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- Greg Malivuk
- gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Homework: read the “Zombie Nouns” article from https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/zombie-nouns/
- - What are nominalizations?
- - How does the author feel about them? Why?
- - Underline all the nominalizations you can find in the article. (Many are alread italicized, but not all.)
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- Compare your answers with your partner.
- For the nominalizations you found, can you identify or guess what they mean? Can you at least find the root?
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- nominal (in grammar) = relating to nouns
- nominalize = making a new noun from another word
- nominalization = the action of making something into a noun
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- pomposity <- pompous
- heteronormativity <- heteronormative <- hetero + normative <- heterosexuality + normative
- normative <- norm = (moral) rule or expectation
- => heteronormativity = the norm or expectation that everyone should be heterosexual
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- jargon = technical language used by professionals in a particular field
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- What do you know about Tintin?
- What other comics/cartoons/manga do you read or know about?
- p. 60 - Read the article in pairs
- part 2 - Answer these questions.
- 1 a book-length comic with a single narrative
- 2 They saw parts of the world they had never seen and probably never would.
- 3 His technical drawing skills and careful research.
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- Words and expressions from the article:
- opium = a drug from the opium poppy plant
- smuggle = transport something illegally (common prepositions are “into” and “out of”)
- traffic (v) = buy or sell something illegally
- ring = a group of people who are involved in some illegal or dishonest activity
- chunk = piece of something (physically, a chunk has an irregular shape), bigger than a chip
- escapism = an activity or form of entertainment that allows people to forget about (escape) the real problems of life
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- Idioms: rhyming expressions
- rhyme = words that end with the same syllable(s)
- Many idioms include two words that rhyme: snail mail, bee’s knees
- There are other types of sound similarities:
- - alliteration = when words start with the same sound (“good as gold”)
- - consonance = when words include the same consonant sounds (“wishy-washy”)
- - slant rhyme = when words “almost” rhyme but not completely (“real deal”)
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- https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/ - you can see the context of words or phrases you type
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- p. 61 part 6 - Complete these sentences with expressions from the box.
- 1 ill will = bad or hostile feelings
- 2 telltale = indicative; it shows that something is true
- 3 no-go = impossible to progress
- 4 wishy-washy = indecisive; weak
- 5 nitty-gritty = important and basic facts about something (often “get down to the nitty-gritty”)
- 6 real deal = authentic; really an example; genuine
- - fine line = a very small difference between two things
- - one’s fair share = share (piece) of something that is fair to have
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- BREAK
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- p. 59 part 9 (we skipped this yesterday) - Rewrite the sentences with nouns in place of the bold words.
- 1 setting
- 2 description
- 3 appeal
- 4 comment
- 5 story
- 6 theme
- - Why would we make these changes?
- To add variety and avoid repetition.
- To change the emphasis to another part of the sentence.
- To make it more formal (to change the register).
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- p. 61 part 9 - Use nominalizations to rewrite these sentences.
- 1 One of Herge’s inspirations was Chinese drawings.
- 2 He admired their simplicity. / He admired the simplicity of these drawings.
- 3 In later life, Herge became an enthusiastic collector of modern art.
- 4 He had a particular interest in pop art.
- 5 Despite their political references, the books are not political.
- Despite their references to the politics of the time…
- Despite their occasional references...
- 6 A museum in Belgium recognizes all of Herge’s achievements.
- A museum recognizes Herge for all of his achievements.
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- Often, other words in the sentence also need to change form when one word is nominalized.
- “He collected enthusiastically.” -> “He was an enthusiastic collector.”
- (In particular, adverbs that described the word you nominalize become adjectives describing the new noun.)
- “He sometimes referenced...” -> “There were occasional references to …”
- (Sometimes you need to find a synonym whose form you can change, because the original word doesn’t have an adjective form.)
- (A preposition is often needed between the nominalization and the original object of the verb.)
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- Do you know about the Peanuts comics?
- Linus and Lucy
- With your partner, write dialogue in the blank comic.
- https://engl102030.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/charlie-blank.jpg
- Share your version with the class.
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- Compare yours to the original. Which is better or funnier?
- http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uhF8uCa5Ur8/UuQqB7aia5I/AAAAAAAAALo/-ZW6ouI_xlo/s1600/Peanuts1974048.gif
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- Homework: read the text on p. 63 and do parts 2, 3, and 4 on p. 62
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