Classical Studies 2800A/B Lecture Notes - Phonaesthetics, Genitive Case, Proto-Indo-European Language

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2800A/B
• Professor: David Lamari

Document Summary

Assassin <= one who kills a public figure. Phonology: study of pronunciation (earlier form) => (later form) Changes the part of speech (noun to verb, verb to adjective) Popul at tion (result of making people) Educ at ion al iz at ion (derivational) suffix: changes the part of speech (noun, verb, ) Inflectional suffix: changes the grammar of the word. De populate (go down), re populate (go back up) For euphony (just to make it sound better) Ge o logy, dign i fy. Mappa > map ending dropped or silent e . Drop -is or -us ending corpus, corporis > corpor (eg, corporal) rex, regis > reg (eg, regal) cors, cordis > cord(i) (eg, cordial) Adjectival suffixes; turn verbs or nouns into adjective. Greek stems tend to have greek suffixes. English stems tend to have english suffixes. Grouch + y = pertaining to , characterized by , resembling . Anus > -an, -ane, (but also -ain < of)