Contrastive analysis of prefix dis- and un- in English.docVIP

Contrastive analysis of prefix dis- and un- in English 　　Abstract. English prefix dis- and un- are commonly surveyed along with some other negative prefixes. However, there are many cases in which prefix dis- and un- can be attached to the same root, causing the difficulty in distinguishing the comprehension of the two prefixes’ semantic roles. Considering this issue, this paper endeavors to clarify the respective morphological processes and explain their specific semantic roles. 　　Keywords: dis-; un-; morphological process, semantic role 　　1. Introduction 　　Previous researches on dis- and un- are mostly conducted in the terms of their negative function as such: He (2004) discussed three combination rules of prefix and the root: the same origin rule between the prefix and the root, the assimilation rule and the category collocation rule, of which prefix dis- and un belong to the first rule; He (1999) mainly discussed the development of un- usage since post-War I, indicating the flexibility of function in prefix un-; Guo (2012) introduced the meanings of prefix un-、in-、dis- with many examples, which is more detailed illustrated in Yang (2010); Wang (1998) came up with many examples of same root prefixed with both dis- and un-, directly leading to the theme of recognition of their semantic roles. With the help of these previous journals and Du (2009) as the academic references, this paper aims at clarifying the usage of the two prefix with enough examples and deepening the analysis thoroughly in the point view of semantics and syntactic. 　　2. etymology difference 　　As Du (2009) points out, prefix dis- belongs to Latin prefix with the meaning of 揳part, asunder, away, in different direction?such as words: dispel, disperse. According to the same origeein rule between the prefix and the root, its Latin origin determines dis- to be attached to Latin roots. Literally, dis- is more prefixed before French roots, which as a matter of fact confirms this same0origin ru