Vocabulary

ISBN-13: 9781138166523 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 104 str.

Laurie Bauer

Opis

Routledge Language Workbooks are practical introductions to specific areas of language for absolute beginners. They provide comprehensive coverage of the area as well as a basis for further study. Language Workbooks can be used for independent study or as part of a taught class. Vocabulary: * covers issues such as the power of words to influence our perceptions * looks at the origins of words from English and other languages * explores the relationships between the meanings and shapes of words * examines the correlation of different kinds of words with different style levels * uses striking and entertaining examples to make fundamental points about the words we use * lays the groundwork for further study in morphology, lexical semantics, historical linguistics and lexicography.

Spis treści

Using this book, Acknowledgements, 1 The magic of words, 2 Vocabulary statistics, 3 Borrowing, 4 New words from English 1: compounds, 5 New words from English 2: derivatives, 6 Meaning relationships, 7 Formal relationships, 8 Stylish words, 9 Technical words, 10 Where words come from: etymology, 11 Words that change their meanings, 12 Dictionaries, 13 Where next?, Answers to exercises, Index

O autorze

Laurie Bauer