Session 3 Chapter 4 word-formation 1 version 2 英语词汇学课件.pptVIP

Reviewing Questions 1. Write the terms in the blanks according to the definitions: 1) a minimal meaningful unit of a language ( ) 2) one of the variants that realize a morpheme ( ) 3) a morpheme that occurs with at least one other morpheme ( ) 4) a morpheme that can stand alone ( ) 5) a morpheme attached to a stem or root ( ) 6) an affix that indicates grammatical relationships ( ) 7) an affix that forms new words with a stem or root ( ) 8) what remains of a word after the removal of all affixes ( ) Key 1. morpheme 2. allomorph 3. bound morpheme 4. free morpheme 5. affix 6. inflectional affix 7. derivational affix 8. root Chapter 4Word-formation (I)  Objectives: To help students master the rules of word formation and cultivate their ability to grasp the meanings of words through word-formation.; Teaching focus: To know the most productive ways of word-formation To understand and grasp the definition of the following terms and their features in forming new words: affixation, compounding and conversion. General introduction Affixation(30%-40%) Compounding(28%-30%) Conversion (26%) The most productive methods Are all words created by these word-formation processes acceptable? “Thirdly, the explorationists are willing to only move equipment during the winter...” “The results ...will make America what we want it to be—a literate country and a hopefuller country.” “This case has had full analyzation and has been looked at a lot. “The war on terrorism has transformationed the US-Russia relationship” “Were working with Chancellor Schr?der...to help Russia securitize ... the dismantled nuclear warheads.” Are all words created by these word-formation processes acceptable? a. explorationists: explorers, those who conduct explorations b. hopefuller: more hopeful c. analysation: analysis, ‘had full analysation’ = ‘been fully analyzed’ d. transformationed: transformed, caused a transformation of e. securitize: to secure, cause