CLA 30 Lecture 4: Unit 1 - Extent of Borrowing in English from Greek and Latin
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Unit 1 - extent of borrowing in english from greek and latin. Function words - shorts words which serve as cement to hold the content words together. Words are often made up of 2+ morphemes - minimum units of meaning. Full - put 2 morphemes together and they mean the same still. {medic} = connected w/ the science of medicine. {ment} = act of, product of (cf. govt. , attachment) {or} = person(or thing) who acts or does something. Suffix - a morpheme that comes at the end of a word. A morpheme that occurs at the front of a word. The morpheme to which a prefix is added. Refers to dates after the birth of jesus of nazareth. Some people instead use a. d. = anno domini (latin for in the year of the lord) Refers to the dates before the birth of jesus. Where and when we first hear about the.
