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Author: Robert Claiborne
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780385414272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobert Claiborne gives readers a short history of the English language to show how most of the words we use today evolved from a single taproot language called Indo-European. This book is a must for all word buffs and language lovers; an intelligent and uniquely accessible examination of our vocabulary by a recognized authority.
Author: Sali Tagliamonte
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 052186321X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA groundbreaking account of the linguistic features of four English dialects and their wider implications for English's development.
Author: Joegil K. Lundquist
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnglish from the Roots Up teaches 100 of the most-used Greek and Latin root words. It will help your child build vocabulary and comprehension, as well as figure out unknown words by deciphering their roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Grades 2-12.
Author: Joseph Twadell Shipley
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2001-07
Total Pages: 688
ISBN-13: 9780801867842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence. In The Origins of English Words, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the often devious, always fascinating, process by which some of their offshoots have grown. Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science.
Author: Horace Gerald Danner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2014-03-27
Total Pages: 1007
ISBN-13: 1442233265
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHorace G. Danner’s A Thesaurus of English Word Roots is a compendium of the most-used word roots of the English language. As Timothy B. Noone notes in his foreword: “Dr. Danner’s book allows you not only to build up your passive English vocabulary, resulting in word recognition knowledge, but also gives you the rudiments for developing your active English vocabulary, making it possible to infer the meaning of words with which you are not yet acquainted. Your knowledge can now expand and will do so exponentially as your awareness of the roots in English words and your corresponding ability to decode unfamiliar words grows apace. This is the beginning of a fine mental linguistic library: so enjoy!” In A Thesaurus of English Word Roots, all word roots are listed alphabetically, along with the Greek or Latin words from which they derive, together with the roots’ original meanings. If the current meaning of an individual root differs from the original meaning, that is listed in a separate column. In the examples column, the words which contain the root are then listed, starting with their prefixes, for example, dysacousia, hyperacousia. These root-starting terms then are followed by terms where the root falls behind the word, e.g., acouesthesia and acoumeter. These words are followed by words where the root falls in the middle or the end, as in such terms as bradyacusia and odynacusis.. In this manner, A Thesaurus of English Word Roots places the word in as many word families as there are elements in the word. This work will interest linguists and philologists and anyone interested in the etymological aspects of English language.
Author: Donald M. Ayers
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 1986-04
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780816508990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents an overview of the development of the English language and examines the formation of words especially from Greek and Latin roots. Also discusses definitions and usage.
Author: Paul O'Brien
Publisher:
Published: 2008-06-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781930953253
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Memoria Press: We are often asked if we have a program that includes the study of both Latin and Greek roots. We do now! Roots of English is an introduction to English, designed for students as young as third grade, but it is also a great test prep program for older students planning on taking any test with a vocabulary section. Most of the Latin roots covered in this book correspond to the Latina Christiana I Latin vocabulary set. The course also introduces Greek roots commonly found in English words. Words with Latin and Greek roots are longer and more difficult than the short words for ordinary objects that form the first layer of an English-speaking child s vocabulary. Their meanings are more nuanced, more specialized. In order to acquire these words and learn how to use them appropriately, a young student needs to understand the meanings of their roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Roots of English presents careful analysis of these word elements so that the student learns not only the modern meanings of the words but also their underlying, ancient meanings. Context exercises and periodic quizzes help the student learn the correct and appropriate uses of these words. Roots of English may be used along with Latina Christiana I Latin course. Roots of English is, in part, a presentation of the basic Latin roots introduced in Memoria Press Book of Roots I, but with the addition of the basic Greek roots."
Author: Markku Filppula
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 388
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Louis McCorry Myers
Publisher: Little Brown
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 344
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tamara M. Green
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780742514669
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in its third edition, The Greek & Latin Roots of English rates as one of the foremost resources for students of etymology, across many academic disciplines. The third edition retains the approach of previous editions, with added exercises and updated lessons.
