Word Formation Analysis - Crocs

“When Crocs Rule”(Crocs - “Clipped” form of “Crocodile”)

- by National Geographic Magazine

“When Crocs Rule”(Crocs - “Clipped” form of “Crocodile”)

- by National Geographic Magazine

Part 1

Meaning RelationsMeaning Relations

-by Anson Lou

Part 1

Meaning RelationsMeaning Relations

-by Anson Lou

Pedigree (Family Tree)

Crocodile (R) + ian (DS) + s(IS) Crocodilians (Crocs like)

- suchus ([SEW-kəs] ) (suffix??)

Archosaur (Archo (R) + saur(DS) (meaning) Ruling + Reptiles)

Crocodilians

Simosuchus Desmatosuchus

SarcosuchusProtosuchus

alligator crocodile caiman gharial

Avemetatarsalia (meaning "bird metatarsals)

pterosaurs Dinosaurs

Ankylosaurus Spinosaurus

Styracosaurus

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- saurs (Anglicized forms of Latin taxonomic names)- saurus (Latinized variant of -saur )

Reptiles

pterosaurs

Dinosaurs

Avemetatarsalia (meaning "bird metatarsals)

caimanalligator

crocodile gharial

Crocodilians

Pedigree (Family Tree)22

Ancestors (the actual or hypothetical form from which an organism has developed or descended)

Descendants

Antonym

Evolution of Crocodiles

Protosuchus

Deinosuchus

Erpetosuchus Doswellia

Crocodiles’ Diet

Protosuchus Sarcosuchus Stomatosuchus

HerbivoreHerb (R) + I DS) + vore (DS)

one that eats plant

CarnivoreCarn (R) + I (DS) + vore (DS)

one that eats flesh

Simosuchus Desmatosuchus

Hypernym

Hyponym

Hypernym

Crocodiles’ Habitat

(Syn. Residence)

Swamps MarshesFreshwater

Habitat

Hypernym

Hyponym

Part 2

Semantic & Lexicological Semantic & Lexicological AnalysisAnalysis

by June Hui

- Crocodile management isn’t a rocket science (hard / difficult)

- Crocodile ancestors radiated (developed) into a wide array of terrestrial forms.

- Having endured millions of years of planetary climate change, tectonic-plate musical chairs (rearrangement) and other ecological

vicissitudes

Connotation

Meaning Relations

Antonyms

Contradictory antonyms

- predators (prey) - descendants (ancestor) - freshwater (saltwater) - cold-blooded (warm-blooded) - short-legged (long-legged)

Meaning Relations

Word formation analysis

- Relocation(Re (DP) + locate (R) + tion (DS) noun complex)

- Allegedly(Allege (R) + ed (IS) + ly (DS) adverb complex)

- Threatened(Threat (R) + en (DS) + ed (IS) adjective / verb complex)

Complex word (1)

- Endangered(En (DP) + danger (R) + ed (DS) adjective complex)

- Neighborhood(Neighbour(R) + hood(n., DS)adjective complex)

- Subtropical(Sub (DP) + tropic (R) + al (DS) adjective complex)

- Ecological(Ecology (R) + ical (DS) adjective complex)

Word formation analysis

Complex word (2)

- Upscale (Up (adj) +scale (n) adjective compound)

- Fearsome(Fear (adj) + some (DS) complex word/ adjective

compound?)

- latter-day(latter (adj) + day (n) adjective hyphenated compound, endocentric in meaning)

Word formation analysis

Compound word

- Snaggletoothed(snaggle (adj) + tooth (n) + ed (DS) adjective

compound-complex)

- tectonic-plate(tecton (n) + ic (DS) + plate (n) hyphenated noun compound-complex)

- yacht-lined(yatch (n) + line (n) + ed (DS) hyphenated adjective compound-complex)

Word formation analysis

Compound-complex word

- Saltwater (salt (n) + water (n) endocentric noun compound, means seawater )

- Freshwater(fresh (n/adj) + water (n) endocentric noun compound, means drinking water)

Endocentric

Word formation analysis

Conversion

- “They face (n v) a new challenge to their survival”

- “Many were killed by poachers for their hides (v n) ”

- “stuffed (n v) for museum displays”

Word formation analysis

Abbreviations

“Many croc species survived the massive K-T (Cretaceous-Tertiary)

extinction 65 million years ago.”

Word formation analysis

Conclusions

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