#词汇学presentation.ppt

Words borrowed from Latin Before old English came into being (before 450): Old English (450—1150): religion, education, literature etc. Middle English (1150—1500): law, medicine, science etc. Modern English(1500—now): the Renaissance: art, philosophy, astronomy etc. Plural forms -us变为-i focus/foci alumnus/alumni -um变为-a datum/data -a变为-ae formula/formulae alumna/alumnae -x变为-ices index/indices appendix/appendices Words borrowed from Greek Medical terms: colon(结肠)、hepatitis(肝炎) Prefix：hydro- geo- tele- Suffix：-meter -graph -scope Plural forms -is变为-es crisis/crises analysis/analyses -on变为-a phenomenon/phenomena criterion/criteria -ma词尾加-ta stigma/stigmata * * The Loan Words in English —— 刘姣 朱明月 （Class2） Words borrowed from Latin Words borrowed from Greek Words borrowed from French Words borrowed from Indo-European languages(印欧语) Words borrowed from Non-European languages (ChineseJapanese) The history of English (3 stages) : Old English (450—1150) Middle English (1150—1500) Modern English(1500—now) Early Modern English (1500—1700) Contemporary English (1700—now) dish （碟）、cup（杯子）、wine （葡萄酒） Manchester （曼彻斯特）、Winchester （温彻斯特）、Lancaster （兰开斯特） When in Rome do as the Romans do.（入乡随俗） All roads lead to Rome. （殊途同归） thumbs-up （赞成）、thumbs-down （反对） Angelus --- angel Discipulus --- disciple Presbyter --- priest Tamplum --- temple homicide(杀人罪)、index(索引)、 legal、testimony(证词) chemist, calculus(算法), compute(计算)， formula(公式) Prefix: ante- post- sub- super- Suffix: -ius -ia -ium Words borrowed from French Normans(法国诺曼地人） Duke William（the leader of Normans) Conquered England in 1066 French became the language of English government Ceased to be the official and legal language of England in 1362 1066——1362,the English language had borrowed a great number of F