W4 Vocab blog

Primitive:
(1)    Primitive art:  a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists
(2)    Primitive life: belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and crudeness
(3)    Primitive people: belongs to an early stage of civilization
(4)    Primitive sculpture: of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
(5)    Primitive man:  being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "
(6)    What does “primitive” mean in the five phrases mentioned above.
relating to human society at a very early stage of development, with people living in a simple way without machines or a writing system


(7) +: Yes
      -: No
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Primitive + N.	Positive	Neutral	Negative
Primitive art	+	-	-
Primitive life	-	+	-
Primitive people	-	-	+
Primitive sculpture	+	-	-
Primitive man	-	+	-

Primarily: 

(1)    What does “primarily” mean in the article. You may want to refer to the article to decide what it means.

      
         It can means that mainly or  something in the first place... But in the article, it means " something in the first place, or in the beginning of something

(2)    Find a synonym of “primarily”.

         in the first place chiefly principally mainly in the main

(3)    “Primary” is the adjective of “primarily”. One of its meanings is “happening first”. Compare “primary” and “primitive”. Do you think the two adjectives have the same meaning in this sense? Why?

 

Primary:most important element, or happening first.

      Primitive: of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style, belonging to an early stage of technical development

    In the article, 2 adjectives have different meaning.

    1802,Humphry Davy was primitively invented the light bulb.

    1955, Vietnamese primarily used the light bulb instead of candle.