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A 3 page lexical study of the word "up," as well as a description of other words, which often change lexical categories. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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3 pages (~225 words per page)
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principle focuses on the word "up." However, it is helpful to understanding this feature of the English language by first examining it in more detail. Newspaper headline writers sometimes
do not stop to consider the fact that many English words have multiple meanings depending on its lexical category, and this failure produces humorous headlines that have an unintentional double
meanings. For example, consider these headlines: "British left waffles on Falkland Islands," or "Kids make nutritious snacks" (Aronoff and Fudeman 33). Did British soldiers leave behind their breakfast pastry when
they left the Falkland Islands? In this headline "left" is meant to be read as a noun describing the British political left while "waffles," which is typically read as
a noun, is used as a verb to indicate "waffling," that is, frequently changing positions on the issue of the Falkland Islands. Similarly, the other headline is not intended to
suggest cannibalism, but rather "make" in this context is ambiguous in meaning in this sentence, as it is intended to be understood as synonymous with "prepare" (Aronoff and Fudeman 33).
Sometimes when a word is used in more than one lexical category, the meanings associated with the word remain similar, but have different connotations. For example, "comfort" can be a
verb meaning "to soothe in distress or sorrow" or it can be a noun that refers to "anything that makes life easy" (Kolcaba and Dimarco 187). Similarly "up" can
be an adverb, preposition, adjective, noun, or verb. Dictionary.com lists 25 definitions for "up" as an adverb, such as to put something "into or in a place of safekeeping, storage,
retirement, etc.: to lay up riches:; to put up preserves" (Dictionary.com). Another adverbial meaning is "to, toward or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top
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