kind of crab cake bullying and corrupt city management officials slang for an inexperienced person
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Graduate Diploma Reading & Writing Session 27 Collocation Lexical Sets Punctuation & Sentence Structure. kind of crab cake bullying and corrupt city management officials slang for an inexperienced person an underdog (poor person with few opportunities to succeed) from the slums - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Graduate DiplomaReading & Writing Session 27
CollocationLexical Sets
Punctuation & Sentence Structure
1. kind of crab cake
2. bullying and corrupt city management officials
3. slang for an inexperienced person
4. an underdog (poor person with few opportunities to succeed) from the slums
5. a person who has skill with words, especially in writing
6. a noise made by a group of people when their expectations weren’t satisfied
7. a person whose job is to write dictionaries
8. ridiculous
9. a newly invented word
10. to be made King or Queen, or given an award (metaphorical)
11. somebody who competes with others to try to win something
coddies
chengguan noob
slumdog
wordsmith
a collective sigh of disappointment
lexicographer
preposterous
neologism
to be crowned
contender
LEXICAL SETS
What can we call this lexical set?
Texas
Austin
Silicon Valley
India
China
Australia
Canada
the US
the UK
Poland
Poland
PLACES
Texas
Austin
Silicon Valley
India
China
Australia
Canada
the US
the UK
Poland
Poland
PEOPLE & ORGANISATIONS INTERESTED IN “WORDS”
• The Global Language Monitor
• A group of US wordsmiths
• lexicographers
• Paul JJ Payack, the president and chief word analyst of the Global Language Monitor
WORDS (PARTICULARLY THE MILLIONTH ENGLISH)
tally of English words
millionth word
should be formally crowned the millionth word
contenders to be the millionth word
neologism
NEOLOGISMS
coddies
chengguan
slumdog
fundoo
jai ho!
noob
Web 2.0, a term for the next generation of internet applications,
ANNOUNCEMENT & REACTION
declared
admits
an estimate
a collective sigh of disappointment
declare the idea preposterous
'Web 2.0' declared millionth word in English language
neologism created every 98 minutes says language monitor
which admits tally of english words an estimate
it could have been coddies chengguan slumdog or even
fundoo jai ho would have been fun even noob wouldn t
have been that bad but when a group of us wordsmiths in
texas claimed today that the millionth word in the english
language was web 2 0 there must have been a collective sigh
of disappointment among those lexicographers who hadn t
already declared the idea preposterous
'Web 2.0' declared millionth word in English language
Neologism created every 98 minutes, says language monitor –
which admits tally of English words an estimate.
It could have been "coddies", "chengguan", "slumdog" or even
"fundoo". "Jai Ho!" would have been fun. Even "noob" wouldn't
have been that bad. But when a group of US wordsmiths in
Texas claimed today that the millionth word in the English
language was Web 2.0, there must have been a collective sigh
of disappointment among those lexicographers who hadn't
already declared the idea preposterous.
the global language monitor glm based in austin calculated
that a neologism is created on average every 98 minutes and
that web 2 0 a term for the next generation of internet
applications should be formally crowned the millionth word
paul jj payack the president and chief word analyst of the
global language monitor said that the contenders to be the
millionth word had come from silicon valley india china and
poland as well as australia canada the us and the uk english
has become a universal means of communication never before
have so many people been able to communicate so easily with
so many others he said
The Global Language Monitor (GLM), based in Austin,
calculated that a neologism is created on average every 98
minutes and that "Web 2.0", a term for the next generation of
internet applications, should be formally crowned the millionth
word.
Paul JJ Payack, the president and chief word analyst of the
Global Language Monitor, said that the contenders to be the
millionth word had come from Silicon Valley, India, China, and
Poland, as well as Australia, Canada, the US and the UK.
"English has become a universal means of communication.
Never before have so many people been able to communicate
so easily with so many others," he said.
'Web 2.0' declared millionth word in English language
Neologism created every 98 minutes, says language monitor –
which admits tally of English words an estimate.
It could have been "coddies", "chengguan", "slumdog" or even
"fundoo". "Jai Ho!" would have been fun. Even "noob" wouldn't
have been that bad. But when a ________ of US wordsmiths in
Texas claimed today that the millionth word in the ________
language was Web 2.0, there must have been a collective
________ of disappointment among those lexicographers who
hadn't already declared the ________ preposterous.
The Global Language Monitor (GLM), based in Austin,
calculated that a neologism is created ________ average every
98 minutes and that "Web 2.0", a term for the ________
generation of internet ________, should be ________ crowned
the millionth word.
Paul JJ Payack, the president and chief word analyst of the
Global Language Monitor, said that the contenders to be the
millionth word had come ________ Silicon Valley, India, China,
and Poland, as well as Australia, Canada, the US and the UK.
"English has become a universal ________ of communication.
Never before have so many people been able to communicate
so ________ with so many others," he said.
HAPPIER SHOPPERS
a poor year the signs of recovery offline are less clear a meagre 0.5% rise on 2008
picking up again
rose to $3.2 billion
over 10% higher then
rose by 11%
rose from $846m to $887mretail spending
heavy discounts
promotions
enticing shoppers to open their wallets
online spending
internet shoppers splashed out $318m
sales
online shopping
bricks-and-mortar retailers consumers
shops rang up $10.7 billion in sales
in 2008
the week ending on Sunday November 29th
the same period last year Thanksgiving Day
Black Friday
start of the Christmas shopping season
“cyber Monday” November 30th
on Wednesday December 2nd
an increasingly important day
according to comScore, an online market-research firm new data showed that
the largest daily spend on record reckons SuperTrak, a retail consultancy
LEXICAL SETS
Retail spending
_______ shoppers
Online _______ in America is rising
AFTER a ________ year in 2008, retail spending is picking up again as ________
discounts and promotions are enticing shoppers to open their ________. Online
spending rose to $3.2 billion for the week ending on Sunday November 29th, over
6% more than during the same period last year, according to comScore, an online
________-research firm. Internet shoppers splashed out $318m on ________ Day,
over 10% higher than in 2008. Sales also rose by 11% to $595m on Black Friday,
the start of the Christmas shopping ________ for bricks-and-mortar retailers but an
________ important online shopping day too. Consumers continued to spend on
“cyber Monday” November 30th. On Wednesday December 2nd new data ________
that sales rose from $846m to $887m, the largest daily spend on record. But the
signs of recovery offline are less clear. Shops rang up $10.7 billion in sales on Black
Friday, a ________ 0.5% rise on 2008, reckons ShopperTrak, a retail consultancy.
Retail spending Happier shoppers Dec 2nd 2009From Economist.com Online spending in America is rising
AFTER a poor year in 2008, retail spending is picking up again as heavy discounts and
promotions are enticing shoppers to open their wallets. Online spending rose to $3.2 billion for
the week ending on Sunday November 29th, over 6% more than during the same period last
year, according to comScore, an online market-research firm. Internet shoppers splashed out
$318m on Thanksgiving Day, over 10% higher than in 2008. Sales also rose by 11% to $595m
on Black Friday, the start of the Christmas shopping season for bricks-and-mortar retailers but
an increasingly important online shopping day too. Consumers continued to spend on “cyber
Monday” November 30th. On Wednesday December 2nd new data showed that sales rose
from $846m to $887m, the largest daily spend on record. But the signs of recovery offline are
less clear. Shops rang up $10.7 billion in sales on Black Friday, a meagre 0.5% rise on 2008,
reckons ShopperTrak, a retail consultancy.