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CLAS224 Word Elements
Department of Classics
Monmouth College
SCHEDULE OF
ACTIVITIES
Spring Semester, 2005
Note: One advantage of a web-based
schedule is that it can be adjusted frequently according to class progress.
Students are advised to consult this page regularly for changes.
Part I: An Introduction to Words
Jan. 19 Words on words
Jan. 21 1st DIAGNOSTIC EXAM
Jan. 24 Dictionaries: Read
Ayers, 16-25 and Etymology.
Electronic Dictionary Entry Analysis
(due Jan. 28). Using Electronic
Dictionaries; Oxford
English Dictionary;
Instructions for Using Electronic
Dictionaries. PLEASE BRING YOUR DICTIONARY TO
CLASS.
Jan. 26 Indo-European and
Etymology: Read Ayers, 1-6,
and American Heritage Dictionary (AHD), pp. 1598-1603
Jan. 28 History of English:
Ayers, 6-14
Important
Terms in Ayers
Dictionary Entry Analysis Due.
Jan. 31 History of English
Cont.: Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales /
Oxford English Dictionary
/ Words of the 20th Century
Feb. 2 Presentation on Dictionaries for Dictionary
Surveys (due Feb. 11th) IN HEWES LIBRARY. See A
Sampling of Dictionaries /
Some Recent
Dictionary Acquisitions.
Part II: Word Elements from Latin
Feb. 4 Ayers, 26-34 (definitions, bases) Word Elements and Their
Uses /
Rules for
Definition / BASES /
prefixes- /
-suffixes
Feb. 7 Ayers, 35-40 (prefixes-, assimilation) Latin
Prepositions / Latin
Prefix Chart / Assimilation
of Prefixes
Feb. 9 Ayers, 40-46 (abbreviations, acronyms)
Abbreviations
/ Acronymns
/ Acronymns on
Libraryspot.com / Internet
Emoticons, Smileys and Abbreviations (Latin
Loan Words in Ayers and
phrases). Also Ayers, 136-142;
196-197: A few of these phrases will be discussed
in every class through March 17. They will be part of
the first unit exam. Passion
in Parentheses
Feb. 11 Ayers, 46-51 (back formations, aphresesis, aphesis);
Ayers, 52-56 (combining bases, Roman numerals) Dictionary
Surveys due.
Feb. 14 Ayers, 57-60
(hybrids)
Feb. 16 Ayers, 60-70 (-suffixes,
word analysis); Three
Morphologically Identical Bases: PAR-
Feb. 18 Ayers, 70-82 (dissimilation, semantic change); Animalia
Romana
Feb. 21 Ayers, 82-89 (Specialization
and Generalization , functional change);
Feb. 23 Ayers, 90-98 (degeneration/elevation, abstract/concrete);
Degeneration of Meaning / Degeneration
and Ethnic Stereotypes.
Prospectus
for Etymology Project Due.
Feb. 25 Ayers, 98-101 (weakening, hyperbole,
independent twins) Independent
Twins:
Definition / Independent
Twins: List
Feb. 28 Ayers, 101-106
(changing concepts, diminutives)
The Four Humors
March 2 Ayers 106-112 (euphemisms, circumlocutions,
jargon)
Brand Names vs. Generic Names / Technospeak / Some Nursery Rhymes
in Disguise / How
College Professors Speak /
Christmas Carols the
Hard Way
Mid-Course Evaluation Due
Mar. 4 No class.
Mar. 14 Ayers 112-119
(Clipped
Words; folk etymology)
Mar. 15
Fox Classics
Lecture 7:30 P.M. in Highlander Room (Attendance Required)
Mar. 16 Ayers, 120-128 (Blends
and doublets); Lewis Carroll's
"Jabberwocky"
Mar. 18 Ayers, 128-136 (latinisms, metathesis)
Mar. 21 1st UNIT EXAM See Sample
Latin Unit Exam.
Mar. 23
How to do an electronic word search.
Class meets in the Trotter Lab. Note:
Electronic Word Search Assignment
is due on March 30th.
Part III Word Elements from Greek
Note: Some italicized words and phrases on pp. 160-178 and 250-256 will be covered in
class daily.
March 25 No class
March 28 No class
Mar. 30 Ayers, 158-160; 180-181; 255-256 (Introduction
to Greek; Greek loan words
Electronic
Word Search Assignment
due.
Apr. 1 Quiz on Greek alphabet and loan words
Apr. 4 Ayers, 160-163; 178-183 (bases, combining
bases, prefixes)
Apr. 6 Ayers, 160-164; 183-187
;
196-198 (loan words) French
and Spanish
loan words
Apr. 8 QUIZ.
Apr. 11 Ayers, 165-166; 187-191
(eye rhymes and homonyms); German
loan words.
Progress Report
on Etymology Project Due
Apr. 13 Ayers, Ayers, 192-196 (reduplication,
onomatopoeia)
Apr. 15 Quiz. Study elements on pp.198-199 and 202. Work on Etymology Project.
Apr. 18 Ayers, 167-168; 198-201
; Italian
loan words
Apr. 20 Ayers, 170-174; 201-204
(word analysis, tautology) English
Loan Words in Other Languages /
Borrowed Words
Apr. 22 Ayers, 174-176; 204-211 (eponymy) Eponymy
/ Eponymy
ID / Brand
Names vs. Generic Names
Apr. 25 Ayers, 176-177; 211-215; Surnames
/ English
Personal Names from Greek / English
Personal Names from Latin /
Ayers pp. 176-177
Apr. 27 Ayers 250-251; 216-226 An
Anthology of -ologies,
Some Words Derived from Literature
Apr. 29 Ayers 252-253; 227-240 Sports
Terms / Phobias
May 2 Ayers, 240-256;
Etymology Project Due.
May 4 2nd
DIAGNOSTIC EXAM
May 6 2nd UNIT EXAM
See Sample Greek Exam
and Greek Monster Match List
May 11 Class Meeting 1 P.M..
Poster Presentations and Course Evaluations.
This material has been published on the web by
Prof. Tom Sienkewicz for
his students at Monmouth College. If you have
any questions, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu.
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