Affix At Ion In Context

ASSIGNMENT Nº 3 AFFIXATION PROCESSES IN CORPUS Taken from: www.ebookee.com/Great-Expectations-Penguin-Classics_30610.html Written by: Charles Dickens.

Student’s name: Cecilia Molina Sec:02 4th November 2008

Example: sub-

less important or lower in rank sub- + n = n At any rate, in 1839 Chaves was commissioned as a sublieutenant in the rural mounted militia. (page 15)

Prefixes 1. under-

less of a quality than is desired under- + adj = adj I believe they were fat, though I was at that time undersized for my years, and not strong. (page 5)

2. up-

vertical and as straight as possible up- + n = adv I was dreadfully frightened, and so giddy that I clung to him with both hands, and said, ‘If you would kindly please to let me keep upright, sir, perhaps I shouldn’t be sick, and perhaps I could attend more.’ ( pages 5, 6)

3. inter-

between inter- + adj = adj The marshes were just a long black horizontal line then, as I stopped to look after him; and the river was just another horizontal line, not nearly so broad nor yet so black; and the sky was just a row of long angry red lines and dense black lines intermixed. (page 7)

4. re-

again re- + v = v ‘Hah!’ said Mrs Joe, restoring Tickler to his station. ‘Churchyard, indeed! ( page 10 )

5. un-

not; the opposite of un- + adj = adj Joe was evidently made uncomfortable by what he supposed to

be my loss of appetite, and took a thoughtful bite out of his slice, which he didn’t seem to enjoy. (page 11) 6. in-

not; the opposite of in- + n = adj On every rail and gate, wet lay clammy; and the marsh-mist was so thick, that the wooden finger on the post directing people to our village – a direction which they never accepted, for they never came there – was invisible to me until I was quite close under it. (page 16)

7. dis-

not; the opposite of dis- + adj = adj This was very disagreeable to a guilty mind. (page 17)

8. im-

not; the opposite of im- + adj = adj The last I saw of him, his head was bent over his knee and he was working hard at his fetter, muttering impatient imprecations at it and at his leg. (page 21)

Example: -ify

to cause an increase in the stated quality; to become. adv + -ify = v I recognize the need to simplify my life in many areas to make this possible.

Suffixes 1. -ian

connected with or belonging to n+ -ian = adj My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer

or more explicit than Pip. (page 3) 2. -ed

an action that happened in the past tense v + -ed = v So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip. (page 3)

3. -ity

referring to a state or a quality n + -ity = n I give Pirrip as my father’s family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister – Mrs Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith. (page 3)

4.

-less

without (the thing mentioned) v+ -less = n Joe looked at her in a helpless way; then took a helpless bite, and looked at me again. (page 12)

5. -ly

in the stated way adj + -ly = adv I am indebted for a belief I religiously entertained that they had all been born on their backs with their hands in their trousers-pockets, and had never taken them out in this state of existence. (page 3)

6. -ion

showing action or condition v + -ion = n My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things, seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. (page 3)

7.

-ful

full of n + -ful = adj A fearful man, all in coarse grey, with a great iron on his leg. (page 4)

8.

-s

showing the plurality of the thing mentioned n + -s = n ‘You young dog,’ said the man, licking his lips, ‘what fat cheeks you ha’ got.’ (page 4)

9.

-able

having the quality of n + -able= adj

A boy may lock his door, may be warm in bed, may tuck himself up, may draw the clothes over his head, may think himself comfortable and safe, but that young man will softly creep and creep his way to him and tear him open. (page 6) 10. -ing

referring to an action that is happening now. v + -ing = v ‘Much of that!’ said he, glancing about him over the cold wet flat. (page 6)

11. –ish

having the nature of n + -ish = adj He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, foolish, dear fellow – a sort of Hercules in strength, and also in weakness. (page 8)

12. -ness

the quality of n + -ness = n My sister, Mrs Joe, with black hair and eyes, had such a prevailing redness of skin that I sometimes used to wonder whether it was possible she washed herself with a nutmeg-grater instead of soap. (page 8)

13. –ious

having quality of n + -ious = adj For, the fugitive out on the marshes with the ironed leg, the mysterious young man, the file, the food, and the dreadful pledge I was under to commit a larceny on those sheltering premises, rose before me in the avenging coals. (page 10)

14. -ship

the group of n + -ship = n In our already-mentioned freemasonry as fellow suffers, and in his good-natured companionship with me, it was our evening habit to compare the way we bit through our slices, by silently holding them up to each other’s admiration now and then – which stimulated us to new exertions. (page 11)

15. -ance

The action or state of v + -ance = n ‘I say, you know!’ muttered Joe, shaking his head at me in a very serious remonstrance. (page 11)