Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. — 1008 p. — ISBN: 1442233257. 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...
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Date: 2007-02-17 Pages: 336 Fascination with words-their meanings, origins, pronunciation, usages-is something most of us experience at some point. This book aims both to fuel and to satisfy that fascination. The book is based on a course that each of the authors helped to develop at Stanford University over the past twenty years. The aim...
Createspace, November 1, 2023 — 156 p. ISBN: 9781545109274 (ISBN10: 1545109273). A curated list of the 3500 most interesting words in the English language.
Introduction. What Is a Word? What Is Lexicology? Which Word Should We Choose, Formal or Informal? The Etymology of English Words. Are all English Words Really English? How English Words Are Made. Word building. What Is "Meaning"? How Words Develop New Meanings. Homonyms: Words of the Same Form. Synonyms: Are Their Meanings the Same or different? Synonyms (continued)....
One: The Nature and Definition of Synonyms. Synonymy and its characteristics. Neutralisation and the synonymic dominant. Two: Classification of synonyms. Stylistic, ideographic and ideographic-stylistic classification.
Author: Jennifer Format / Quality: FLV One word in English doesn't have only one meaning and often some words we are normally familar with may refer to something else. Jennifer helps make a lot of confusing expressions clear to me and I am sure you will learn a lot from her video lessons. English Vocabulary Lessons with JenniferESL features topics: Outdoors Easy Driving...
London: Kyle Cathie, 2004. — 286 p. In Dictionary of Proverbs and Their Origins, Linda and Roger Flavell trace the origins and histories of over 400 proverbs, detailing the changes of meaning and usage that have occurred throughout each proverb's life and offering literary examples dating back over 2,000 years. Entries have been selected because they have a tale to tell and...
Oxford University Press, 2012. — 192 p. — ISBN: 978-0-19-462012-3. Part of the highly-successful Oxford Word Skills series, it helps students improve their vocabulary and vocabulary learning skills by presenting and practicing over 1000 Idioms and Phrasal Verbs in everyday contexts. Lots of opportunity for personalization and review gives them the confidence to use their new...
Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. - M.: Higher School, 1979. - 269 p. Authors: R. S. Ginzburg , S. S. Khidekel, G. Y. Knyazeva, A. A. Sankin. This book makes no pretension to deal with the whole vast field of English Lexicology. It has a more limited aim, to assist the students of foreign language institutes and departments in their study of the fundamentals of Modern...
Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. - M.: Higher School, 1979. - 269 p. This book makes no pretension to deal with the whole vast field of English Lexicology. It has a more limited aim, to assist the students of foreign language institutes and departments in their study of the fundamentals of Modern English Lexicology. Post-graduates specialising in English and teachers of...
Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany, July 2007 English and General Historical Lexicology Materials for Onomasiology Seminars [Onomasiology Online Monographs vol. 1]
Routledge, 1994. — 282 p. This book aims to arouse curiosity about English words and about the nature of language in general, especially among introductory students who do not intend to specialize in linguistics. It examines words from various backgrounds - including poetry, journalism, advertising. No previous knowledge of linguistics is assumed. The approach to the study of...
Tutorial for students of higher educational establishment. Київ: Київський університет, 2011 The word as a unit of language Semasiology Word as a sign. The structure of meaning Semantic change Polysemy Homonymy and paronymy Antonymy Synonymy Other semantic relations between words Word-formation Word-Formation in the Nomination System of the English Language Affixation...
За ред. доц. Н. М. Раєвськоі. — Київ : Радянська школа, 1966. — 130 p. Lexicology is a branch of linguistics. It treats of words and their meaning, their etymology and structural peculiarities, their stability and synonymic relations, their stylistic value. It is but natural that all branches of linguistics should be organically related. Thus, phonetics will always help us in...
Routledge, 2001. — 304 p. — ISBN: 9780582320079 Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken English is a landmark volume in the development of vocabulary frequency studies. Whereas previous books have in general given frequency information about the written language only, this book provides information on both speech and writing. It not only gives information about the language as a...
Chişinău: University of Moldova Academy of Sciences, 2012. — 168 p. Elaborarea metodică pentru Seminare la lexicologia limbii engleze contemporane este destinată studenţilor ca supliment la cursul teoretic de lexicologie a limbii engleze şi parte componentă a planului de studii universitare. Temele elaborate conţin introduceri teoretice urmate de exerciţii, întrebări şi...
M., University book, 2010. -178 p. Morozova N. N. Words in communication: Informal discourse, Slang, Dialect words. Words in Communication: Formal discourse. Words and their origin. Assimilation of Loan Words, Etymological and stylistic characteristics of words. Morphemic Structure of Word. Morphemic Types of Word-building in English. Conversion in contemporary English....
M., University book, 2010. -178 p. Morozova N. N. Words in communication: Informal discourse, Slang, Dialect words. Words in Communication: Formal discourse. Words and their origin. Assimilation of Loan Words, Etymological and stylistic characteristics of words. Morphemic Structure of Word. Morphemic Types of Word-building in English. Conversion in contemporary English....
Ten Speed Press, 2018. — 117 p. — ISBN10: 0399581278, 13 978-0399581274. An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse. Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite, moot, redundant,...
Publisher: Critical Thinking Company;2015; ISBN: 1601441347. Number of Pages: 113. Learn the building blocks of words-prefixes, suffixes, and roots-to unlock new vocabulary! By learning the etymology of words with Word Roots, students will enhance their vocabulary and improve their understanding of unfamiliar words. Word Roots Beginning introduces children to the concept of...
Publisher: Critical Thinking Company;2015; ISBN: 1601446713 Number of Pages: 234 Learn the building blocks of words-prefixes, suffixes, and roots-to unlock new vocabulary! By learning the etymology of words with Word Roots, students will enhance their vocabulary and improve their understanding of unfamiliar words. Each lesson features the meanings of prefixes, roots, and...
Publisher: Critical Thinking Company;2015; ISBN: 1601446721 Number of Pages: 250 Learn the building blocks of words-prefixes, suffixes, and roots-to unlock new vocabulary! By learning the etymology of words with Word Roots, students will enhance their vocabulary and improve their understanding of unfamiliar words. Each lesson features the meanings of prefixes, roots, and...
Publisher: Critical Thinking Company;2015; ISBN: 160144673X. Number of Pages: 289. Learn the building blocks of words-prefixes, suffixes, and roots-to unlock new vocabulary! By learning the etymology of words with Word Roots, students will enhance their vocabulary and improve their understanding of unfamiliar words. Each lesson features the meanings of prefixes, roots, and...
Publisher: Critical Thinking Company;2015; ISBN: 1601446748 Number of Pages: 337 Learn the building blocks of words- - -prefixes, suffixes, and roots- - - to unlock new vocabulary! By learning the etymology of words with Word Roots, students will enhance their vocabulary and improve their understanding of unfamiliar words. Each lesson features the meanings of prefixes, roots,...
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