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Book Title
English Vocabulary Elements
ISBN
9780195168037

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195168038
ISBN-13
9780195168037
eBay Product ID (ePID)
56915959

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
336 Pages
Publication Name
English Vocabulary Elements
Language
English
Subject
Vocabulary, Grammar & Punctuation, Linguistics / General
Publication Year
2007
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Author
Brett Kessler, William R. Leben, Keith Denning
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
16.9 Oz
Item Length
6 in
Item Width
9.2 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2006-049863
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
428.1
Edition Description
Revised edition
Table Of Content
Preface1.: The Wealth of English2.: History of English and Sources of English Vocabulary3.: Morphology: Analyzing Complete Works4.: Allomorphy5.: Phonetics6.: Regular Allomorphy: Numeric Elements7.: Polysemy and Semantic Change8.: Usage and Variation9.: Latin and Greek Morphology10.: Prehistory of English and the Other Indo-European Languages11.: Later Changes from Latin to French to EnglishAppendix I: Elements to GlossesAppendix II: Glosses to ElementsGlossaryFurther Reading and Research ToolsIndex
Synopsis
This unique text draws on the tools of modern linguistics to help the student acquire an effective understanding of learned, specialized, and scientific vocabulary. EVE helps develop familiarity with over 350 Latin and Greek word elements in English, and shows how these roots are the building blocks in thousands of different words. Along the way the authors introduce and illustrate many of the fundamental concepts of linguistics. This book will be useful toupper level high school students, undergraduates in English, Linguistics, and Classics departments, ESL students, and anyone interested in building vocabulary skills. This new edition includes updatedcultural references and thoroughly revised and improved the pedagogy based on classroom experience. In particular they account for variations in pronunciation among students; clarify when historical details are important or peripheral; and improve the many examples and exercises that form the core of the book., 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 in English, Linguistics, and Classics departments, ESL students, and anyone interested in building vocabulary skills. This edition is refined and thoroughly updated. It includes updated cultural references, and the authors have revised and improved the pedagogy based on classroom experience. In particular they account for variations in pronunciation among students; clarify when historical details are important or peripheral; and improve the many examples and exercises that form the core of the book., 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 highschool students, undergraduates in English, Linguistics, and Classics departments, ESL students, and anyone interested in building vocabulary skills. This edition is refined and thoroughly updated. It includes updated cultural references, and the authors have revised and improved the pedagogy based on classroom experience. In particular they account for variations in pronunciation among students; clarify when historical details are important or peripheral; and improve themany examples and exercises that form the core of the book.
LC Classification Number
PE1449.D424 2006

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