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Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English

Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English

Ngày tải lên : 05/10/2012, 08:22
... fresh rain in a forest in the fall. Certainly a unified concept, but we would not consider the smell of fresh rain in a forest in the fall a word. In fact, English simply has no single word for ... attaches to words ending in the phonetic string [fär] and not to words ending in the bound root -fer. How can we test which analysis is correct? We would need to find words that end in the phonetic ... whether kicks in (13a), drinking in (13b), or students in (13c) should be regarded as ‘new words’ in the sense of our definition. (13) a. She kicks the ball. b. The baby is not drinking her milk...
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Perfect Bound Press Word Fugitives In Pursuit Of Wanted Words

Perfect Bound Press Word Fugitives In Pursuit Of Wanted Words

Ngày tải lên : 05/10/2012, 09:56
... to invent words. Of course, coining words to meet real needs continued—and it continues, especially in specialized realms like medicine, tech - nology, fashion, cooking, cartooning, online ... tended to be in their thinking about non-dictionary words. During and between the two world wars, fine English- speaking minds seem to have been occupied by things other than coining words for ... family words, like that of other kinds of words, has anti-matter, or word fugitives: meanings for which we’d all like to have words, and for which people keep coin - ing words. What word, for...
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Word formation in english

Word formation in english

Ngày tải lên : 08/11/2012, 11:31
... other words in (5). If we assume that in- is a prefix meaning in, into’ we would predict that infer would mean ‘carry into’, which is not even close to the real meaning of infer. The meaning ... non- linguistic contexts. A red traffic light, for instance, is also a kind of sign in the above sense: it has a meaning (‘stop!’), and it has a form which expresses this meaning. In 1 Introduction: ... meaning through which speakers signal their belonging to a certain group. In sum, truncations can be assigned a meaning, but the nature of the morph expressing that meaning is problematic. In...
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Strategies to deal with non - equivalence at word level in translation

Strategies to deal with non - equivalence at word level in translation

Ngày tải lên : 10/04/2013, 10:37
... Vietnamese is individualism. In some cultures, individualism is seen as a blessing and a source of well-being; in others, it is seen as alienating. In his publication, Hofstede exhibits 'Individualism ... result in excessive generalization and eventually in oversimplification (loss in meaning) in the translated text. Above all, using a superordinate is one of the popular strategies for dealing with ... expressive meaning 3 The source language word is semantically complex 9 Differences in from 4 The source and target language make different distinctions in meaning 10 Differences in frequency...
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Word   formation in english

Word formation in english

Ngày tải lên : 19/08/2013, 14:15
... meaning of interview and the meaning of the ingredient morphemes inter- and view, you can observe that the meaning of interview is not the sum of the meaning of its parts. The meaning of inter- ... other words in (5). If we assume that in- is a prefix meaning in, into’ we would predict that infer would mean ‘carry into’, which is not even close to the real meaning of infer. The meaning ... although the word looks rather similar to a word such as inventor. Inventor (‘someone who invents (something)’) is decomposable into two morphemes, because both invent- and -or are meaningful elements,...
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Word list in english

Word list in english

Ngày tải lên : 19/08/2013, 14:15
... lỗi lạc distinctive (adj) ( distinctive of something) đặc biệt; để phân biệt distinctively (adv) rõ ràng, minh bạch, rành mạch distinctly (adv) riêng biệt; rõ ràng, rành mạch, minh bạch, rõ ... uy nghi imprint (n) dấu vết, vết in, vết hằn; ảnh hưởng sâu sắc; phần ghi của nhà xuất bản;(v) đóng, in (dấu); in dấu vào, đóng dấu vào (cái gì); ghi khắc, ghi nhớ, in sâu vào, in hằn imprisonment ... refine (v) lọc, lọc trong, luyện tinh, tinh chế, làm cho tinh khiết; cải tiến; làm cho tinh tế hơn, làm cho lịch sự hơn, làm cho tao nhã hơn (sở thích, ngôn ngữ, tác phong ); trau chuốt refinement...
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Teaching Grammar in context

Teaching Grammar in context

Ngày tải lên : 13/10/2013, 21:11
... German. in the West. toast for breakfast. the radio in the evening at 6.30 leaves at 7 o’clock. Activity 1 Activity 3: Replace the underlined word and phrase by the given word in brackets ... is/ are *Negative: • S + don’t/ doesn’t + infinitive *Interrogative: • Do/ Does + S + infinitive *Note that have is irregular in the third person singular. • Eg: Tom has a new car. ... the most intelligent animals CONSERVATION CONCERNS At risk due to habitat pollution and accidental fishing net entrapment The table below gives some information about dolphins. Work in groups....
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Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English - Affixation

Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English - Affixation

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2013, 15:20
... underspecified, simply meaning something like ‘person or thing having to do with X’. The more specific interpretations of individual formations would then follow from an interaction of the meanings of base ... certain sets of affixes can also be illustrated by another interesting phenomenon. Both in compounding and in certain cases of affixation it is possible to coordinate two words by leaving out ... actions we find instrument nouns such as blender, mixer, steamer, toaster, nouns denoting entities associated with an activity such as diner, lounger, trainer, winner (in the sense ‘winning shot’)....
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Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English - Compounding

Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English - Compounding

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2013, 15:20
... when combined with a vowel-initial final combining form, but that do take -o- when combined with a consonant-initial final combining form. And indeed, such data exist: the initial combining form ... building for growing plants’ ‘a house that is green’ c. óperating instructions operating instrúctions ‘instructions for operating something’ ‘instructions that are operating’ d. instálling ... the only initial combining form that never allows the linking element, while there are four final combining forms allowing vowels other than -o- preceding them. Chapter 6: Compounding 181 (13)...
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Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English

Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2013, 15:20
... meaning of interview and the meaning of the ingredient morphemes inter- and view, you can observe that the meaning of interview is not the sum of the meaning of its parts. The meaning of inter- ... meaning in, into’ we would predict that infer would mean ‘carry into’, which is not even close to the real meaning of infer. The meaning of con- in confer is impossible to discern, but again ... similar) meanings in all the words in which it occurs. If you check the meanings these words have in contemporary English in a dictionary, you may end up with paraphrases similar to those found in...
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Determining Meaning from Context

Determining Meaning from Context

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2013, 17:20
... looking up words. Ever since you were learning your first words, you have been determining meaning from context. Context refers to the words and sentences that sur- round a particular word and help ... the context of the sentence itself and avoid bringing your own contextual meaning from your own expe- riences of colloquial language use, or slang. O DETERMINING MEANING FROM CONTEXT 37 incense ... officers in the hotel. DETERMINING MEANING FROM CONTEXT 33 ANSWERS 1. d. Terse means concise, using no unnecessary words. The main clue is that the editor cut the article by 25%, dramatically reducing...
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Defining Vocabulary in Context

Defining Vocabulary in Context

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2013, 17:20
... in Lessons 1–4: getting the facts, finding the main idea, determining what words mean in context, and distinguishing between fact and opinion. In this lesson, you’ll get vital practice in using ... are earning millions of dollars in advertising revenue. All these clues would indicate that reality TV shows are spreading and growing in number, not shrinking or declining. Hence, the meaning of ... still learn about the word by how it is used, by examining the words and ideas surrounding it. This is called determining word meaning through context. Like detectives looking for clues at a crime...
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Perfect Bound Press Word Fugitives In Pursuit Of Wanted Words - TRIBULATIONS

Perfect Bound Press Word Fugitives In Pursuit Of Wanted Words - TRIBULATIONS

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2013, 19:20
... work, I inevitably end up cutting myself, burn - ing myself, dropping something, or breaking something.” Two people reported that according to They Have a Word for It, by Howard Rheingold, in German ... will be in the fastest line, all other things being equal, is one in three, or 33 percent.” And Nathan Perez, of Chapel Hill, N.C., invoked Ein- stein’s theory of relativity before explaining: ... to coin words in response to my Word Fugitives column. I just couldn’t bear to imagine the follow-up discussions in class if I pursued the premature something-ation line of thought in print....
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