I. Speak on the following topics.

1. Affixation. Classifications of suffixes.

2. Valency of suffixes.

3. Prefixes, their classification.

4. Compounding, classifications of compounds.

5. Conversion

6. Sound interchange, clipping, blending.

7. Distinctive stress, onomatopoeia, back formation

II. Do the following assignments.

Affixation

Assignment 1.

Analyse the following affixed words and try to deduce their meaning:

 

 Brainy, catty, dressy, foxy, stagy, touchy, chatty.  

 

 Eatable, loveable, questionable, imaginable.

 

Lovely, lonely, friendly, heavenly.

 

Assignment 2.

Analyse the meaning of suffixes and translate sentences.

 Humanity – humanism

1.His theory was rooted in Western Marxism and liberal humanism. 2. They degraded them and denied their humanity. 3. That act was rightly considered as a crime against humanity. 3. He has a sense of humour, a warm humanity, and a strong common sense. 4. She has a background in humanities and modern languages.

 

 Reality – realism

1.She had never seemed able to face reality. 2.He did as much as anything to foster the new note of realism. 3.Extraordinary degrees of realism are reached in the film. 4.Day-dreams have become realities.

 

 Womanish –womanly

1.I should never imagine him to be able to take decisive steps, he has always seemed to me a bit womanish: weak and emotional. 2.Her figure has become more womanly. 3. The womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion attract men. 

 

 Childlike –childish

1. She looked at me with her big, childlike eyes. 2. I thought her nice but rather childish. 3. I was annoyed at the childishness of the remark.

 

 

Assignment 3.

Form diminutive forms of the following nouns.

Book, cloud, kitchen, aunt, girl, bird, night-gown, dad, handkerchief, squirrel, wolf.

 

 

Assignment 4.  

Translate into Russian.

 

Boyish, girlish, bookish, childish, reddish, bluish, greenish, hoggish, baldish.

  

 

 

Assignment 5.

Deduce the meanings of the following derivatives from the meanings of their constituents.

Disrespectable, unladylike, disorganise, snobbish, breakable, tallish, underfed, unsystematic,

 

inwardly, clannishness, workaholic, reconstruction, to re-sit, gangsterdom, concentration,

 

counter-culture, allusion, to computerize, dispensable, to overreach, actorishness, brinkmanship,

 

unbecoming, outfield, to outnumber.

 

Assignment 6.

Explain the difference between the meanings of the following words produced from the same root by means of different suffixes.

Watery – waterish, colourful – coloured, embarrassed – embarrassing, manly – mannish, respected – respectful – respectable, exhaustive – exhausted –exhausting,  bored – boring, touchy – touched –touching.

 

 

Compounding

 

Assignment 7.

Explain the meanings of the following compounds.

 

Baby-sitter, boiling-point, three-cornered,   knee-high, saleswoman, tragicomic, snub-nosed, stone-deaf, wrist-watch,        clock-tower, red-hot, kill-joy,

blackmail, cut-throat, scarecrow, know-nothing, home-grown lady-killer,

luncher-out, double-decker.

 

 

Assignment 8.

Read the pairs of free combinations and compounds and explain the difference in meaning.

A dancing girl                                                     a dancing-girl

A green house                                                     a green-house

A mad doctor                                                      a mad-doctor

A face ache                                                          a face-ache

A missing list                                                      a missing-list

Assignment 9.

Form the plural of the following words.

Father-in law,

 man-of-war,

baby-sitter,

secretary-stenographer,

knick-knack,

flowerpot-stand,

fancy-dress-maker,

woman-doctor,

clock-tower,

mother-goose,

 brother-in-arms.

 

 

Assignment 10.

Read and translate the following compounds.

Sky-blue, flower-bed, handcuffs,  door-handle, castle-builder,  eye-wash,  sweet-tooth,  can-opener,  eye-opener, night-cap, slow-coach, wall-flower,

walk-up, dog-eared, toy-man, forget-me-not, pick-pocket.

 

 

Conversion

Assignment 11.

Derive the verbs from the following nouns and deduce their meanings.

 Monkey -

 Fish -

 Fox -

 Nurse -

 Cook -

 Maid -

 Eye - 

 Elbow -

 Hand - 

Face -

 Shoulder - 

Nose -

 

 Pocket - 

Bottle - 

Lunch -

Supper

 

                                                 

                                             4. Shortening (clipping)

 

Assignment 12.

Decipher the following shortenings.

 

 

Rd

St

a.m.

p.m.  

i.e. 

e.g. 

M.P.

Ph.D.

 Dr. 

R.&D

g.f.

H-bomb

vac

fridge

specs

lib

prof

cert,

U-turn

mike

gent

circs

I.O.U. 

                                 

Sound-Imitation (Onomatopoeia)

Assignment 13.

Read the following words denoting sounds produced by different animals and guess what these animals are.

to croak

to bark

to meow/miaow/ mew 

cock-a doodle-do

to quack

to moo/low

to twitter

Assignment 14.

Translate the following words formed by means of sound imitation. 

to whisper

to whistle

to splash

to clatter

to bubble

to tinkle

to ding-dong

clang

chatter

 

 

Blending

 

Assignment 15.