Writing in the discipline Subsentential terminology

WRITING

IN THE DISCIPLINE

By: Aldrin NepomucenoSalem Raymundo

Aldrin Nepomuceno

SubsententialTerminology

Text

Paragraph

Sentence

Clause

Phrase

Word

Hierarchy of the Written Language Structure

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO KNOW

A

WORD???

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO KNOW A WORD?

What makes you think that

you REALLY

ABSOLUTELYPRECISELY

know thisWORD?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO KNOW A WORD???

1. PHONETIC REPRESENTATION2. ORTHOGRAPHY (SPELLING)3. MORPHOLOGICAL IRREGULARITY4. SYNTACTIC FEATURES AND

RESTRICTIONS5. COMMON DERIVATIONS AND COLLOCATIONS6. SEMANTIC FEATURES AND RESTRICTIONS7. PRAGMATIC FEATURES AND

RESTRICTIONS

1 Phonetic Representation

* (chayld)

2Orthography/

Spelling

* c-h-i-l-d

SOME FACTS ON SPELLING!

No correlation with general intelligence

No correlation with education

No correlation with desire

It is all about Organizational Skills and

Exreme Attention to Details!

3 Morphological Irregularity

Singular Form

Plural Form

child children

4Syntactic Features and Restrictions

* Part of Speech- NOUN (count noun)

5 Common Derivations and

Collocations•Childike , childish , childhood• Child labor & Child Psychology

IRREGULAR PLURAL FORMS OF NOUNS alumnus > alumni, radius > radii analysis > analyses, ellipsis >

ellipses appendix > appendices, matrix >

matrices woman > women, man > men bacterium > bacteria, criterion >

criteria deer > deer, fish > fish

6Semantic Features and Restrictions

•Semantic information- synonyms &

antonyms

A. The child left two hours ago.

B. The child evaporated two hours ago.

7 Pragmatic Features and Restrictions

A.It’s a snowy day today. My kids are home from school.

B. It’s a snowy day today. My kid is home from school.

HOW ARE WORDS FORMED?

English Words

FreeMorpheme

Lexical Content(Major Parts of

Speech)

Grammatical Function

(Minor Parts of Speech)

Bound Morpheme

Lexical Content(Derivational Morphemes)

Grammatical Function

(Inflectional Morphemes)

Word Formation Processes

DerivationCategory ExtensionCompoundingRoot CreationClippingBlendingAcronym/

AbbreviationProper NameFolk EtymologyBack Formation

Formal + ize = Formalize

Fast (N) > Fast (Adj)BittersweetKodak & FrigidaireBra < BrassiereMotor + Hotel = MotelSARS/ TVHamburger < HamburgCockroach <

CucarachaBurgle < Burglar

• Pronunciation;

unique style of

enunciating

phonetics

• Choice of Words

DICTION

Refer to current dictionaries

Distinguish the different meanings

of words

Homonyms

Research on some recent lexical

changes

Research on some lexical variations

ACHIEVING LEXICAL ACCURACY

Achieving Word Power

O A rich and dynamic VOCABULARY is the shortest route to effective COMMUNICATION.

O Effective communication is the key element to LEADERSHIP.

O Persons with richer vocabulary do better in school and are also more SUCCESSFUL in their later careers.

Increasing one’s Vocabulary

O Learn a new word every day.O Play word games e.g. scrabble

or word factoryO Try making anagrams O Learn foreign words and phrasesO Learn jargons and gobbledygookO Read serious literature.

“It is not the words that fail: it’s the person that wields them that does. And If you think about it, words are all we really have. So make good use of them”

- Jessica Zafra, Twisted 7

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