FOCUS - LANGUAGE & USE OF ENGLISH
WORD FORMING : THE SUFFIX EFFECT / ALTERING THE INTERNAL SPELLING / THE PREFIX PUSH AND WORD FAMILIES/ WE WORK WITH THESE TOOLS IN AN EXAM STYLE TASK.
SHAKESPEAR IS OFTEN QUOTED FOR HIS CREATION OF OVER 1500 WORDS IN ORDER TO EXPRESS PRECISELY WHAT HE WANTED TO SAY. ENGLISH HUMOUR TO THIS DAY OFTEN RELIES ON A MISUSE OR MISPRONUNCIATION OF WORDS TO RAISE A TITTER. . . OR A GUFFAW OR INDEED A CACKLE!
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE USING PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES TO ALMOST DESTROY WORDS AND MEANING BUT NOT QUITE - AND THAT IS THE TRICK
CAN YOU THINK OF / FIND EXAMPLES IN LATVIAN / RUSSIAN LANGUAGES - OR COMEDIANS THAT USE THESE TYPES OF DEVICES?
THE CARRY ON TEAM AND PROFESSOR STANLEY UNWIN MEET
THIS SKETCH USES A DEVISE CREATED BY A CHARACTER CALLED Dr SPOONER [SPOONERISMS] - RELIES ON MIXING THE FRONTS OF TWO WORDS IN A SENTENCE.
AND HERE IS ONE FEATURING Mrs MALAPROP HERSELF [MALAPROPISMS] FROM THE PLAY 'THE RIVALS' WRITTEN IN 1775 BY RICHARD SHERIDAN
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