BP extra credit

1. She told me that he had heard that we were on vacation in Vermont.

2. Chris assumed that I had told you that we were going to the beach next weekend.

3. The family's twin daughters were born on November 3rd, 2008, in New York City at Columbia Presbyterian hospital

BP#5

1. ABNORMALITY

Etymology: "quality of being abnormal," 1854; "abnormal feature or quality," 1859, from abnormal + “-ity”. Earlier as abnormity (1731).

Word formation: the word “abnormality” is a DERIVATION by added prefix “ab-“ to the word “normality.” The noun “normality” is a BACK FORMATION from the adjective “normal.”

Morphemes:   ab-                                -normal-                 -ity

                        prefix                             stem                        suffix

                        bound/derivational          free/lexical               bound/derivational

                        (from Latin,                    (adj.)                       (to create noun

                        meaning:away from)                                       from the adj.)

2. IRREPROACHABLE

Etymology: 1630s, from Fr. irréprochable (15c.), from assimilated form of in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + réprochable

Word formation: the word “irreproachable” is a BORROW from French and it is a DERIVATION by adding the prefix “ir-“ and suffix “-able” to the noun “reproach,” because the suffix “-able” change this word from adjective to noun it is also BACK FORMATION.

Morphemes:  ir-                                 -reproach-                   -able

                       prefix                            stem                             suffix

                       bound/derivational         free/lexical                    bound/derivational

                       (negation prefix)            (noun)                          (to create adj. from the noun)

3. SHOWMANSHIP

Etymology: 1859, from showman "one who presents shows"

Word formation: the word “showmanship” is a COMPOUND from the words “show” and “man” and a DERIVATION by adding suffix “-ship”

Morphemes:  show-                      -man-                         -ship

                        stem                        stem                           suffix

                        free/lexical               free/lexical                  bound/derivational

                        (noun)                     (noun)                         (suffix placed after a noun 

                                                                                          indicating the state of being

                                                                                          that the noun means)

4. EARTHENWARE

Etymology:  1670s, from earthen + ware. 

Word formation: the word “earthenware” is a COMPOUND from the words “earthen”  and “ware”

Morphemes:  earth                       -en-                                           -ware

                       stem                        influx                                          stem

                       free/lexical               bound/derivational                      free/lexial

                       (noun)                     ("-en" when attached to certain    (noun)

                                                      nouns that are the names of a

                                                      material, it forms an adj.

                                                      whose meaning is made of)

5. ELECTROCUTION

Etymology: meaning "any death by electricity" is from 1940.

Word formation: the word “electrocution” is a BLEND of the words “electricity” and “execute.” It is also a BACK FORMATION because this noun it was created from the verb “electrocute.”

Morphemes:  electro-                           -cut-                             -ion

                       stem                                partial stem                   suffix

                       free/lexical                      free/lexical                     bound/derivational

                       (the beginning of              (the ending of                (to create noun from verb)

                       the word: "electricity")      the word: "execute")