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Metathesis, & Latin Words and Phrases in English

Metathesis, & Latin Words and Phrases in English. Lessons XXIV-XXV Linguistics 1010 April 4, 2005. Metathesis (Lesson XXIV). Definition . Transposition of two sounds in a word (as in the development of crud from curd or the pronunciation 'pur-tE for pretty ).

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Metathesis, & Latin Words and Phrases in English

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  1. Metathesis, & Latin Words and Phrases in English Lessons XXIV-XXV Linguistics 1010 April 4, 2005

  2. Metathesis (Lesson XXIV) • Definition. Transposition of two sounds in a word (as in the development of crud from curd or the pronunciation \'pur-tE\ for pretty). • English examples: ask [aks], spaghetti [basketti], foliage [foilage], mischeivous [mischevious], breakfast [breakstif], Sly [Sylvester] • Distinct from Spoonerism: Let me sew you to your sheet, our queer old dean.

  3. Metathesis in Word Histories

  4. Latin Words and Phrases in English (Lesson XXV) • Some words and phrases have entered Latin while retaining their original forms. • Some of these words are found in fixed phrases, e.g., ad hoc, per se, per diem, de facto, vice versa. • Some of these words are nouns which carry Latin singular and plural inflections.

  5. Noun Sense • The proper plural form of many Latin nouns is a subject of controversy. • Do the following nouns even have a plural form? • data (Her data was interesting.) • media (The media gives only one side.) • Lesson 25, II (p. 138)

  6. Noun Sense • Sometimes the ‘proper’ form seems silly: • alumna • index • focus • stadium • genus • octopus • appendix • Sometimes the word looks like an abbreviation but isn’t:sic, qua, pro, via

  7. Latin Phrases • Sometimes the abbreviation of a phrase is more familiar that the phrase itself. • What do the following abbreviations mean? • e.g. • i.e. • cf. • A.D. • AM • NB • et al. • etc. • ca.

  8. Latin Phrases • What do the following phrases mean? • in camera • habeas corpus • de facto • ad hominem • ex officio • ex post facto • per capita • per diem • per se

  9. Latin Phrases • What do the following phrases mean? • persona non grata • sine qua non • quid pro quo • prima facie • a fortiori • status quo • reductio ad absurdum • ad hoc • pro tem

  10. Latin Abbreviations in Medicine

  11. New Bases • Lesson XXIV: • AUD • CARN • NUNCI (NOUNCE) • PRESS • PROPRI • SAT(IS) • No new forms in Lesson XXV!

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