PPT-What can you do when you come across a word and don’t know the meaning?

You Get a D I c t I o n a r y What can a dictionary tell you 1 How to spell a word 2 How to pronounce a word 3 What does the word mean Did you know that all words listed in the dictionary are in alphabetical order That means putting words in order by their first letters according to the order of the letters in the alphabet. Chapter 5. Semantics and Pragmatics. Week10. Nov.19. th. -23. rd. . This is only a summary.  . Reviewing . the Tree diagram . (. Sentences: Hierarchical Organization . ) .  . 2. What do you know about meaning, when you know a language?. “. the communicative value an expression has by virtue of. . what it refers to. , . over and above its purely conceptual content” (Leech, 1974: 14) . For example, . the word ‘woman’ is defined conceptually by three properties ‘human’, ‘female’, ‘adult’. In addition, the word includes other psychological and social properties such as ‘gregarious’, ‘subject to maternal instinct’. Leech maintains that ‘woman’ has the putative properties of being frail, prone to tears, and emotional. What do you usually do when you come to a word you do not know while reading. ?. a. ) look it up in the dictionary?. b) ask your teacher. c) ask a friend?. d) try to guess what it means. Advantages of . ESSENTIAL RULES!!!. After you make the cards, you must study them nightly. This may seem obvious, but many students remain in denial about it. . ONLY HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO HIGHLIGHT. . If you highlight willy-nilly, you will “over study,” thinking that everything is of equal importance. The highlighted information is what will be tested.. B. ETH. J. OHNSON. J. ANET. M. G. OLDSTEIN. © 2011 Townsend Press. Unit One: Chapter 1. • . affinity . •. proximity. •. fledgling . •. sagacious. •. hackneyed . •. supplant. •. B. ETH. J. OHNSON. J. ANET. M. G. OLDSTEIN. © 2011 Townsend Press. Unit One: Chapter 3. • . coalesce . •. insolvent. •. decadence . •. parsimonious. •. exemplary . •. prodigal. •. B. ETH. J. OHNSON. J. ANET. M. G. OLDSTEIN. © 2011 Townsend Press. Unit Three: Chapter 13. • . acquiesce . •. delineate. •. articulate . •. diffident. •. belittle . •. laconic. •. “. the communicative value an expression has by virtue of. . what it refers to. , . over and above its purely conceptual content” (Leech, 1974: 14) . For example, . the word ‘woman’ is defined conceptually by three properties ‘human’, ‘female’, ‘adult’. In addition, the word includes other psychological and social properties such as ‘gregarious’, ‘subject to maternal instinct’. Leech maintains that ‘woman’ has the putative properties of being frail, prone to tears, and emotional. B. ETH. J. OHNSON. J. ANET. M. G. OLDSTEIN. © 2011 Townsend Press. Unit One: Chapter 1. • . affinity . •. proximity. •. fledgling . •. sagacious. •. hackneyed . •. supplant. •. . adj. Full of . bitterness . amorous. . adj. Having a propensity for falling in love. . bleak . adj. Desolate. . bountiful. adj. Showing abundance. . callow. adj. Without experience of the world. . -Part List prefixes suffixes rootsStudents of any biology course should learn to recognize the meaning of word parts as they often give clues to the meaning ofa scientific term function or process Sc Q1. . Embedded. (a) Dislodged. (b) Ingrained. (c) Nonintegrated. (d) Defenestrated. (e) Displaced. S1. Ans. (b) . Sol. Embedded means implanted. . Ingrained means firmly fixed or established; difficult to change. . Writers often use a synonym to make a sentence more effective. . For example:. After waiting for the bus for over an hour, Mandi felt annoyed, frustrated and infuriated!. Why do you think the writer here eventually chose the word . Introduction. The Scope of Scripture Interpretation. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness”. .