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CC 303: Latin and Greek Elements in English

First Exam Study Guide

• Be able to analyze, define, and name the part of speech of the italiczed words in all of the sentences in Ayers Latin Lessons II-XII.
• Given a base, be able to define it and list several words containing that base.
• Understand the significance of the following terms:

1066
A whole nother thing...
AAEV
abbreviation
acronym
active voice
Adjectival Suffix/Nominal Suffix
adverb/noun/verb/adjective
Anglo-Saxon
apheresis
aphesis
apocope
assimilation of consonants
back formation
base
Bayeux Tapestry
BEV
cf.
Chaucer
cognate v. derivative
Cultural Capital
definition
descriptive v. prescriptive grammar
dialect
dissimilation
DOS, RAM, RADAR
double or multiple negation
dozens/dirty dozens/slinging snaps
Dyaus pitar
e.g.
Early & Late Modern English
Ebonics
etymological meaning
etymology
euphony
f.a.e.
gerund
Great Vowel Shift
Grimm's Law
habitual "be"
homograph
homonym
homophone
hopefully
hybrid
i.e.
in****ingcredible
Indo-European/PIE
industrial revolution
infix
Inflated Language
Jupiter
Middle English period
Non Indo-European Languages
Normandy
o.o.o.
Old English period
part of speech
participle
passive voice
PIE: NE-
PIE: WEID-/WID-
pork/pig, etc.
prefix
prescriptive grammar
Robert Lowth
Romance languages
Sanskrit
Shakespeare
shall/will
Skt.
sociolinguistics
Sources for Latin and Greek elements in English
split infinitive
suffix
syncope
The Oakland Unified School District's Amended Proposal
tmesis
to butl
to dis
to escalate
to ush
use/utilize
William the Bastard
Zeus