English Vocabulary Elements

Name: English Vocabulary Elements
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ISBN: 9780195168037

ISBN-10: 0195168038

ISBN-13: 9780195168037

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Keith Denning, Brett Kessler, William R. Leben

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This unique text draws on the tools of modern linguistics to help the student acquire an effective understanding of learned, specialized, and scientific vocabulary. English Vocabulary Elements (EVE) helps develop familiarity with over 350 Latin and Greek word elements in English, and shows how these roots are the building blocks within thousands of different words. Along the way the authors introduce and illustrate many of the fundamental concepts of linguistics. Offering a thorough approach to the expansion of vocabulary, EVE is an invaluable resource that provides students a deeper understanding of the language. This book will be useful to upper level high school students, undergraduates…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 9.21" wide x 5.98" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface



The Wealth of English



History of English and Sources of English Vocabulary



Morphology: Analyzing Complete Works



Allomorphy



Phonetics



Regular Allomorphy: Numeric Elements



Polysemy and Semantic Change



Usage and Variation



Latin and Greek Morphology



Prehistory of English and the Other Indo-European Languages



Later Changes from Latin to French to English



Elements to Glosses



Glosses to Elements


Glossary


Further Reading and Research Tools


Index