LINGUISTICS/ENGLISH 442

CHANGING WORDS:

HISTORY, SEMANTICS AND TRANSLATION

INSTRUCTOR:  DR. JAMES A. SANTUCCI

 

Course Documents and Exercises

 

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Exercises

  

Prefixes  

 
Numerical Roots  


Roots:1


Words Derived From One Family 


Roots:2

Definitions

Word Origins

Scandanavian Loan Words


Roots in Greek and Latin


Greek Roots


silly

 

 

               Summary of Lectures


February 1 


February 8
 

February 15

March 1

      

Etymologies 

Etymologies

(calorie, chauffeur, deprecate, devil)

Etymologies

(aquarium, filial, female, glamor)

Etymologies

(rebellion, severity, surmount, temple)

Etymologies: Words and Papers

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