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UNIT 19 DERIVATIONEntry requirements A prior understanding of MEANING POSTULATES (Unit 17) is useful, butnot essential, for this unit.Introduction So far we have treated the dictionary of a language simply as a static list ofpredicates.We have made the tacit assumption that, in order for a predicateto be able to bear meaning, it must in some sense already be present in thedictionary of the language concerned. But this neglects the obvious fact thatwords that we have never heard before, and which have perhaps never evenbeen used before, can have clear meanings.Practice Below are sentences containing nonce-words (words coined on the spur ofthe moment), not found in a dictionary. The nonce-words are capitalized.Give a paraphrase of each nonce-word.(1) We’ll need to HIGHER this shelf a bit..........................................................................................................................(2) I find SCREWDRIVING with my left hand difficult..........................................................................................................................(3) We don’t have a butcher: we have a BUTCHERESS..........................................................................................................................(4) John was DECOBWEBBING the ceiling with a long-handled mop..........................................................................................................................Feedback (1) make higher (2) using a screwdriver (3) female butcher (4) removingthe cobwebs from
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