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Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English
... spellings are rather common (cf. word- formation, word formation, and wordformation, all of them attested), and even where the spelling is conventionalized, similar words are often spelled differently, ... problems in word- formation, productivity (chapter 3). The descriptively oriented chapters 4 through 6 deal with the different kinds of word- formation processes that can be found in English: chapter ... area of study is traditionally referred to as word- formation and the present book is mainly concerned with word- formation in one particular language, English. As a textbook for an undergraduate...
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Word formation in english
... words belief, ease, and truth are all abstract nouns, but not all abstract nouns can take un- (cf. the odd formations ?unidea, ?unthought, ?uninformation, etc.), which suggests that the words ... majority of un- derivatives behaves according to our word formation rule, there are a a number of words that go against it: (16) a. nouns b. verbs unbelief undo unearth unease unfold unsaddle ... orthographic word, grammatical word and the notion of lexeme as possible definitions of word . Apply each of these notions to the words occurring in example (20) of chapter 1 and show how many words...
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Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English - Affixation
... distinct words or inflectional word forms are not part of morphological grammar” and exclude expletive infixation from word- formation, “because neither new words nor inflectional word forms ... attaches to verbs and nouns to form reversative or privative verbs: decolonize, decaffeinate, deflea, depollute, dethrone, deselect. Very often, de- verbs are parasynthetic formations, as evidenced ... Nominal suffixes Nominal suffixes are often employed to derive abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives and nouns. Such abstract nouns can denote actions, results of actions, or other related concepts,...
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Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English - Compounding
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Cambridge University Press Lexical Categories Verbs, Nouns, And Adjectives
... he distinguishes nouns from adjectives and verbs in that only the latter are intrinsically relational [i.e. pred- icative], whereas he distinguishes verbs from adjectives and nouns in that they tend ... are stative verbs comes from the combinations in (8) having some of the same morphological pecu- liarities as noun incorporation into verbs. Nouns that are historically derived from verbs must ... impossible on both nouns and unaccusative verbs, as shown in (15c). There is a rather striking overall parallel between the inflection of nouns and the inflection of unaccusative verbs in Mohawk,...
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English Exercises 11-Part 2
... the underlined word or phrase in each sentence below: 10/ They work _______ the night and sleep _______ day. A. during- by B. by- during C. in- in D. at- at C. Select the correct words to complete ... B. include C. get D. receive PART 2 A. Pick out the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other words: 1/ A. conservation B. nation C. mention D. question 2/ ... winter's day. A. comforting B. comforter C. comfortable D. comfortless D. Select the most appropriate word to complete the following sentences: 1/ I hate it _______ there's no one in the office. A....
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English Exercises 11-Part 3
... Professor Aitchison is _______ town this week. A. to B. into C. out of D. from C. Select the correct words to complete the sentences: 1/ In the rural areas, _______ is widespread. A. literate B. literacy ... but it was _______. A. hope B. hopeless C. hopeful D. hopefully D. Select the most appropriate word to complete the following sentences: 1/ I'll pay you double _______ you get the work finished ... insurance (C) thing. I'm really worried (D) about it." 5/ "(A) Have you written your English essay (B) yet ?" "(C) Of course not , I finished it (D) last week ." 6/...
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English Exercises 11-Part 10
... able to drive a heavy lorry. PART 10 A. Pick out the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other words: 1/ A. wou ld B. cou ld C. tough D. shou ld 2/ ... quanti ty B. mi neral C. ti mber D. particular B. Select the correct prepositions, conjunctions or adverbs to complete the sentences: 1/ Do you play any other sports _______ football and basketball? A. ... to D. over- for H. Read the following passages carefully, and then select the most appropriate words provided to fill in the blanks: ã Passage 10: E-mail predates the inception of the (1) _______,...
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English Exercises 9-Unit 4
... study English well. What do you advise me to do? - You: _________________________. A. If I am you, I’d do more exercises. B. If I am you, I’ll do more exercises. C. If I were you, I’d do more exercises. D. ... I’ll do more exercises. C. If I were you, I’d do more exercises. D. If I were you, I’ll do more exercises. 12/ What do you say? - Your friend: My sister isn’t good at math and neither am I. -...
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