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Affixation
to Conversions |
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| 2.
Combined or Compound words |
These
can be the simple joining of two words e.g. jobcentre, witchcraft,
briefcase, singsong or climbdown.
They
can involve affixing other lexemes* or units of meaning that
may not be able to stand alone. Familiarity with these lexemes
increases your ability to understand new words in the future.
* a lexeme
is a unit of meaning which may be part of a word or may be
more than one word 'wash up' or
'piece of cake' (= easy)
Look
through the words below. Combine
as many of the lexemes as you can in the following ways and
record the results. Each one can be used more than once.
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Combine
them with each other. (What is the word for someone who
fears the light? Or for self-life-writing?) |
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Add
them to the following:
sphere,
swim, cultural, sensitive, suggestion, somatic, phone,
-path, -matic, work, seismo- (meaning shake),
choc-, vision, port, chemical, mobile, space (Note
that a letter may need changing or omitting.)
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| Agro
- |
field
(Latin) |
| bio
- |
relating
to life (Greek) |
| eco
- |
environmental
(Greek) |
| psycho
- |
breath,
soul, mind (Greek) |
| techno
- |
art,
craft (Greek) |
| tele
- |
far,
distant (Greek) |
| photo
- |
light
(Greek) |
| auto
- |
self
(Greek) |
| cyber
- |
steersman
(Greek) |
| philo
- |
loving,
liking (Greek) |
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graph |
written,
writing (Greek |
| -
gram |
thing
written (Greek) |
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athon |
Greek
ending of the word marathon |
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aholic |
Arabic:
ending of the word alcohol |
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logy |
the
study of (Greek) |
| -
phobic |
fearing
(Greek) |
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sophy |
wisdom,
learning (Greek) |
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Add
to the list with your dictionary. |
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Notice
how many familiar words have a Greek component. |
Now
look at the exercise
on 'Blends' on the next page.
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