How do you deal with unfamiliar words?
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Re: How do you deal with unfamiliar words?
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Probably so in regards to Latin. I once had an English teacher that would throw in random Latin since a lot of English has Latin (Roman)/Greek root even though it's still considered Proto-Germanic, if I'm not mistaken?DennisK wrote: ↑06 Dec 2016, 10:57Hi DATo ... what I find interesting is that learning a language is a life-long endeavor. I may learn a new word, but if I don't use it, it will eventually be forgotten to confound me later. I remember kids in my school who made Latin as part of their curriculum. I wonder if those lessons in Latin influenced their vocabulary later in life. My vocabulary relies on repetition. I wonder if there are folks out there that use a more analytical method to build their vocabulary.DATo wrote:Any of Cormac McCarthy's books should come with a glossary. Seriously. You need to have a dictionary beside you when you read his books. I swear, I think the guy stays up nights looking for obscure words to put into his novels.
To answer the question: Duh! I look them up in a dictionary. Actually, sometimes, even to this day, I spend an hour or so from time to time looking for words I don't know in a dictionary and then copy the word and its definition into a file for later memorization. This process works pretty well for improving one's vocabulary. I learned it in grammar school with an outstanding teacher of reading who would post 10 new vocabulary words on the front chalkboard each day. We would write them down and then look them up for homework. Then, on Friday, we would have a quiz on 20 of the 40 we had looked up during the week. A very good system for learning new words!
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Yes, that is what I understand: English has Germanic origins, but all the words I studied were from the Latin & Greek languages. I suspect language is heavily influenced by interactions between different cultures. With China's rising dominance I won't be surprised to discover Mandarin words used while speaking English – perhaps we already do when dealing with certain foods. Singapore, for example, uses English to conduct business, but during personal affairs, most use the Mandarin dialect. I suspect there will be quite a bit of contamination of both languages in that kind of environment. Here in California, it is common to encounter Spanglish, which is a Spanish and English mixture of words. It is a kind of slang, but given time …Ajbish wrote: ↑16 Apr 2018, 00:16Probably so in regards to Latin. I once had an English teacher that would throw in random Latin since a lot of English has Latin (Roman)/Greek root even though it's still considered Proto-Germanic, if I'm not mistaken?DennisK wrote: ↑06 Dec 2016, 10:57Hi DATo ... what I find interesting is that learning a language is a life-long endeavor. I may learn a new word, but if I don't use it, it will eventually be forgotten to confound me later. I remember kids in my school who made Latin as part of their curriculum. I wonder if those lessons in Latin influenced their vocabulary later in life. My vocabulary relies on repetition. I wonder if there are folks out there that use a more analytical method to build their vocabulary.DATo wrote:Any of Cormac McCarthy's books should come with a glossary. Seriously. You need to have a dictionary beside you when you read his books. I swear, I think the guy stays up nights looking for obscure words to put into his novels.
To answer the question: Duh! I look them up in a dictionary. Actually, sometimes, even to this day, I spend an hour or so from time to time looking for words I don't know in a dictionary and then copy the word and its definition into a file for later memorization. This process works pretty well for improving one's vocabulary. I learned it in grammar school with an outstanding teacher of reading who would post 10 new vocabulary words on the front chalkboard each day. We would write them down and then look them up for homework. Then, on Friday, we would have a quiz on 20 of the 40 we had looked up during the week. A very good system for learning new words!
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