Vocabulary (Language Workbooks),Laurie Bauer

Laurie Bauer

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.\nVocabulary:\n* covers issues such as the power of words to influence our perceptions\n* looks at the origins of words from English and other languages\n* explores the relationships between the meanings and shapes of words\n* examines the correlation of different kinds of words with different style levels\n* uses striking and entertaining examples to make fundamental points about the words we use\n* lays the groundwork for further study in morphology, lexical semantics, historical linguistics and lexicography.\n > 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 relationshx