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CC 303: Latin and Greek Elements in English

Study Guide for Second Exam
(Lessons 13-24)

• Lesson XIII: Understand functional change and have examples of each type he discusses (noun to verb, adjective to noun, verb to noun) on hand.
• Lesson XIV: Understand degeneration and elevation of meaning (a.k.a. pejoration and amelioration) and have an example on hand.
• Lesson XV-XVI: Understand the idea of abstract and concrete nouns, weakening and hyperbole. Have an example of each on hand.
• Lesson XVII: Learn the examples in this chapter.
• Lesson XVIII-XIX: Understand euphemism, taboo deformation, circumlocution (a.k.a. Newspeak), and folk etymology and have a few examples of each on hand.
• Lesson XX-XXI: Understand the various categories of clips and blends and have a few examples on hand.
• Lesson XXII: Understand the concept of doublets and have a couple of examples on hand. Also review the distinction between cognate and derivative in this context.
• Lesson XXIII: Be ready to define the words from the sentences in this Lesson using your knowledge of their bases.
• Lesson XXIV: Understand metathesis and have examples ready. Be ready to define the words from the sentences in this Lesson using your knowledge of their bases.

Also be able to:

• Analyse and define the words from the sentences in Latin Lessons 13-24
• Explain the following terms from mythology (i.e. what do they mean in English today and what, briefly, do they refer to in classical mythology?): Achilles' heel, aegis, amazon, Cassandra, Elysium, stentorian, stygian, Odyssey, nostoi/nostalgic, mentor, siren...
• Define the following terms from Talking Power chapter 11: disparage, monolithic, superordinate, anomalous, metacomunication, solicitude, syntactic, pragmatic, preponderance, phonology, lexicon, contiguity, diametrical, manqué, ambivalence, bankability, succinct, autonomy, to jockey, axiomatic, belie, pugnacious, heresy, ripostes, sardonic, refutation, approbation, ostensibly (cp. ostentatious), egalitarian, milieu (< locus, cp. in lieu of), accoutrement, imbue, proponent, ensconce, vituperation, epithet, reciprocity
• Answer general questions about Talking Power chapter 11 (i.e. be able to prove that you read it by knowing the position Lakoff takes on the various issues she discusses).
• Define bases from 12-24 and give a few examples with definitions.
• Give the textbook definition of the following suffixes: -ous, -ose, -ent, -ant, -andum/-endum.
• Give a few of the common, generic definitions for adjective suffixes and for noun suffixes