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Discussion Groups / British English / December 2006Solutions, literacy, etc...
As part of a literacy assignment, I am writing a piece of text analysing the difficulties students may have with learning and understanding certain similar scientific words. For example, words such as dissolve, soluble, insoluble, solution, solvent and solute all have "sol" as part of the word. How do I describe this part of the word? Syllable? Phoneme? Something else? Any ideas appreciated. Marcus |As part of a literacy assignment, I am writing a piece of text analysing the |difficulties students may have with learning and understanding certain |similar scientific words. For example, words such as dissolve, soluble, |insoluble, solution, solvent and solute all have "sol" as part of the word. | |How do I describe this part of the word? Syllable? Phoneme? Something else? I would use "Greek or Latin Root word" Parts of words which occur in many words in English, *with the same meaning* are almost always from the Greek or Latin. Google found me http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=dissolve which indicates _from L. dissolvere "to loosen up, break apart,"_ Syllable is only a rather arbitrary method of splitting words into sections. phoneme is specific sound in English, or a group of characters which have a specific sound.  SignatureDave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk> "Intelligent Design?" my knees say *not*. "Intelligent Design?" my back says *not*. More like "Incompetent design". Sig (C) Copyright Public Domain > As part of a literacy assignment, I am writing a piece of text analysing > the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Any ideas appreciated. It isn't really anything to do with having a similar sounding syllable but to do with having a common linguistic root. |
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