CLASSICS 0.11  Roots of Style. Latin & Greek Elements in English

Professor John Van Sickle: Office Hours;[live links: click on underlined words or outlined icons]

SYLLABUS: A Guide to How the Course Works
[On-line at http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/jvsickle/c0-03fsy.html]

Click on links forBooks; Introduction; Study Tools[consonants], [concepts];
Blackboard for Drills: check regularly, & do each drill

Students will prepare each assignment before class & report results in class. Also do drills assigned on Blackboard. If you have a BB account, let me know by e-mail. If you don't have a Blackboard account, you must create one by going to http://blackboard.brooklyn.cuny.edu. Then send me e-mail so that I can enroll you in the course. If you already have a Bb account, just tell me via e-mail.

wk m/dt/dy Topics
 Assignments in Ayers (see below)
[Roman numerals show exercises to prepare for each class; those not assigned may be handed-in for extra credit] 		 concepts to acquire & use [click  on underlined links]
1) S 4 Th
Introductory
 pp.  1-21
 Indo-European, [diaCHRONy / synCHRONy], metaphor {MR}, metonymy {MY}, phoneme, consonant, vowel;
2).
 S 8 M Definition & Latin Bases
 pp.  26-34 [I, III-IV]
 definition, part of speech (POS); prefix,  base (root),  suffix

S 11 Th  Assimilation & Abbreviation    pp.  35-40 [I-III];
pp. 40-46 [I-II, IV]
  [ad+SIMIL+at+ion],  [ad+BREV+i+at+ion]
3).
 S 15 M
Re- & De-formation, Hybridization      pp.  52-56 [I-I];
pp. 57-60 [I-II]
 [ap+HERE+sis], [ap+HE+sis], [syn+THE+sis], hybris

S 18 Th
 Suffixes, Analysis: Etymological Definition
 pp.  60-65 [I-IV];
pp. 65-70 [I-III]
 suffixes that form adjectives  (1-2/6)
[sub+fix], [ana+LY+sis], [ETYMO+LOG+ic+al]
4) S 22 M
Dissimilation         pp.  70-75 [I-IV]
 suffixes that form adjectives (3/6)
.[dis+SIMIL+at+ion]

S 25 Th Semantic Change. pp. 75-82 [I-IV]
 suffixes that form adjectives (4/6)
[meta+PHOR], [met+ONYM+y].
5)
 S 29 M Metonymic Shifts pp. 82-86 [I-III];
pp. 86-89 [I-V]
 suffixes that form adjectives (5-6/6)
generalization, specialization, functional change

O 2 Th Metonymic Shifts (2)
 pp. 90-94 [I-V];
pp. 94-98 [I-IV]
 suffixes that form nouns (1-2/6]
[abs+TRACT], [con+CRETE], vice versa;
6)
 O 7 Tu Metonymics (3)     pp. 98-101 [I-IV]; pp. 101-106 [I-IV]
 		suffixes that form nouns (3-4/6)
suffixes that form diminutives (adjectival)

O 9 Th Other Shifts; Folk Etymology
 pp. 106-112 [I-III];  pp. 112-16 [I-IV] suffixes that form nouns (5-6/6)
[eu+PHEM+ism], [ETYMO+LOG+y]
7) O 16Th Clipped words & blends
 pp.  116-19 [I-III];
pp. 120-24 [I-III]
 suffixes that form verbs
8)
 O 20 M Doublets & Shakespeare's Latinate English
 pp. 124-28 [I, III];
pp. 128-132 [I-III]
 bases & historical research

O 23 Th Metathesis
 pp. 132-36 [I-III]
9)
 O 27 M Latin Words & Phrases
 pp. 136-142 [I-III]

O 30 Th Exam on Latin

10)
 N 3 M
 Mythology & Phonology
 pp. 158-160 [I-III];
pp. 160-69 [I-II]

N 6 Th
 History & Philosophy; Bases
pp. 170-78 [I-III];
pp. 178-183 [I-III]
11) N 10 M
 Syntheses of Bases
Homonymns           		pp. 183-87 [I-IV];
pp. 187-191 [I-III]

N 13 Th Onomatopoeia & Loan Words
 pp. 192-96 [I-III, V];
pp.  197-201 [I-IV]
 adjective-forming suffixes
12)
 N 17 M
 Analysis & Toponymy    pp. 201-04 [I-III];
pp. 204-211 [I-II, IV]
 noun-forming suffixes

N 20 Th
 Gnomic phrases & Christian  glosses
 pp. 211-15 [I-III];
pp. 215-220 [I-II, IV]
 noun-forming suffixes
13) N 24 M
 Non-Christian glosses & Thalassonymics
 pp. 220-26 [I-V];
pp. 227-231 [I-IV]
 noun-forming suffixes
14) D 1 M
 Athletonymics & Polemonymics
 pp. 231-36 [I-IV];
pp. 236-240 [I-III]

D 4 Th Technonymics &  Nomothetics
 pp. 239-244 [I, III];
pp. 245-248 [I-II]
 numeral bases
15) D 8 M Critical glossary  & Glossary from work
 pp. 248-253 [I-III];
pp. 253-56 [I-II]

D 11 Th Glossary  from Science & Synthetomorphs
 pp. 257-262 [I-IV];
pp. 262-68 [I-IV]
 suffixes used in medicine; combining forms used in medicine
16)
 D 15 M
pp.   269-272 [I-III];
pp. 272-76 [I-III]

D 16 Tu Reading Day
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BOOKS to Buy [Shakespeare & Company, Hillel Place]
Ayers, Donald M. English words from Latin and Greek Elements 2nd edition (1986 University of Arizona Press)
American Heritage Dictionary (College Edition)
ATTENDANCE: if you must be absent, inform me in advance (e.g., by e-mail). Other absences must be explained with a note. Four unexplained absences can exclude you from the course.
GRADES: 40 percent class participation & on-line drills (exercises); 30 percent mid-term exam; 30 percent final exam.
Professor John Van Sickle. [resume here] 
Office: Boylan 2404; Telephone: 718/951-5191 (secretary), ext. 5078 (office).
Hours: Monday & Thursday 1:00-2:00; or by appointment via e-mail (jvsickle@brooklyn.cuny.edu)
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