word formation analysis - crocs
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When Crocs Rule(Crocs - Clipped form of Crocodile)
- by National Geographic Magazine
Part 1Meaning Relations-by Anson Lou
Pedigree (Family Tree)Archosaur 1(Archo (R) + saur(DS) (meaning) Ruling + Reptiles)
Avemetatarsalia 2(meaning "bird metatarsals)
Crocodile (R) + ian (DS) + s(IS) Crocodilians (Crocs like)
Crocodilians
pterosaurs
Dinosaurs
alligator
crocodile
caiman
gharial
3Ankylosaurus Spinosaurus StyracosaurusReptiles
Simosuchus
Desmatosuchus
Protosuchus
Sarcosuchus
- saurs (Anglicized forms of Latin taxonomic names) - saurus (Latinized variant of -saur )
- suchus ([SEW-ks] ) (suffix??)
Pedigree (Family Tree)2
Avemetatarsalia(meaning "bird metatarsals)
Crocodilians
pterosaurs
alligator
caiman
crocodile
gharial
Dinosaurs
Evolution of CrocodilesAncestors (the actual or hypothetical form from which an organism has developed or descended) Erpetosuchus Doswellia
Antonym
Deinosuchus Protosuchus
Descendants
Crocodiles DietHypernym HerbivoreHerb (R) + I DS) + vore (DS) one that eats plant
Hypernym CarnivoreCarn (R) + I (DS) + vore (DS) one that eats flesh
Simosuchus
Desmatosuchus
Protosuchus Sarcosuchus Stomatosuchus
Hyponym
Crocodiles Habitat (Syn. Residence)Hypernym
Habitat
Freshwater
Swamps
Marshes
Hyponym
Part 2 Semantic & Lexicological Analysisby June Hui
Meaning RelationsConnotationCrocodile management isnt 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
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Meaning RelationsAntonyms
Contradictory antonymspredators (prey) descendants (ancestor) freshwater (saltwater) cold-blooded (warm-blooded) short-legged (long-legged)
Word formation analysisComplex word (1)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)
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Word formation analysisComplex word (2)-
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)
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Ecological (Ecology (R) + ical (DS) adjective complex)
Word formation analysisCompound wordUpscale (Up (adj) +scale (n) adjective compound)
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Fearsome (Fear (adj) + some (DS) complex word/ adjectivecompound )
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latter-day (latter (adj) + day (n) adjective hyphenated compound, endocentric in meaning)
Word formation analysisCompound-complex wordSnaggletoothed (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)
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Word formation analysisEndocentric
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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)
Word formation analysisConversion
- 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
Word formation analysisAbbreviations
Many croc species survived the massive K-T (Cretaceous-Tertiary) extinction 65 million years ago.
Conclusions
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