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“When Crocs Rule”(Crocs - “Clipped” form of “Crocodile”)

- by National Geographic Magazine

“When Crocs Rule”(Crocs - “Clipped” form of “Crocodile”)

- by National Geographic Magazine

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Part 1

Meaning RelationsMeaning Relations

-by Anson Lou

Part 1

Meaning RelationsMeaning Relations

-by Anson Lou

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Pedigree (Family Tree)

Crocodile (R) + ian (DS) + s(IS) Crocodilians (Crocs like)

- suchus ([SEW-kəs] ) (suffix??)

Archosaur (Archo (R) + saur(DS) (meaning) Ruling + Reptiles)

Crocodilians

Simosuchus Desmatosuchus

SarcosuchusProtosuchus

alligator crocodile caiman gharial

Avemetatarsalia (meaning "bird metatarsals)

pterosaurs Dinosaurs

Ankylosaurus Spinosaurus

Styracosaurus

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- saurs (Anglicized forms of Latin taxonomic names)- saurus (Latinized variant of -saur )

Reptiles

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pterosaurs

Dinosaurs

Avemetatarsalia (meaning "bird metatarsals)

caimanalligator

crocodile gharial

Crocodilians

Pedigree (Family Tree)22

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Ancestors (the actual or hypothetical form from which an organism has developed or descended)

Descendants

Antonym

Evolution of Crocodiles

Protosuchus

Deinosuchus

Erpetosuchus Doswellia

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Crocodiles’ Diet

Protosuchus Sarcosuchus Stomatosuchus

HerbivoreHerb (R) + I DS) + vore (DS)

one that eats plant

CarnivoreCarn (R) + I (DS) + vore (DS)

one that eats flesh

Simosuchus Desmatosuchus

Hypernym

Hyponym

Hypernym

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Crocodiles’ Habitat

(Syn. Residence)

Swamps MarshesFreshwater

Habitat

Hypernym

Hyponym

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Part 2

Semantic & Lexicological Semantic & Lexicological AnalysisAnalysis

by June Hui

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- Crocodile management isn’t a rocket science (hard / difficult)

- Crocodile ancestors radiated (developed) into a wide array of terrestrial forms.

- Having endured millions of years of planetary climate change, tectonic-plate musical chairs (rearrangement) and other ecological

vicissitudes

Connotation

Meaning Relations

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Antonyms

Contradictory antonyms

- predators (prey) - descendants (ancestor) - freshwater (saltwater) - cold-blooded (warm-blooded) - short-legged (long-legged)

Meaning Relations

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Word formation analysis

- Relocation(Re (DP) + locate (R) + tion (DS) noun complex)

- Allegedly(Allege (R) + ed (IS) + ly (DS) adverb complex)

- Threatened(Threat (R) + en (DS) + ed (IS) adjective / verb complex)

Complex word (1)

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- Endangered(En (DP) + danger (R) + ed (DS) adjective complex)

- Neighborhood(Neighbour(R) + hood(n., DS)adjective complex)

- Subtropical(Sub (DP) + tropic (R) + al (DS) adjective complex)

- Ecological(Ecology (R) + ical (DS) adjective complex)

Word formation analysis

Complex word (2)

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- Upscale (Up (adj) +scale (n) adjective compound)

- Fearsome(Fear (adj) + some (DS) complex word/ adjective

compound?)

- latter-day(latter (adj) + day (n) adjective hyphenated compound, endocentric in meaning)

Word formation analysis

Compound word

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- Snaggletoothed(snaggle (adj) + tooth (n) + ed (DS) adjective

compound-complex)

- tectonic-plate(tecton (n) + ic (DS) + plate (n) hyphenated noun compound-complex)

- yacht-lined(yatch (n) + line (n) + ed (DS) hyphenated adjective compound-complex)

Word formation analysis

Compound-complex word

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- Saltwater (salt (n) + water (n) endocentric noun compound, means seawater )

- Freshwater(fresh (n/adj) + water (n) endocentric noun compound, means drinking water)

Endocentric

Word formation analysis

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Conversion

- “They face (n v) a new challenge to their survival”

- “Many were killed by poachers for their hides (v n) ”

- “stuffed (n v) for museum displays”

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Abbreviations

“Many croc species survived the massive K-T (Cretaceous-Tertiary)

extinction 65 million years ago.”

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Conclusions

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Thank you very much!!


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