Task 10

Match the traditionally used words and their politically correct equivalents.

Set I

1. mankind a) nonspecialist

2. salesman b) incomplete success

3. weatherman c) refuse collector

4. layman d) salesperson

5. binman e) domestic arts

6. slums f) correctional institution

7. housework g) humanity

8. failure h) substandard housing

9. prison i) meteorologist

Set II

1. man-made

2. boring

3. bald

4. crazy

5. homeless

6. unemployed

1. follicularly challenged

2. emotionally different

3. synthetic

4. involuntarily leisured

5. involuntarily undomiciled

6. differently interesting

Laboratory work 2

“Word-Formation”,“Affixation”,“Conversion”

Discussion:

1. Word-Formation in English (general description).

2. Affixation:

a) prefixation (general description);

b) classification of prefixes;

c) suffixation (general description);

d) classification of suffixes.

3. Definitions, terminology, general description of conversation in English.

4. Productive conversion models.

Practice:

Practicum – Tasks 17-19, pp.219-225.

Tasks 20-31, pp.226-239.

Literature:

1. Современный английский зык (слово и предложение). – Иркутск,1997. – С. 36-39,49-55.

2. Arnold I.V. The English Word. – М.: Высш. шк., 1986. – Р.90-101.

3. Ginzburg R.S., Khidekel S.S. Knyazeva G.Y., Sankin A.A. A Course in Modern English Lexicology. – M.: Higher School Publishing House, 1966. – P.135-157.

4. Антрушина Г.Б., Афанасьева О.В., Морозова Н.Н. Лексикология английского языка. – М.: Дрофа, 1999. – С. 79-86.

Practice: Task 17

Which unit is the odd one out in each of the following sets?

Set I

1. (noun-forming suffixes) -or, -ive, -hood, -ism

2. (adjective-forming suffixes) -able, -less, -ous, -ty

3. (verb-forming suffixes) -ize, -ify, -ful, -ise

Set II

1. (suffixes denoting the agent of an action) -er, -or, -ist,-ment

2. (suffixes denoting nationality) -tion, -ian, -ese, -ish

3. (suffixes denoting diminutiveness) -ie, -kin, -ock, -ster

4 . (suffixes denoting feminine gender) -ess, -age, -ine,-ette

5. (suffixes having derogatory meaning) -ard, -ster, -ist,-ton

Set III

1. (suffixes of native origin) -ful, -less, -able, -dom, -ish,-ship

2. (suffixes of Romanic origin) -ment, -en, -eer, -age,-ance

3. (suffixes of Greek origin) -ist, -ism, -ite, -nik

Set IV

1. (prefixes of negative meaning) in-, non-, en-, un-

2. (prefixes denoting repetition or reversal action) re-, pre-, dis-, de-

3. (prefixes denoting space) sub-, inter-, trans-, mis-

4. (prefixes denoting time and order) im-, fore-, pre-, post-

Task 18

Insert an appropriate negative prefix: un-, il-, im-, in-, ir-, ab-, dis-, mis-, non-.

Set I

1. The food dished up for the prisoners was practically ...eatable (J.H. Chase).

2. ...to get furious with those who ...agree with us (T.J. Cooney).

3. Crime is personal. Evidence of crime is ...personal (E.S. Gardner).

4. Greta, stolid as ever, glanced at the farm with ...curious eyes (A. Seton).

5. I fancied our characters were not ...similar (Ph. Carr).

6. It could be a lie, an ...intentional untruth, a partial truth, or an opinion (T.J. Cooney).

7. They were drawn to each other by a magnet that was ...resistible (B. Cartland).

8. All while they were taking pictures they were yelling at us in the most ...respectful way (J.M. Cain).

9. A ...obvious option might be to ask the pilot to circle around one more time (T.J. Cooney).

10. Every time she came near me, she seemed to envelop me; she seemed deeper than water, as ...escapable as air... (J. Baldwin).

11. Home had not changed, but she had - ...measurab1у... (A. Seton).

12. For herself, she was ...different and intent as a wild animal, and as ...responsible (D.H. Lawrence).

13. The farm hasn't managed that for us, of course, but it has done other things, ...expected, …logical(N. Gordimer).

14. Did anything strike you about them - any ... normality, any ...sincerity? (A. Christie).

Set II

1. a) A bit of teasing and ...comfort wouldn't do him anyharm (R. Dahl).

b) Travis looked slightly ...comfortable (L. Turner).

2. a) It is most ...fortunate (Ph. Carr).

b) They had the ...fortune to be hit by a violent storm (Oxford Advanced Learner's Encyclopedic Diction­ary).

3. a) He thought them ...interesting and crude (A. Christie).

b) My advice is quite ...interested (Oxford Advanced Learner's Encyclopedic Dictionary).

4. a) “ A very …explicable business," said Mr. Quin...(A.Christie)

b) An ...explainable aimlessness engulfs me (W.P. Kinsella).

5. a) He has proved himself completely ...trustworthy(Collins COBU1LD Essential English Dictionary).

b) The older I grow the more I …trust the familiar doc­trine that age brings wisdom (H.L. Mencken).

6. a) They stared at it in a mixture of relief and ...belief (L. Fosburgh).

b) She's got an ...believable number of cats! (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English).