CLA 30 Quiz: Quiz #2 Study Guide: Units 2 and 1
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Understand the different kinds of dictionaries (descriptive, prescriptive, learners, Prescriptive dictionaries: give advice on how to use words, can be useful when you have to write formally and need to know what is generally considered correct. Unabridged and abridged: unabridged the fullest, most comprehensive dictionaries produced by the publishers of descriptive dictionaries, abridged shorter, less complicated version of dictionaries for ease of use and transport. May be called collegiate, shorter, concise, pocket, and so on. Know about the six major dictionaries (their dates and major contribution: samuel johnson"s dictionary of the english language (1755) first real comprehensive dictionary. Understand the basic differences between the latinate and anglo-saxon registers of. English uses less word, prefers word order: prefers subject/verb/object aka svo word order. Most latin/greek words change their form to show use in the sentence: puella subject, puellam object, puellae possessing, amat - pronoun puella puerum amat, puerum puella amat, amat puerum puella, puella amat puerum.
