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Analyze and comment on the following.Take “a laconic answer is a short answer” as an example to illustrate etymological motivation.

高老师2年前 (2024-03-26)英语词汇学(00832)7

Analyze and comment on the following.Take “a laconic answer is a short answer” as an example to illustrate etymological motivation.

1) THE MEANING OF MANY WORDS OFTEN RELATE DIRECTLY TO THEIR ORIGINS. IN OTHER WORDS, THE HISTORY OF THE WORD EXPLAINS THE MEANING OF THE WORD.
2)THE WORD “LACONIC” MEANING ‘‘BRIEF’ OR “SHORT" IS DERIVED FROM LACONS, A TRIBE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR “BREVITY OF SPEECH" AND FOR THEIR HABIT OF NEVER USING MORE WORDS THAN NECESSARY. HENCE "A LACONIC ANSWER" IS A SHORT ANSWER.  

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