Task 129

Establish the type of semantic relations between the fol­lowing words.

1. deer-dear a) homonyms

2. deer – animal b) synonym

3. deer-elk c) antonyms

4. dear-expensive d) hyponym - hypernym

5. dear-cheap e) co-hyponyms

6. him - hymn

7. red - green

8. past-future

9. sickness – illness

10. yew- tree

11. yew - ewe

12. ewe-ram

13. ewe - you

Seminar 8

“Morphemic Analysis and Word-Formation Analysis”

Discussion:

1. Morphemic analysis and word-formation analysis.

2. Difficulties of morphemic analysis:

a) pseudo-morphemes;

b) unique roots;

c) combining forms;

d) semi-affixes;

e) other difficulties.

Practice:

Practicum – Tasks 14-16, pp.212-218.

Literature:

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

2. The Issues in Englis Philology (Study Manual). – Irkutsk, 1998.- P.33-37.

3. Arnold I.V. The English Word. – М.: Высш. шк., 1986. – Р.81-87, 104-106, 116-118.

4. 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.123-128, 129-130.

Practice: Task 14

Analyse the morphological structure of the underlined words: identify the number of morphemes and their types according to the semantic and the structural classifications of morphemes. Take into account such units as semi-affixes (semi-prefixes, semi-suffixes), pseudo-morphemes, unique roots, combining forms.

Examples:

Suddenly she felt anxious again (L. Fosburgh).

In the word anxious, there are 2 morphemes:

anxi- is a root, a bound morpheme,

-ous is a suffix, a bound morpheme.

But anyone with the least flair for psychology can per­ceive at once that the exact opposite was the truth (A. Christie).

There are two points of view concerning the word perceive:

1) there are two pseudo-morphemes - the prefix per- and the root -ceive;

2) there is only one root morpheme.

Healthy self-esteem should not be confused with self-centeredness (Internet).

In the word self-centeredness, there are 4 mor­phemes:

center- is a root, a free morpheme,

self- is a semi-prefix,

-ed is a suffix, a bound morpheme,

-ness is a suffix, a bound morpheme.

1. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic (O. Wilde).

2. A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies tri­fling things, but cannot receive great ones (Earl of Chesterfield).

3. Before two o'clock they were on the march and set off in a northeasterly direction... (C.S. Lewis).

4. "I suppose in a way I shall enjoy this," the Marquis said, "but my disguise must be foolproof." (B. Cartland).

5. Harris said he didn’t think George ought to do any­thing that would have a tendency to make him sleepier than he always was, as it might be dangerous (J.K. Jerome).

6. But now, as part of his plan, he went out of his way to be cordial to such people (A. Hailey).

7. "I know, Penelope," he said ashamedly (L. Kennedy).

8. His health made him ill-fitted for hard labor (Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary).

9. And he would take the rule, and remeasure, and find that he wanted half thirty-one and three-eighths inches from the corner and would try to do it in his head, and go mad (J.K. Jerome).

10. ...I frequently shared with you my last pot of strawberry jam... (P.O. Wodehouse).

11. She sounded uncharacteristically anxious (I. Shaw). ;

12. "Your history is perfect, like Desiree's geography,” said I dryly (R. Stout).

13. She simply sat there, semi-smiling at me (E. Segal).

14. The kiss was delicious (I. Shaw).

15. He completed the circuit of the pit without sighting his cousin and he frowned and cursed the man's unreliability under his breath (S. Fraser).

16. For a moment, the woman's inquisitiveness had bothered me and I half-decided to put her in a cab after dinner... (I. Shaw). 17. A newspaper was on the bed - a half-smoked cigar balanced against his reading-lamp (K. Mansfield).

18. Many a man is bitterly disillusioned after marriage when he realizes that his wife cannot solve a quad­ratic equation (S. Leacock).

19. He was out of the door, moving fast, but still preserving a statesmanlike decorum (I. Shaw). 20. He had not yet taken the measure of this sire of his,who was as full of unexpectedness as a girl at her first party (O. Henry).

21 . I suppose a psychologist would say that she had a guilty passion for Crale and therefore killed him (A. Christie).