CLAS224 Word Elements
Department of Classics
Monmouth College
COURSE DOCUMENTS and LINKS TO NIFTY WEBSITES

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Course Materials / Etymology Project Materials /  Dictionary Unit / History of English Unit / Latin Element Unit / Loan Words and Phrases / Greek Element Unit / Nifty Websites 

You will also find some useful material on scientific words at the website for CLAS225 Scientific Terminology.

Course Materials
Summary of Goals and Requirements
 / Schedule of Readings and Assignments /
 Tom Sienkewicz' Writing Guidelines / Mid-Course Evaluation /  Sample Grid Quiz / Sample Test on Latin Elements / Format of Latin Element Exam Sample Test on Greek Elements / Format of Second (Greek) Unit Exam

Etymology Project Materials
Etymology Project  /
Some Sample Etymology Projects / Dictionary Entry Analysis Exercise / Dictionary Comparison worksheet / Dictionary Surveys / Electronic Word Search Assignment

Dictionary Unit:

Etymology /
Etymology on AboutHomework.com  / Latin Guide Janet Burns on etymology / Oxford English Dictionary: A DescriptionA Sampling of Dictionaries / Some Recent Dictionary Acquisitions / Web of On-Line DictionariesUsing Electronic Dictionaries / Instructions for Using Electronic Dictionaries / World Dictionary Exercise / Electronic Dictionaries at LibrarySpot.com / Important Terms in Ayers / Important Terms in Ayers with Definitions / Visual Thesaurus

History of English Unit:
Power of English Video / Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
/ Words of the 20th Century / The History of English in Ten Minutes - for iPod/iPhone by The Open University

Latin Element Unit:
Word Elements and Their Uses
/ Bases / Prefixes / Suffixes / Latin Loan Words in Ayers / Latin Loan Words in Ayers with Definitions / Latin Phrases in Ayers / Latin Phrases in Ayers with Definitions / Passion in Parentheses /What Is the Plural of 'Penis'?Rules for Definition / Onomatopoeia / Important Terms in Lederer's Word Circus / Important Terms in Lederer's Word Circus with Definitions  / Latin Prepositions / Latin Prefix Chart / Assimilation of Prefixes / Abbreviations / Acronymns / Acronymns on Libraryspot.com Internet Emoticons, Smileys and Abbreviations / Three Morphologically Identical Bases: PAR- / Animalia Romana / Independent Twins: Definition / Independent Twins: List / Adjective-Forming Latin Suffixes / Noun-Forming Latin Suffixes / Verb-Forming Latin Suffixes / Specialization and Generalization / Degeneration of Meaning / Degeneration and Ethnic Stereotypes / Sample Latin Unit Exam / Brand Names vs. Generic Names / Technospeak / Some Nursery Rhymes in Disguise / How College Professors Speak / Christmas Carols the Hard Way / Clipped Words / Totes presh:Why we love and loathe clipped words (Erin McKean) / Blends / Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" / Etymology Quiz 

Loan Words and Phrases:
Latin / Greek / French / German / Yiddish / Italian / Spanish
/ English Loan Words in Other Languages / Arabic Loan Words in Spanish / Internationally Used French Phrases /

Greek Element Unit:
List of Greek Words in Ayers / Greek Suffixes / ReduplicationEponymy / Eponymy ID / Surnames / English Personal Names from Greek / English Personal Names from Latin / Words from Literature / An Anthology of -ologies / Phobias / Sports Terms
/ Sample Greek Exam / Format of Second (Greek) Unit Exam / Solecism

Nifty Websites:
World Wide Words / My Word! / ROOTS OF ENGLISHhttp://www.fun-with-words.com /
Etymologic, The Toughest Word Game on the Web: http://www.intuitive.com/cgi-local/etymologic.cgi
SOME NIFTY WEBSITES on CLASSICS

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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