Definition

A shift in word class

(ex: brown the meat - brown shoes)

Term
What is the word creation process: Syntactic compound
Definition
A compound that has a transparent meaning
Term
What is the word creation process: Lexical compound
Definition
A compound that has a new, unique meaning that must be looked up
Term
What is the word creation process: blending?
Definition

Parts of words combined

(ex: liger, smog)

Term
What is the word creation process: clipping?
Definition

Shortening the word with the same meaning

(ex: cellphone - cell)

Term
What is the word creation process: backformation?
Definition

Taking off the mock-suffix to create a new word

(ex: "babysit" from "babysitter")

Term
What are the kinds of word creation processes in acronyms? (4)
Definition

1) Word acronyms (NASA)

2) Spelling acronyms (FBI)

3) Mixed acronyms (CD-ROM)

4)Reverse/Imitative acronyms (WAGE)

Term
What is the word creation process: eponym?
Definition

It comes from somewhere or something

(ex: Fahrenheit, magnet)

Term
√path
Definition

to feel, suffer; illness

(apathy, pathetic)

Term

√sent

Definition

feel, agree, think

(assent, sense)

Term

√ment

Definition

think, remind, warn

(mentality, admonish, mnemonic, mind)

Term
Of the 10,000 most frequently used words in English, what percent are native English?
Definition
30%
Term

Of the top ____ most frequently used English words, what percent are native English?

100

1,000

10,000

Definition

90%

80%

30%

Term
What are the periods of English language history?
Definition

Old English (450-1066)

Middle English (1066-1476)

Early Modern English (1476-1776)

Modern English (1776-present)

Term
What is the history of the Old English period?
Definition
Celts came to England but had little effect on language. Germanic language reigned. Viking/Scandinavian words borrowed.
Term

What is the history of the Middle English period?

(1066-1476)

Definition
Norman Conquest: Duke of Normandy overthrows English king. French begins to infultrate english language. English begins to reemerge in 1200s. Over 10,000 borrowed French words (Norman/Anglo French and Central/Parisian French). Other borrowings include Latin and Low German.
Term
What is the history of the Early Modern English period? (1476-1776)
Definition
1476: Moveable-type printing press. Books become mor available, literacy increases. English Renaissance, lots of borrowing from Latin and Greek languages. Dictionaries begin to be written.
Term

√vid

Definition

see

(evident, advise)

Term

√spec

Definition

look, see

(speculum, spectator, suspicion, skeptic, microscope)

Term

√dic

Definition

speak, give

(indicate, dictate)

Term

√apt

Definition

fit, suitable, capable

(adapt, attitude, inept)

Term

√ped

Definition

foot

(biped, antipode, octopus)

Term

√lig

Definition

bind, tie

(ligature, religion, ligament)

Term
What are characteristics of derivational affixes?
Definition

prefixes and suffixes

create new words

more than one d.affix may be added

Term
What are characteristics of inflectional affixes?
Definition

only suffixes

add gramatical info

only one per word

(-ed, -ing, -en, -s, -s, -'s, -er, -est)

Term

√voc

Definition

speak, call

(vocal, evoke)

Term

√ques

Definition

ask, seek

(question, query, inquisitive, inquire)

Term

√cant

Definition

sing

(recant, incentive, enchanted)

Term

√op

Definition

eye, sight, look at

(myopia, optometry, biopsy)

Term

√aud

Definition

hear

(audible, audience, audit)

Term

√nom

Definition

name

(misnomer, nominate, anonymous)

Term
What languages did we borrow from during the: Old English period?
Definition

Norse

Celtic placenames

Latin (religion, education)

Term
What languages did we borrow from during the: Middle English period?
Definition
French, Latin, Greek, Dutch/Low German
Term
What languages did we borrow from during the: Early Modern English period?
Definition
Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, French, German, etc
Term
Why does English deviate from "ideal spelling"?
Definition

-Keep loanwords spelled the same

-Transparency: consistent forms of morphemes

-Letters serving as markers for pronunciation

-Unstressed vowels reduced to a ∂ (schwa)

Term
√carn
Definition

flesh

(carnal, carrion, caruncle)

Term

√corp

Definition

body, flesh

(corporal, corpse, corpus)

Term
What was the first English dictionary, and who was it meant for?
Definition

(1604) "A Table Alphabetical"

contained words that educated people may struggle with

Term

√auto

Definition

self, same

(automatic, tautology)

Term

√hom

Definition

same, even

(homogeneous, homeostatic)

Term

 

√gen

 

Definition

birth, source, origin

(gene, genetic, genre, oxygen)

 

tribe, nation, type

(genius, genuine, generous)

Term

√gen

Definition
Term
Homonyms have the ___ sound, ____ spelling and ____ origins.
Definition
Same sound, same spelling, different origins
Term
Polysemes have the ____ sound, ____ spelling, and ____ origins.
Definition
Same sound, same spelling, same origins
Term
Heteronyms have the ___ spelling and ___ sound.
Definition
Same spelling, different sound
Term

A hammer is a type of tool:

a) Hyponym, hypernym

b) Hypernym, hyponym

 

 

Definition

a)

 a HYPONYM is a subset of a HYPERNYM

Term
What are the 7 kinds of semantic changes?
Definition

1) Broadening

2) Narrowing

3) Amelioration/Bettering

4) Pejoration/Degeneration

5) Abstraction

6) Concretization

7) Shift in Denotation/Meaning Shift

Term

√lev

Definition

light, rise

(levitate, relieve)

Term
Who is the god: Poseidon?
Definition
God of water, earthquakes
Term
Who is the goddess: Demeter?
Definition
Goddess of harvest, fertility, and seasons
Term
Who is the goddess: Athena?
Definition
Goddess of wisdom and war strategy
Term
Who is the goddess: Artemis/Diana?
Definition
Protector of young women
Term
Who is the god: Ares?
Definition
God of war and bloodshed
Term
Who is the goddess: Aphrodite?
Definition
Goddess of love and fertility
Term
Who is the god: Hades?
Definition
Ruler of the underworld
Term
Who is the god: Hermes?
Definition
Messenger of the gods
Term
Who is the god: Vulcan?
Definition
God of blacksmithing and fire
Term
Who is the god: Diomisis?
Definition
God of wine, ecstacy, and pleasure
Term
Who is the god: Nemesis
Definition
God of retribution
Term
What is this medical suffix: -logist?
Definition
Specialist in/of
Term

What is this medical suffix: -osis

Definition
Diseased condition of
Term

What is this medical suffix: -iasis

Definition
Diseased condition of
Term

What is this medical suffix: -pathy

Definition
Diseased condition; treatment
Term

What is this medical suffix: -itis?

Definition
Inflammation of
Term

What is this medical suffix: -plegia?

Definition
Paralysis
Term

What is this medical suffix: -algia?

Definition
Pain
Term

What is this medical suffix: -odynia?

Definition
Pain
Term

What is this medical suffix: -rrhea?

Definition
Flow or discharge
Term

What is this medical suffix: -gen?

Definition
Production of
Term

What is this medical suffix: -genic

Definition
Producing
Term

What is this medical suffix: -tomy?

Definition
Cutting, incision
Term

What is this medical suffix: -ectomy

Definition
Cutting out, removal
Term

What is this medical suffix: -stomy?

Definition
Making an opening
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

bone

Definition
os- / osteo-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

muscle

Definition
muscul- / myo-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

blood

Definition
hema- / hemato-  or  -emia
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

skin

Definition
cuti- / derma- / dermato-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

nerve

Definition
neuro-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

head

Definition
cap- / cephalo-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

brain

Definition
cerebr- / encephalo-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

eye

Definition
ocul- / opthalmo-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

ear

Definition
aur- / oto-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

nose

Definition
nas- / rhino-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

tongue

Definition
lingua- / glotto- / glosso
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

teeth

Definition
dent- / orthodonto-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

heart

Definition
cardio-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

lung

Definition
pulmo- / pneumo-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

kidney

Definition
ren- / nephro-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

liver

Definition
hepato-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

stomach

Definition
gastro-
Term

What is the Latin/Greek combining form for:

abdomen

Definition
entero-
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

veno-

Definition
vein
Term

 

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

phlebo-

 

Definition
vein
Term

 

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

arterio-

 

Definition
artery
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

vaso-

Definition
vessel
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

spiro-

Definition
breathe/breath
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

pneuo-

Definition
breathe/breath
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

pneumo-

Definition
lung
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

jugulo-

Definition
throat
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

tracheo-

Definition
windpipe
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

broncho-

Definition
windpipe
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

pleuro-

Definition
membrane encasing each lung
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

thoraco-

Definition
chest
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

thoraco-

Definition
chest
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

pepto-

Definition
digest/digestion
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

-trophy

Definition
Nourishment
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

-orexia

Definition
appetite
Term

What does this Greek/Latin form mean:

hyst

Definition
womb
Term

Put these parts of the small and large intestine in order:

colon     jejunum     cecum

ileum     dudodenum     rectum     pylorus

Definition
pylorus, dudodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, colon, rectum
Term

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

adeno-

Definition
Denoting a gland
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

blasto-

 

Definition
Denoting a seed or embryo
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

cyto-

 

Definition
Denoting a cell
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

cysto-

 

Definition
Denoting a sac
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

histo-

 

Definition
Denoting a tissue
Term

 

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

myelo-

 

 

Definition
Denoting bone marrow or spinal cord
Term

 

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

tricho-

 

Definition
Denoting hair
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

-penia

 

Definition
Denoting deficiency
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

-plasia

 

Definition
Denoting a formation
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

brachy-

 

Definition
short
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

brady-

 

Definition
slow
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

lepto-

 

Definition
slender
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

 

malaco-

Definition
soft
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

pachy-

 

Definition
thich
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

platy-

 

Definition
broad
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

sclero-

 

Definition
hard
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

tachy-

 

Definition
fast
Term

 

What does this Latin/Greek form mean:

xero-

 

Definition
dry
Term
How should a medical word be analyzed?
Definition

1) Divide into components

2) Look at suffix

3) Look at prefix

4) Look at the root

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