Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 219 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
Edition:
Second edition
ISBN:
9780511805929
Content:
This new edition is concerned primarily with the learned vocabulary of English - the words borrowed from the classical languages. It surveys the historical events that define the layers of vocabulary in English, introduces some of the basic principles of linguistic analysis, and is a helpful manual for vocabulary discernment and enrichment. The new edition has been updated with a discussion of the most recent trends of blending and shortening associated with texting and other forms of electronic communication and includes a new classification of the types of allomorphy. It discusses important topics such as segment sonority and the historical shifting of long vowels in English, and includes a new section on Grimm's law, explaining some of the more obscure links between Germanic and Latinate cognates. Exercises accompany each chapter and an online workbook contains readings and exercises to strengthen knowledge acquired in the classroom
Content:
Word-origins -- The background of English -- Composition of the early modern and modern English vocabulary -- Smaller than words : morphemes and types of morphemes -- Allomorphy, phonetics, and affixation -- Replacement rules -- Deletion rules and other kinds of allomorphy -- Fossilized allomorphy : false cognates and other etymological pitfalls -- Semantic relations and semantic change -- The pronunciation of classical words in English -- Appendix: Morpheme list
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521882583
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521709170
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521882583
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511805929
URL:
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