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CLAS224 Word Elements
Department of Classics
Monmouth College
SCHEDULE OF
ACTIVITIES
Spring Semester, 2006
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. 18 Words on words
Jan. 20
1st DIAGNOSTIC EXAM
Jan. 23 Dictionaries and
Etymology: Read
Ayers 16-25 and
Etymology.
Comparison of Entries
Worksheet; PLEASE BRING YOUR DICTIONARY TO
CLASS.
Jan. 25 The Oxford English Dictionary and Electronic
Dictionaries
Electronic Dictionary Entry Analysis
(due Feb. 1st).
Using Electronic
Dictionaries;
Oxford
English Dictionary;
Instructions for Using Electronic
Dictionaries;
Words of the 20th Century;
New Words for 2006 /
Jan. 27 Indo-European:
Read Ayers 1-14,
and American Heritage Dictionary (AHD), pp. 1598-1603
Important Terms in Ayers
Jan. 30 History of
English: Bayeux Tapestry /
Feb. 1 Presentation on Dictionaries for
Dictionary
Surveys (due Feb. 10th) IN HEWES LIBRARY. See A
Sampling of Dictionaries /
Some Recent
Dictionary Acquisitions.
Electronic Dictionary Entry Analysis Due.
Feb. 3 History of English
Cont.: Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales /
Oxford English Dictionary
/ Words of the 20th Century
/
British vs.
American English /
Australian English /
Lexicolumn
Part II: Word Elements from Latin
Feb. 6 Ayers 26-34 (definitions, bases) Word Elements and Their
Uses /
Rules for
Definition / BASES /
prefixes- /
-suffixes
Feb. 8 Ayers 35-40 (prefixes-, assimilation) Latin
Prepositions / Latin
Prefix Chart / Assimilation
of Prefixes
Feb. 10 Ayers 40-46 (abbreviations, acronyms)
Abbreviations
/ Acronymns
/ Acronymns on
Libraryspot.com / Internet
Emoticons, Smileys and Abbreviations Dictionary
Surveys due.
Feb. 13 Ayers 46-51 (back formations, aphresesis,
aphesis).
Feb. 15 Ayers 52-56 (combining bases, Roman numerals)
Also
Ayers 136-142;
196-197:
Latin Loan Words in English /
Latin
Loan Words in Ayers and
phrases. 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. 17 Ayers 57-60
(hybrids) and Ayers 60-65 (-suffixes)
Three
Morphologically Identical Bases: PAR-
Feb. 20 Ayers 65-70 (word analysis)
and Ayers 70-75 (dissimilation)
Animalia
Romana
Feb. 22 Ayers 75-82 (semantic change); Ayers 82-86 (Specialization
and Generalization)
Feb. 24 Ayers
86-89 (functional change); Ayers
90-94 (degeneration/elevation)
Degeneration of Meaning /
Degeneration
and Ethnic Stereotypes.
Prospectus
for Etymology Project Due.
Feb. 27 Ayers 94-98 (abstract/concrete); Ayers 98-101 (weakening, hyperbole,
independent twins) Independent
Twins:
Definition /
Independent
Twins: List
Mar. 1 Ayers 101-106
(changing concepts, diminutives)
The Four Humors;
Ayers 106-112 (euphemisms, circumlocutions,
jargon)
Technospeak / Some Nursery Rhymes
in Disguise / How
College Professors Speak /
Christmas Carols the
Hard Way
Mar.3 Ayers 112-116
(folk etymology) and Ayers 116-119
(Clipped
Words)
Mid-Course Evaluation Due
Mar. 6, 8, 10 SPRING BREAK
Mar. 13 Ayers 120-124 (Blends)
and Ayers 124-128 (doublets); Lewis Carroll's
"Jabberwocky"
Mar. 15 Ayers 128-132 (latinisms)
and Ayers 132-136 metathesis)
Fox Classics Lecture
7:30 P.M. in Highlander Room (Attendance Required)
Mar. 17
How to do an electronic word search.
Class meets in the Trotter Lab. Note:
Electronic Word Search Assignment
is due on March 30th.
Mar. 20 Unit Exam postponed until Mach 31st. This
class will be devoted to Word Analysis.
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.
Mar. 22 Ayers 158-160; 180-181;
255-256 (Introduction
to Greek; Greek loan words)
Electronic
Word Search Assignment
due.
Mar. 24 Ayers 178-183
(bases); Quiz on Greek alphabet and
Greek loan words
Mar. 27 Ayers 183-187;
196-198 (combining bases, prefixes,
loan words).
Mar. 29 Ayers 160-163; 187-191
(eye rhymes and homonyms, heteronyms and homophones); French
and Spanish
loan words
Mar. 31 1st UNIT EXAM See Sample
Latin Unit Exam.
Apr. 3 Ayers 164-169; 192-196 (reduplication,
onomatopoeia) German
loan words
Apr. 5 Ayers 170-176; 196-201; 201-204. Italian
loan words. Quiz on Lessons I and V-VI.
Apr. 7 No Class. Word Analysis Take Home
Assignment:
Analyze all of the italicized words on pp. 203-204. Due
on Monday, April 10th in my office (Wallace 101) or via e-mail.
Apr. 10 Work on
Etymology Project.
Apr. 12 Ayers
176-177; 204-211 (word analysis, tautology)
English
Loan Words in Other Languages /
Borrowed Words .
Progress Report
on Etymology Project Due. Quiz on Lessons II,
VII and VIII.
Apr. 14 No class.
Apr. 17 No class.
Apr. 19
Ayers 250-251; 211-215
Eponymy
/ Eponymy
ID / Brand
Names vs. Generic Names /
On Stealing Intellectual Property and Ayers
211-215 (expressions) Surnames
/ English
Personal Names from Greek / English
Personal Names from Latin /
Ayers pp. 176-177
Quiz on Lessons IX and X plus word analysis.
Apr. 21
Ayers 251-252;
216-220 (words from religion)
Apr. 24 Ayers 220-226 (words from religion cont.) An
Anthology of -ologies,
Some Words Derived from Literature
Apr. 26 Ayers 252-253; 227-231
(sea terms) and Ayers 231-236 Sports
Terms /
Horse-Inspired Vocabulary / Phobias
Apr. 28 Ayers 236-240 (military
terms) and Ayers 240-244 (the arts)
May 1 Ayers 245-248 (law); Ayers 248-256
(literary terms). Etymology Project Due.
May 3
2nd
DIAGNOSTIC EXAM
May 5 2nd UNIT EXAM
See Sample Greek Exam
and Greek Monster Match List
May 10 Class Meeting 6
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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