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consonants turned out to
be far more stable than vowels and some of them remained unchanged
through the whole period of their existence: • hand, call, foam •
OE consonants can
be described on
the following ground
s: •
1) place of articulation: • -labial /p, b, m, f, v/; • -dental /t, d, þ, ð, n, s, r, l/
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E.g. unmistakable: un + adj
– a new adj is built/ discouraging: v + ing – a new adj is built. The
main
structural types of English
words. Acc. to
morphological structure words are divided into: 1.
Root-
words (consist of only 1 morpheme
– the root). ...
2) chooser, giver, winner (a doer
of the action).
3) eraser, boiler, sprayer (denote an instrument).
* love- amour.passion.affektion.Hate-dislike.contempt.abhore.Support-heip.assistence.Amazing-
showy.shocking.surprising. Bad-wotse.wrong.ugly. Beautiful-handsome.bonny. Begin-start.take
up.undertake. Shut-fasten. bar.close. Come-apptouch.arrive. Understand-comprehend.know.
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A full understanding of the semantic structure of any lexical item can be gained from the study of a
variety of
contexts in which the word is used. The term
context is defined as the minimum stretch of
speech necessary and sufficient to determine which of the possible meanings of a polysemantic word is
used, e.g. blue eyes ‘having the colour of the clear sky or of the deep sea on a fine day’, to feel blue ‘be
sad and
without hope’.
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