Word Origins

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408101602
Total Pages : 983 pages
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Book Synopsis Word Origins by : John Ayto

Download or read book Word Origins written by John Ayto and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 983 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The average contemporary English speaker knows 50,000 words. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality much smaller, derived from Latin, French and the Germanic languages. It is estimated that every year, 800 neologisms are added to the English language: acronyms (nimby), blended words (motel), and those taken from foreign languages (savoir-faire). Laid out in an A-Z format with detailed cross references, and written in a style that is both authoritative and accessible, Word Origins is a valuable historical guide to the English language.

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British Humanities Index

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The History of the English Church and People

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Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780760765517
Total Pages : 448 pages
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Book Synopsis The History of the English Church and People by : Saint Bede (the Venerable)

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Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle

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American Reference Library

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Books in Series, 1876-1949: Titles

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Books in Series, 1876-1949: Titles

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Here Comes Everybody

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Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1556529503
Total Pages : 418 pages
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The Celts [2 volumes]

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598849654
Total Pages : 961 pages
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The Oxford Companion to the Book: Essays ; A-C

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The Roll in England and France in the Late Middle Ages

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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110645203
Total Pages : 441 pages
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The Complete Works of Venerable Bede: Commentaries on the Scriptures

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The Annotated Mona Lisa

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Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780740768729
Total Pages : 220 pages
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Dictionary of the British English Spelling System

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Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783741074
Total Pages : 524 pages
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Bird Cloud

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439171718
Total Pages : 259 pages
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A Thesaurus of English Word Roots

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442233265
Total Pages : 1007 pages
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Download or read book A Thesaurus of English Word Roots written by Horace Gerald Danner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 1007 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horace 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.