应用型大学英语视听说教程5 高等教育公共英语类 徐平 教师用书 unit 8 Development of Words.docVIP

Background knowledge In language, a word is the smallest free form that may be uttered in isolation with literal or practical meaning). A complex word will typically include a root and one or more affixes (rock-s, red-ness, quick-ly, run-ning, un-expect-ed), or more than one root in a compound (black-board, rat-race). Words can be put together to build larger elements of language, such as phrases (a red rock), clauses (I threw a rock), and sentences (he threw one too but he missed). The term word may refer to a spoken word or to a written word, or sometimes to the abstract concept behind e