English Words: History and Structure is concerned primarily with the learned vocabulary of English, the words borrowed from the classical languages. It surveys the historical events that define the layers of vocabulary in English, introduces some of the basic principles of linguistic analysis, and is a helpful manual for vocabulary discernment and enrichment. Exercises accompanying each chapter and further readings on recent loans and the legal and medical vocabulary of English will be available online in the near future. * ...
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English Words: History and Structure is concerned primarily with the learned vocabulary of English, the words borrowed from the classical languages. It surveys the historical events that define the layers of vocabulary in English, introduces some of the basic principles of linguistic analysis, and is a helpful manual for vocabulary discernment and enrichment. Exercises accompanying each chapter and further readings on recent loans and the legal and medical vocabulary of English will be available online in the near future. * Introduces students to some basic linguistic terms needed for the discussion of phonological and morphological changes accompanying word formation * Designed to lead students to a finer appreciation of their language and greater ability to recognize relationships between words and discriminate between meanings * An informative appendix discusses the history and usefulness of the best known British and American dictionaries * Online readings and exercises to deepen and strengthen knowledge acquired in the classroom
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Near Fine. No Jacket. Small 4to xii + 208 pp, introduction, 10 chapters & 2 appendixes in headings subdivided extensively, chapter one: word origins; two-the background of English; three-Composition of the Early modern and Modern English vocabulary; four-Smaller than words: morphemes & types of morphemes; five-Allomorphy, phonetics, and affixation; six-Replacement Rules; seven-Deletion Rules and other kinds of allomorphy; chapter eight: Fossilized allomorphy: false cognates & other etymological pitfalls; chapter nine: semantic change and and semantic guesswork; ten-the pronunciations of classical words in English, appendix I-II, index. Text clean, cover wraps fine, binding fine. 6.9" x 9.8" purple wraps.