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Online module Session – 1
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Agenda
• Importance of vocab building
• What is vocab building
• Methods
• Introduction to Etymology
Why was language invented?
Language was invented to help
human beings communicate
How is language invented ?
Sounds form the building block
of a language
How is language invented ?
These sound when put in
groups help create words
How is language invented ?
Words when put in a
particular order give us
sentences.
Hence sounds and therefore words form the foundation of any language
Word-based
Also it is believed :
There are many methods of learning words.
Here are a few of them :
- Word families
- Mnemonics
- Etymology
Many ways …….
Word Families
Grouping of similar meaning words under one head word is known as Word families.
Avert Check Forbid
Forestall Hamper Hinder Impede Inhibit Quest
Obviate Preclude Prohibit Restrain Repress Thwart
Intercept Interdict Obstruct
Head word : Prevent
Mnemonics
Word : Laudatory Mnemonic : Applaud a story
Word : Propriety Mnemonic : Proper in society
Remembering words through various associations
Etymology
all words with – ology spelling part have something to do with the study of
All words with the spelling part phobia in it have something to do with fear
Identifying meaning of words with the help of common spelling parts.
What is Etymology?
It is a scientific method of vocabulary building
Why does it work?
It works because language was invented and not discovered.
All inventions have logic ; hence language has logic
• It is believed by Etymologist; that if a word enters a language there has to be a reason for its existence.
• This reason for the same is studied under Etymology.
Premise of Etymology
• It helps in guessing the meanings of unknown words
• A person does not have to mug up words; but use logic to guess the meaning of the words.
How does it help?
Lets take an example
Suppose you have to guess the meaning of the word bibliopole (assuming you don’t know the meaning of the word)
As per Etymology you would do the following things :
Split the word into its component parts
Bibliopole can be broken into
Biblio pole
Think of words having the spelling part ‘biblio’ in it :
• Bible : the holy book of the Catholics
• Bibliography : a list of reference books used
• Bibliophile : one who loves books
If you notice in the above examples there are two common parts : the words have the ‘biblio’ part common; while the meanings have the book part common
Biblio = book
Hence it could be said that the spelling part biblio means book
This is the basic premise of Etymology : words with common spelling parts always have common meanings.
Spelling part : pole
The same could be done with the other spelling part – pole
Words with the spelling part pol :
Monopoly : single seller
Oligopoly : multiple seller
Hence can be said -- pol : sell
So now when the above is applied to guess the meaning of the word, things would be somewhat
on these lines:
Bibliography
Bibliopole can be broken into
so the root means
hence the head-word means
Biblio pole
Monopoly
Oligopoly
Bible
book
a person who sells books
to sell
In nutshell
Thus Etymology helps in guessing the meaning of any word give; provided one knows how to identify the common spelling parts and use some logic .
- More about these common spelling parts in the sessions to follow.
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