المحاضرة الثانية النثر الإنجليزي Non fictional prose
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We'll study:
- Morphological knowledge.
- Compound nouns.
- Acceptance – continuum.
- Book from page (9-17)
Using prefixes and suffixes Change the meaning of the word & change theclass ( noun- djective- adverb )
Unhappy = un + happy
Prefix stem
Hopeless = hope+ less
Stem suffix
Unhappiness= un + happy + ness
Prefix stem suffix
Compound nouns:
Ado – it – your self – job:
Overnight gathering nouns to make meanings
تمرين صفحة 9
5- Analyzing suffixes:
__Able: having the ability to do…..>> affordable
__al : related to ….>> seasonal
__ant: person who do…>> applicant
__er: person who do…>> teacher
__ity: state of a condition >> cordiality
__less: without >> harmless.
يقول الدكتور:
There's no rule in suffixes & prefixes you have to learn them just by heart , to know their meaning.
حل تمرين صفحة 10
وتجد الاجابة في القطعة السابقة
Exercise no 6 – making new words by adding suffixes:
7- compound words with hyphens:
Hyphens = الشرطة بين الكلمات
1- Long – distance telephone call= a call made to some one a long distance away.
2- A to – do list: thing you have to do .
3- Self-help book : books give u help without any body's help.
4- A do-gooder: some one who does good things to the others.
Compound words without hyphens:
1- Overnight train trip: a train trip that continues through the night.
2- Widespread: u can find it every where.
3- Farewell:saying goodbye.
4- Seashore: place near the sea, the coast.
5- Household: the things u buy for the house.
Meeting& greeting:
How cultures differ from each other.
Some questions acceptable& others are not in cultures:
Where are you from?
How much (money)?
What's your job?
What's you're salary?
How old are u?
Using a continuum: