Практикум по лексикологии английского языка. Часть 1. Словообразование. Маковецкая Н.А - 16 стр.

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going to Cyprus” , he said. And then, looking at the brochure – as if her
adventurousness was being tested and she recognized its limits. “Besides, Istanbul
is in Europe” (G.Swift). 10. – Why did she never love me? In my dreams, too, the
answer comes from deep underground: it’s the hardness of my words (R.Tremain).
11. Suddenly, his Daddy-ness was all over that girl – cuddling, holding hands –
makin’ some heat, now what I mean? (” The National Enquirer, February, 19,
2002).

Exercise 2. Explain the difference in the meaning of the semantically related
words in italics.
                            aggressivity - aggressiveness
1. Aggressivity of the company helped it to win the market, though attitudes
towards it were different (“Successful business” , Oxford University Press, 1991).
2. His aggressiveness took me aback (M.Tess).
                            pretentiousness – pretension
       Tim was a person of a social pretension and there’s been a boarder-line
between him and his partner… He hated the pretentiousness of business parties
and official ceremonies (J.Lingsey).
                               callousness – callosity
1. Anna realised that people were made to suffer. But such callousness distressed
her (R.Tremain). 2. Callosity of feelings is one main problem of modern society.
                           responsibility – responsiveness
1. Wives still take most of the responsibility for the children (Collins Cobuild
English Language Dictionary, p. 1235). 2. The most essential thing is
responsiveness between parent s and children (Ibid.).
                             connection – connectedness
1. What is the connection between the two ideas? (A.S.Hornby. Oxford Student’s
Dictionary of Current English). 2. Looking back through other cultures and
religions there has been a sense of all connectedness between people in both a
spiritual and material way (B.Symes).

                                   Suffix “ - less” .
Exercise. Look at the derivatives with “-less”. Analyse them on the metasemiotic
level.
1. She is ageless (J.Jardam). 2. Who says you can’t have an ageless smile? (Ibid.).
3. No one lived there, except aliens of course. It was completely humanless
(M.Bathman). 4. On sunless clear morning, the silhouette of the “Splendid” seems
to be drawn on the sky in blue-grey ink.5. For months, Mabel had been servantless
in the big house, keeping the home together in penury for her ineffectual brothers
(D.Lawrence). 6. I expect the girls underneath you will take pity on your wifeless
state and offer to wash your shirts (D.Lodge). 7. He was thought to be a prominent
writer. But his inspirationless always stroke me (J.Jones). 8.That was a timeless
evening (R.Tremain). 9. So I did a centre-spread in Mayfair, perfectly decent, just
bra-less, only the photographer took a lot of other shots I knew nothing about
(T.Heldon). 10. Maybe that face was showing through hers for all to see –