French Fast Track Learning with Root Words for English Speakers

French Fast Track Learning with Root Words for English Speakers

Author: Sarah Retter

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-05-23

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781719569224

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You will find in this book the English and French words that share the same root. Therefore, if you are an English speaking student, you will find it is very easy to relate the English words you know to the new words in French. Example: port is a Latin root and it means "to move" or "to carry." The English words that include this root are: transport, portable, teleportation, deport, export, rapport, support, portfolio, import, important, porter, report. All these words include the meaning of carry or move. The French words that share the same root are: transport, portable, téléportation, déport, exportation, support, portefeuille, porteur, rapport. In this book you will find the French and English words side by side for better comprehension and memorization. You can add thousands of words both in English and French by learning just the 100 most used Greek and Latin roots. Learning word roots from Latin and Greek helps you understand the origins of English and French grammar and spelling. So, by learning these, the forms and patterns of English and French will become clearer to you. By studying roots, you're opening your brain up to understand many other languages, not just English or French. In this book you ́ll find a great guide to English and French root words and how to use them. Purchase this book and start understanding more English and French than ever!


How the Irish Invented Slang

How the Irish Invented Slang

Author: Daniel Cassidy

Publisher: AK Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781904859604

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Cassidy presents a history of the Irish influence on American slang in a colourful romp through the slums, the gangs of New York and the elaborate scams of grifters and con men, their secret language owing much to the Irish Gaelic imported with many thousands of immigrants. With chapters on How the Irish Invented Poker and How the Irish Invented Jazz, Cassidy stakes a claim for the Irishness of American English. Includes a preface by Peter Quinn and an Irish - American Vernacular Dictionary.


Borrowed Words

Borrowed Words

Author: Philip Durkin

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 0199574995

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This book shows how, when, and why English took words from other languages and explains how to find their origins and reasons for adoption. It covers the effects of contact with languages ranging from Latin and French to Yiddish, Chinese, and Maori, from Saxon times to the present. It will appeal to everyone interested in the history of English.


30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary

30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary

Author: Wilfred John Funk

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1991-03-15

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 067174349X

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A thirty-day vocabulary building program which includes a pronunciation guide and word origins and histories.


A Reference Guide for English Studies

A Reference Guide for English Studies

Author: Michael J. Marcuse

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 872

ISBN-13: 9780520051614

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This ambitious undertaking is designed to acquaint students, teachers, and researchers with reference sources in any branch of English studies, which Marcuse defines as "all those subjects and lines of critical and scholarly inquiry presently pursued by members of university departments of English language and literature.'' Within each of 24 major sections, Marcuse lists and annotates bibliographies, guides, reviews of research, encyclopedias, dictionaries, journals, and reference histories. The annotations and various indexes are models of clarity and usefulness, and cross references are liberally supplied where appropriate. Although cost-conscious librarians will probably consider the several other excellent literary bibliographies in print, such as James L. Harner's Literary Research Guide (Modern Language Assn. of America, 1989), larger academic libraries will want Marcuse's volume.-- Jack Bales, Mary Washington Coll. Lib., Fredericksburg, Va. -Library Journal.


English Grammar for Students of Latin

English Grammar for Students of Latin

Author: Norma Goldman

Publisher: Hodder Arnold

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9780340761076

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Thousands of students have found these books the ideal way to master the grammar of their chosen language. They offer a step-by-step explanation of a concept as it applies to English, a presentation of the same concept as it appplies to the target language, the similarities and differences between the two languages, stressing common pitfalls for English speakers and including review exercises with an answer key.