ENGLISH WORD ORIGINS – FLEN 243 – Fall 2001

Instructor: Professor C. A. E. Luschnig AD 310A [luschnig@uidaho.edu] Office hour: before class Monday (4:30-5:00) and during my regular office hours.

Textbooks: English Word Origins: An Introduction and a good dictionary (The American Heritage Dictionary, third edition, which is also available for WINDOWS, is recommended).

1. Attendance: tests will be about information covered in class and in the book. Good class participation will count toward your grade. Ask questions. If you have questions about the material and cannot come to my office hour please contact me by e-mail. Homework assignments are to be turned in at the class session; you may work together on the homework: put both names on the assignment.

2. Course Goal: to learn more words and to learn about words.

3. Grades will be based on examinations: 300 points; class participation (variable); the word journal (10 points; see below); and homework (10 points). The first examination will be on Part One: 1-3; the second on Part Two: 1- 4; the third (=the final) on Part Three 1-6.

4. Useful Links

Schedule of Readings and Assignments For every chapter learn Latin or Greek Vocabulary, Rules, Prefixes and Suffixes.

PART ONE

Week I Introduction August 27 -- pre-test -- Latin plurals-- fun with words

For next time: Read pp 1-3; turn in exercise C p. 4; read pp. 5-7 try some each in exercises on pp. 7-10.

Week II Unit I: Sept. 10 exercises; vocabulary; introduction to Unit 2

For next time: Study vocabulary 11-12; turn in exercise 3 A & B pp. 12-13; read 18-19.

Week III Unit II: Sept. 17 suffixes, exercises, vocabulary

For next time: Study suffixes pp 18-19; finish exercises pp. 20-22; Vocabulary pp. 23-4; turn in exercise 1 pp. 24-5 and exercise 2 pp 25-6; read pp. 26-32

Week IV Unit III: Sept. 24 suffixes, exercises, vocabulary

For next time: Study pp.33-4; exercises 34-5; vocabulary 36-7; turn in exercise 5 p. 39.

Week V Oct. 1 Unit III: finish; review

For next time: prepare for first test. Review on pp. 43-54.

Week VI Oct 8 Test 1 on Part One: Units I-III; Introduction to PART TWO: Latin Verbs

For next time: Study pp. 55-7, 59; turn in exercise 1 A, pp. 57-8 # 16-30.

Week VII Oct. 15 Unit IV: exercises, vocabulary, vowel reduction

For next time: Study vocabulary 62-3; read and study pp. 64-5; turn in p. 65 exercise # 2

Week VIII Oct. 22 Unit V: exercises; prefixes, vocabulary

For next time: Study prefixes 71-75; exercises 75-7; Vocabulary: 78-9; turn in exercise 7 p. 81. For extra credit turn in review paper pp. 84-5 [up to 3 points]

Week IX Oct. 29 Unit VI: suffixes, vocabulary

For next time: study suffixes pp. 89, 93, 96; vocabulary 91, 97 * words; turn in: p 102, review exercise, any 20.

Week X Nov. 5 Unit VII: suffixes, vocabulary and review

For next time: study p. 109; 112; 115 *words; exercises 116-117; review materials: 120-127.

Week XI Nov. 12 Test 2; Introduction to PART THREE: Greek Words Unit I

For next time: 129-133; turn in p. 133 exercise 3

Week XII Nov. 26 Unit II: Combining Forms

For next time: study pp. 141-2, 145-6; turn in exercise B or C p. 149

Week XIII Units III- IV: Vocabulary, Suffixes

For next time: study 149-50 * words; exercises pp 150ff; turn in exercise 4 p. 156; study 163-4; turn in exercise 1 p. 165 # 21-33.

Week XIV Units V-VI: Prefixes, Verbs; Post-test

Week XV Final Examination: 5-6:40 Monday December 17th The final will cover the Greek section: PART THREE: units I-VI

WORD JOURNAL

Project: required: a word journal (see a sample and check out WORDS) to be turned in the week after Thanksgiving of 20 interesting words with their sources (where you found them), a quotation using them, their meanings in brief and origins (etymologies) OR a list of the 20 or so important or interesting words in your major (10 points). These will be accepted late (until the final, but no later than) and early. This is only ten points. It will not affect your grade unless you are between grades, in which case doing a good job might help or not turning it in might hurt.

Word jounal hints