Monday, December 12, 2011

blog post 5

Improvement

im*                   prove*                     ment*
prefix               free functional        suffix
free lexical       ( to enhance)           bound derivational
The first known use of this word was at the circa 1550.

Incredible

in*                 cred*                   ible*
prefix             free functional    suffix
free lexical     (to believe)         bound derivational
 not                                             (able to)




Used in 1440 synonymous to words like incredulous.

Unsuccessful

un*                 success*             ful*
prefix              free functional   bound derivational
free lexical     (superior)           (being full of)
(not)
First known use in 1617.

Networking

net*                     work*               ing*
free functional   free functional    suffix
(to the public)    (to work)            bound derivational
First Known use was in 1967.

Irreplaceable

ir*                re*                  place*                       able*
prefix           prefix              free functional         suffix
free lexical   free lexical      (to bring back)        bound derivational
(to not)           ( to do again)                                 ( the ability to)
First known word usage was in 1807.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

blog post 4

                 I think that social networking gives language a new face in terms of communication and content. in this new century, teenagers are beginning to clip words and blend and borrow words to mke new words. It has become a posistive and negative affect on the world in the sense that in a positive note it introduces a new culture norm and the contrary being that we somewhat lose our prescriptive way of speaking.

                Ithink that it is a combination of both because not only does the spread of the internet and other technologies create a larger need for English, but different languages in the world. what reduces the necessity of the need of the knowledge of the english language is the search engines and web translators that the web and technology has.

blog post 3

unbalance  incompatible incomplete
illegal            illiterate immature
insane  intolerant  invariable
indescent impossible inglorious irrational ingratitude
irresponsible
 The phonological process in these plurals is coarticulation.

bats /t/ books /k/ coughs/f/ ships /p/
cabs /c/ caves /v/ lads /d/ rags /g/
buses /s/  mazes /z/     

bushes /ʃ/ churches //
judges //
what they all have in common is that they are all alveolar and fricatives.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

My Name

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Autobiography

       I was raised speaking English because that is the primary language in the U.S. although I speak the same language at home, work, school and my friends, I don't speak it it's proper manner. I feel as if language has evolved to become many things but still remaining the foundation. It also varies among the setting or who are talking to. When I am in school and work, I am polite with the way I hold a conversation amongst my superiors and when I am at home or with my friends I am more relaxed and I express myself freely.

       Learning English from school and home was something that was different. I say this because at home there was no rules in speaking a language and everyone knew what you were saying. In school, it was more uniformed and organized so we would have to think about what we say before we say it. I believe that language occurred between a society trying to survive. It was an evolution in a sense that since society is growing all the time, we are creating new ways to adapt.the way I learned spanish is different than spanish because of its use of masculine and feminine tendencies of words. What I wonder about language is what sparked the phenomenon of language.

Thursday, September 8, 2011