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Re: Ungrent! Word Structure - Morphology~ Please help

Mister Micawber — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:21:46 GMT

This looks a lot like homework to me, Civic. Why don't you Google some of these terms?-- inflection, adverb, affix, compound noun.

Ungrent! Word Structure - Morphology~ Please help

Civicjai_11 — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:07:06 GMT

Consider the following passage an answer the questions that follow:

Whether we eat at his place or mine, Ryan usually prepares the meal. Tonight I'd volunteered. I cook well, but not instinctively. I need recipes. Arriving home at six, I spent a few minutes recapping my day for Birdie, then took out the folder in which I stuff menus clipped from the Gazette. A five-minute search produced a winner. Grilled Chicken breast with melon salsa. Wild Rice. Tortilla with arugula salad.

(a) Name four different types of inflection and give one example of each taken from the passage above.

(b) Find two adverbs in the passage that are derived from adjectives; Write them down and underline the affix that changed them from an adjective to an adverb.

(c) Find two nouns in the passage that are derived from verbs by affixation; write them down and underline the affix that changed them from verbs into nouns.

(d) write down two compound nouns from the passage

please teach for this question~ Many thanks!

Re: two questions

Anonymous — Wed, 30 May 2007 07:56:31 GMT

Mister Micawber wrote:

By using the word qua word, it becomes nominalized. Look at your own sentence: "where would you say is the modification by 'the' (prepositional phrase, 'the' is the noun object) in that sentence is taking place? 'The' must be modifying a noun, isn't it? ('The' is the noun subject of the question)". '-Ing' too is a noun object of 'with'-- here, a mere affix has been nominalized! Thank you, Mr. M. How do we know when to treat a nominalized noun as countable and uncountable. What I have been doing so far is to treat the kinds of it as an uncountable noun. a '-ing' or just 'ing'?

Re: two questions

Mister Micawber — Tue, 29 May 2007 03:24:22 GMT

By using the word qua word, it becomes nominalized. Look at your own sentence: "where would you say is the modification by 'the' (prepositional phrase, 'the' is the noun object) in that sentence is taking place? 'The' must be modifying a noun, isn't it? ('The' is the noun subject of the question)". '-Ing' too is a noun object of 'with'-- here, a mere affix has been nominalized!

Re: I need your comment on "future tense"

MrPedantic — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:46:05 GMT

Roro wrote:

Hello MrPedantic. I have an off-topic-question, As to the wordãprepositionãwhich you kindly forced on me. The following is its definition (from Webster's online dictionary): ââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââ 1. A function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word. 2. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached). ââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââ My question is: why one of the section in this EnglishForums is namedãWords, puns, jokes and prepositionsã? Prepositions ... it's a most uninteresting part of speech. I had been thinking so. But ... jokes and prepositions .... why? Please help.

Hello Roro!

I'm sorry about the prepositions. It wasn't my choice. I've been stuck in the washroom all day. (What do people do in there? It's disgraceful...irregular verbs in lipstick all over the mirrors...)

But you're right, they are a little dull.

As for the title of that section â Words, puns, jokes and prepositions

â I have no idea. It's a question I haven't liked to ask, in case people stare at me and say, What, MrP? You don't know?

But the truth is â I don't know.

I'll see if I can find out...

MrP

Re: I need your comment on "future tense"

Roro — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:00:57 GMT

Dear Pastel. Did you know this pictorial symbol? âè°·â (Oh my God...) I remember using it for the first time when all of my data were vanished, in a flash, because of my lack of care. I like it, though!
For those who don't know Kanji: this hieroglyph ..è°·.. means 'valley.'
ââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââ
(Pastel. What happened? I hope I didn't hurt you by my careless words. If so, let me know. Let's enjoy discussing. I think I understand you. That is: The context & the speaker's intention are the most important factors. But there's no rule at all..? I wonder. I'm interested in your question, but I don't think I'm wrong at all. Well... I'll keep quiet a bit. I try, at least!)

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Hello MrPedantic. I have an off-topic-question, As to the wordãprepositionãwhich you kindly forced on me. The following is its definition (from Webster's online dictionary):
ââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââ
1. A function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word.
2. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached).
ââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââ
My question is: why one of the section in this EnglishForums is namedãWords, puns, jokes and prepositionsã?
Prepositions ... it's a most uninteresting part of speech. I had been thinking so.
But ... jokes and prepositions .... why?
Please help.

Arabic, Persian, and in between

LanguageLover — Sun, 24 Apr 2005 22:25:34 GMT

Hi Ali,
Sorry for the delay in the replying to your mail. First of all, thanks a lot for your patience with me. And the second, here comes the sweet discussion of the influence of the Arabic language over Persian! It's quite interesting for me that there are many among the Westerners who think that we speak Arabic (and we dress, et cetra, the same way, since we are Arabs too), and now I'm quite shocked that you do not know how much our language is affected by Arabic after Islam.
Persian is different from Urdu, though they are from the same origin. In fact, I've noticed a lot of words that are in use in both of the languages, though with a slightly different pronounciation, and sometimes with different meanings. Because as you know, languages are always changing, so a word that was spoken by two people who were originally from the same place and then migrated to different places( like Urdu and Persian), or a word that had been borrowed by a language from another, that had the same meaning once (as the Persian-Arabic case) continue to change in different directions, semanticly and phoneticly.
As you know, Arabs ruled over Iran for centuries(I think for about 400 years), and Arabic was the official language during that time (the language of the government, of course, and also some scientists, philosophers,... wrote their books in Arabic so that they could survive and passed on to the next generations, like Bin-Sina's (Abu Ali Sina's) works.) By reviving of the Iranian kings, the official language shifted to Persia, though the writing system, and plenty of Arabic words along with it, remained within the Persian language system. There were times that Persian was far from "Persian", and we can't understand the texts from that era easily( it even went that far that they started to form plural forms of the Persian nouns by adding Arabic plural affix "-At", borrowing grammatical rules from another language is a disaster to any language), and also times that there were massive efforts to kick the Arabic words out! (Both of them were, and are wrong.)
Anyway, that's why I can understand simple Arabic texts, though I'm a little bit better than most of my fellow countrypeople.
And teaching Arabic as a part of curriculum at schools started after the revolution. So, I've studied most of the Arabic grammar rules, though I hardly remember them.But the teaching method and materials were not good enough, they forced us to memorize the rules without knowing the differences or the necessary details. For example, though I still can conjugate all the 8 BABs of THALATHI MAZID (if I'm not mistaken), I don't know where EFT'AL should be used and where ENFE'AL!
I'd like to learn Arabic, I think that I have the talent, and I was top of my class at school. But I have nobody to practise my Arabic with them. I hope that I'll find the strngth to learn it by myself someday!
Cheers,

Re: Hiya everybody! My first question...

Mister Micawber — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:22:32 GMT

Bienvenido al English Forums, Reme.

From Trask, Language and Linguistics:

"Clitic: a grammatical item which appears to be less than a word but more than an affix.

Enclitic: a clitic which is phonologically attached to what precedes it, such as -n't in couldn't.

Proclitic: a clitic which precedes the thing it is bound to. In the French sentence, Il te le donnera, the three pronouns are all proclitics bound to the following verb."

I would be interested in seeing the examples you have, Reme.

Re: Prefix, suffix and roots

Mister Micawber — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 10:29:12 GMT

Here's a start:

It depends on the meaning of the word, and of course the location of the affix, since a prefix by definition goes on the front.

'Biology'-- 'bios' is the central concept, hence the root, while 'logy' is a suffix meaning 'study, knowlege of'.

'Biorhythm'-- here the rhythm is the central concept (root) and the 'bio' tacks on the idea of life as a prefix.

Suffixes are mostly parts-of-speech makers, turning verbs into nouns into adjectives.

Re: Is my name ODD???

trellis — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 10:38:12 GMT

Hello,

I think that Affix is an excellent name to use at this web site forum.
It stands out on the page and is very memorable.

One of the meanings of "affix" is an element of grammar,
so it is a good word choice to use as a name here.

affix (e-fÃ®ksÂ´) verb, transitive
affixed, affixing, affixes
1. To secure to something; attach: affix a label to a package.
2. To impute; attribute: affix blame to him.
3. To place at the end; append: affix a postscript to a letter.
4. Grammar. To add as an affix.

noun (Ã fÂ´Ã®ksÂ´)
1. Something that is attached, joined, or added; an appendage or addition.
2. Linguistics. A word element, such as a prefix or suffix, that can only occur attached to a base, stem, or root.
[Medieval Latin affixÃ¢re, frequentative of Latin affÃ¬gere, affix- : ad-, ad- + fÃ¬gere, to fasten.]
- affixÂ´able adjective
- affixÂ´er noun