| 词组 | genealogy |
| 释义 | genealogy Genealogy is formed ultimately from the Greek roots genea "race, family" and -logia, a combining form derived from logos "word, reason" and denoting expression or study. The exact English correspondent of -logia is -logy, as in eulogy (where it is appended to the Greek combining form eu- meaning "good"). However, -logy frequently follows combining forms ending in a thematic vowel -o-, which in these combinations (rather perversely from a semantic standpoint) receives the stress (as in psychology). As a result, many speakers think of -ology as being the suffix, and it is in this form that the suffix has been made a noun (isms and ologies). Yielding to the tug of this neologistic suffix, most speakers pronounce genealogy \\\\Jē-nē-'äl-ə-jē\\\\, as though it were spelled geneology. Sometimes the inattentive even spell it that way. Those who understand the formation of the word or whose pronunciation is simply more influenced by spelling will tend to say \\\\ Jē-nē-'al-ə-jē\\\\ (rhyming with analogy) or, even more meticulously, \\\\ Jēn-ē-'al-ə-jē\\\\ (with the first e short—no doubt in reminiscence of the epsilon of the Greek). In a similar condition are mineralogy and mammalogy, both rather irregularly formed. For the first, \\\\,min-ə-'ral-ə-jē\\\\ appears to predominate, at least among people in the field, but you will also hear \\\\min-ə-'räl-ə-jē\\\\ from the educated. The misspelling minerology is seen occasionally. For mammalogy our pronunciation evidence is too slender to indicate a preferred version, but it is clear that both \\\\mäl\\\\ and \\\\'mal\\\\ are in respectable use. |
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