Getting a fix on vocabulary : using words in the news / Raymond C. Clark & Janie L. Duncan ; news photographs by Michael Jerald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Raymond C., 1937-

Contributor:

Duncan, Janie L.

Jerald, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vocabulary.

Physical Description:

vi, 90 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Brattleboro, Vt. : Pro Lingua Associates, ©1990.

Contents:

Inflections

Compounds

The -er suffix

Other "doer" suffixes : -ist, -ian, -ant/ent and "place" suffixes : -ary/-ery/-ory/-ry

Negative prefixes : un-, in-, non-

Negative prefixes : anti-, a-, dis-, mal-, mis-

Quantity prefixes : uni-, mono-, bi-, tri-, pan-, multi-, semi-, poly-, equi-

Verb prefixes and suffixes : en-, -en, be-, -ify, -ize, -ate

Noun suffixes: -ance/-ence, -ity, -hood, -ship, -ness

Noun suffixes: -ion, -ment, -ism, -age, -dom

Adjective suffixes : -able, -less, -al, -en

Adjective suffixes : -ful, -y, -ous, -ary

Adjective suffixes : -ish, -ic, -ive

Adverb suffixes : -ly, -ward, -wise

Position prefixes : pre-, post-, inter-, intro-/intra-, extro-/extra-

Relationship prefixes : super-, sur-, sub-, para-, epi-, hyper-, hypo-

Movement prefixes : ex-, in-/im-, ad-, ab-, trans-, pro-

Movement prefixes : de-, re-, se-

"With" and "against" prefixes : syn-, co-, contra-

Some common bases.

Notes:

"The system of affixation and compounding in English."

ISBN:

0866470387

9780866470384

OCLC:

25701753