Vocabulary /
Routledge Language Workbooks are practical introductions to specific areas of language for absolute beginners. Vocabulary provides an introduction to the study of words, focusing in particular on English words.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1998.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 0203026055 9780203026052 9781134712854 1134712855 9786610517961 6610517967 1280517964 9781280517969 9781134712809 1134712804 9781134712847 1134712847 9781138166523 1138166529 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Preliminaries; CONTENTS; 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.