We restricted the analysis to nouns, adjectives and verbs, which convey most of the meaning in a sentence The resulting dictionary of semantic fields
convenient handles, referring to these nouns as abrelatas and scarecrow nouns, lexical items which is an antidote to the mealy-mouthedness that lurks in
antidote antiseptic anti-gravity antifreeze What does the prefix auto– mean in these nouns? autobiography autograph automaton autopilot
We use the indefinite article with non- unique, singular countable nouns, e g there is a tutorial each week; she found an antidote to that poison
Nouns that refer to things which can be counted (can be singular or plural) are countable antibiotic, antidepressant, antidote circum-
Prefix Meaning Examples anti- against anticlimax, antidote, antithesis auto- self autobiography, automobile bi- two bilingualism, biculturalism, bi-
The most common prefixes used to form new nouns in academic English anticlimax, antidote, antithesis auto- self Suffix added to verbs or nouns adjective
convenient handles, referring to these nouns as abrelatas and scarecrow lexical items which is an antidote to the mealy-mouthedness that lurks in derivational