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English words : history and structure / Robert Stockwell and Donka Minkova.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 208 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0511067070
  • 9780511067075
  • 0511060769
  • 9780511060762
  • 0511069200
  • 9780511069208
  • 9780521790123
  • 0521790123
  • 9780521793629
  • 0521793629
  • 9780511791161
  • 051179116X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: English words.DDC classification:
  • 422 22
LOC classification:
  • PE1571 .S76 2001eb
Other classification:
  • 18.04
  • H31
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; An introduction to the textbook; 1 Word origins; 2 The background of English; 3 Composition of the Early Modern and Modern English vocabulary; 4 Smaller than words: morphemes and types of morphemes; 5 Allomorphy, phonetics, and affixation; 6 Replacement rules; 7 Deletion rules and other kinds of allomorphy; 8 Fossilized allomorphy: false cognates and other etymological pitfalls; 9 Semantic change and semantic guesswork; 10 The pronunciation of classical words in English; Appendix I: an introduction to dictionaries.
Summary: This book introduces some of the basic principles of linguistic analysis and is a helpful manual for vocabulary discernment and enrichment. Exercises to accompany each chapter and further readings on recent loans and the legal and medical vocabulary of English are available online.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; An introduction to the textbook; 1 Word origins; 2 The background of English; 3 Composition of the Early Modern and Modern English vocabulary; 4 Smaller than words: morphemes and types of morphemes; 5 Allomorphy, phonetics, and affixation; 6 Replacement rules; 7 Deletion rules and other kinds of allomorphy; 8 Fossilized allomorphy: false cognates and other etymological pitfalls; 9 Semantic change and semantic guesswork; 10 The pronunciation of classical words in English; Appendix I: an introduction to dictionaries.

This book introduces some of the basic principles of linguistic analysis and is a helpful manual for vocabulary discernment and enrichment. Exercises to accompany each chapter and further readings on recent loans and the legal and medical vocabulary of English are available online.

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