Vocabulary building: homophones, homonyms, synonyms and antonyms, one-word substitutes, word formation and confusable pairs
LUG-105 English and Legal Language, Unit II: Vocabulary building — homophones, word formation, one-word substitution, synonyms, homonyms. · LLB · 60 min
The vocabulary lecture of the unit, built around the words the papers have asked: the homophone pairs (write / right, dual / duel, deer / dear, heir / hair, born / borne, rain / reign, hole / whole, waist / waste), homonyms and the definitions of homonym, antonym and synonym; synonyms of brutal and accuse; antonyms of timid, simple, attack and blunt; one-word substitutes general (equilibrium, omnipotent, aviation, calligraphy, museum, patriot, honorary) and legal (absconder, plaintiff, illegal, heir, homicide, intestate); word formation with prefixes, suffixes and Latin roots; the confusable pairs of legal English; and the method for "bring out the meaning of legal words in sentences" (habeas corpus, intestate, locus standi, amicus curiae, appellant). Twelve past-paper refs are answered here.
Objectives
- Define synonym, antonym, homonym, homophone and homograph and give legal examples of each
- Bring out the difference between the homophone pairs set in the papers through sentences of your own
- Give synonyms and antonyms of common words with the right part of speech and register
- Supply the one-word substitute, general and legal, for a given description
- Use prefixes, suffixes and Latin roots to form and decode legal words, and keep the confusable pairs apart
- Bring out the meaning of a legal term by using it in a sentence
Slides
- Why vocabulary, and the five terms
- Homophones I: the pairs the papers set
- Homophones II: the legal twins
- Homonyms and homographs: one word, many senses
- Synonyms: choosing by context and register
- Antonyms: by prefix and by pair
- One-word substitution I: general
- One-word substitution II: legal words
- Word formation: prefixes, suffixes and Latin roots
- Confusable pairs of legal English
- Bringing out the meaning of legal words in sentences
- How the examiner asks it
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