Morphology would then be the study of the ‘shape’ words take. In linguistics, which Membean loves, we talk about morphemes a lot, which are simply the different ‘shapes’ that make up words, such as prefixes, stems, and suffixes. Another word that ends in - morphic is zoo morphic, or ‘shaped’ like an animal. Many Greek gods are anthropo morphic, or ‘human-shaped:’ their true essence is that of light, but they appear as humans to mere mortals. An ecto morph, on the other hand, has too little ‘shape,’ and needs to gain some muscular definition. A meso morph‘s body is in ’shape’ physically, being well-‘shaped’ with muscle. More root word examples include civ ( civilization, civic ), audi ( inaudible, audience ), and port. Using different prefixes and suffixes, the root word terr can become terrain, territory, extraterrestrial, and subterranean, among others. An endo morph has a little too much ‘shape’ to him, and could lose some weight. One common root word in English is terr, which comes from the Latin word terra, which means earth. You may recall from your biology classes that there are three primary classifications or ‘shapes’ into which human bodies can be categorized: endo morphs, meso morphs, and ecto morphs. Likewise, a wizard that casts a poly morph spell in Dungeons & Dragons can turn someone into many different ‘shapes,’ such as a toad or slug. A textual analysis is a close examination of a text that consists of textual evidence in the form of quotations or paraphrasing along with original observations. It describes how objects can take on many ‘shapes’ by inheriting attributes from parent classes. In computer programming, you’ll learn in CS 101 the term poly morphism. A great movie character is Morpheus from The Matrix, who helps ‘shape’ the Matrix by dreaming it. The painkiller morphine sends you off into dreamland. Morpheus ‘shaped’ dream images during sleep. The Greek god Morpheus was the god of dreams. A blob is naturally a morphous, since it has no predefined ‘shape,’ but rather constantly changes it. Many common words are ‘thrown’ about each day which use this root, including e ject, re ject, ob ject, and pro ject or. I’m not just talking about having a bad hair day-Gregor has meta morphosed or changed his ‘shape’ into a giant disgusting … bug! You may be most familiar with the meta morphosis that a caterpillar undergoes when its ‘shape’ turns into that of a butterfly.Īn a morphous, or ’shape’less blob was featured in the 1958 classic film The Blob starring Steve McQueen. In that story, Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning, having undergone a startling meta morphosis, or ‘shape’ change. Perhaps you’ve read the short story “The Meta morphosis” by Kafka. So check out some of the most common ones, before you check out.A while back I talked to you about the Latin root word ‘form’ which meant ‘shape.’ Its Greek counterpart morph, which also means ‘shape’, has contributed important words to the English language as well. You’re likely familiar with many of these contronyms, even if you don’t realize it. Technical terms for this phenomenon are enantiosemy, enantionymy, or antilogy. (You might be surprised to know that Janus is also connected to the month of January.)Īnother term for these words is auto-antonym, or a word that means the opposite of itself. Janus was an ancient Roman god with two faces that looked in opposite directions, so you can see how he came to be associated with contronyms. An antonym is a word that is opposite in meaning to another.Ĭontronyms are also known as Janus words. Explicit textual evidence means exact definitions of difficult terms in the text. In this example, left means both “leave” (two people had left) and “remain” (How many people are left?), which are antonyms. Textual evidence is evidence from a text that support a specific idea and point and it is cited with a page number at the end of the sentence.The textual evidence also explains the relationship of the evidence to the main point of the paper, or text. Left is just one of many words or expressions known as a contronym-or contranym-a word that has two meanings that are opposite or nearly opposite.
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