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SYNONYM LINKING: THE BASIS OF VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

ESSAY #5

BY RICHARD K. MUNRO

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Liberman

Very interesting essay on CHIDE SEE ANTHOLY LIEBERMAN which is a word of unknown origin though it seems to be of Germanic or Anglo-Saxon origin. The words are synymns but they have different nuances.

Anglo-Saxon Or Germanic Or Other (unknown)Latin (French or Romance)Greek
 CHIDE       SYNONYMReprimand STRONGEST       SYNONYMcriticize       SYNONYM
1)to criticize mildly for a fault or an offense; To correct (mildly)1)to write an official report; make an official documented censure1) to find fault with      
2)”to knock”; to “rap” “to slap on the wrist”(minor punishment)2) to rebuke (to criticize sharply; originally to strike with busche firewood)  2)      
3)to scold  3) admonish  3)      
ANTONYM To praise To speak well of  ANTONYM To commend To laudANTONYM  
With a smile and with encouragement he chided the boy for his sloppy writing.The Major reprimanded the corporal for not following orders. 
  

SYNONYM LINKING: THE BASIS OF VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

By Richard K Munro

Essay #4

The old world BODY has many uses and meanings and is clearly the oldest word. Body snatcher is a funny term. I remember a character in Dickens who was a body snatcher called himself a “resurrectionist!”.  Then there are many Latin/Romance synonyms related to the latin word “CORPUS” (body). Many of these are medical, legal or military. The Greek works are technical and academic most people will not readily know these word unless they are in the medical field.

Anglo-Saxon Or Germanic Or Other (unknown)Latin (French or Romance)Greek
 BODY      
SYNONYM
Corporeal (bodily)       SYNONYMsomatic       SYNONYM
1) physical part of a person1)corpse (dead body)or cadaver; carcass: dead body of an animal1)relating to the body      
2)group of individuals(organization)2) corpus delicti (body of a crime) 3) Corps Diplomatic Corps Medical Corps Marine Corps (silent s from French) 4) corporal punishment 5) corporal (rank in army)      Many scientific and medical terms: Somatotherapy   Somatotype   Somotology=study of the body   Anatomy=study of body structure.      
3)main part of a book or essay  Corporation (legal person)       
ANTONYM Spirit/soul  ANTONYM Mental/not physical  ANTONYM  
1)Body of water(mass of water)masa de agua
2)He earns enough money to keep body and soul together.
Gana lo justo para vivir
3)Body snatcher (ladrón de cadavers)        
  
  

SYNONYM LINKING: THE BASIS OF VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

By Richard K. Munro

Essay #3 Of course, most our words having to do with education or schools are Latin or Greek in origin but there are curiosities. A “Lore” house was originally a gloss on the Latin word school in other words a place where traditions were taught. And a “School of fish” is not, of course, a school at all but a shoal or group of fish. I would think the expression “shoal of fish” is the original expression.

Anglo-Saxon
Or Germanic Or Other (unknown)
Latin (French or Romance)Greek
 School “lore”* house (originally Lat/Gr) (Grammar school/primary school) Or elementary school –k-6) SYNONYMCollege       SYNONYM#1Academy*       SYNONYM
k-12 education
Elementary school
middle school
High School
escuela
1)undergraduate division of a university Universidad/colegio universitario1)a school for special instruction such as the military academies. academia
2)all colleges and universities in general2) in France or Spain an secondary school NOT supported by the state. Public schools are called lycée “ lyceum” could be a place where public lectures are presented2) secondary school esp. a private one
3)SCHOOL OF ATHENS
a group of people, esp. writers,philosophers,artists Whose thought,work or style demonstrates a common origin,belief or influence.
politics/religion;

Electoral College /College of Cardinals
3) can mean  university life or higher education in general “academe”*
***4) a shoal or large group of aquatic animals swimming together : *“a school of fish” GRUPO/BANCOThe Lyceum of AristotlePlato’s Academy
There are several schools of thought on this issue Sobre este tema hay varias Corrientes de opinión  
Often translated as ‘colegio’ Escuela primariaLiceo/instituto=high school escuela secundaria