An Analysis of Derivative Words the English Language: Or a Key to Their Precise Analytic Definitions by Prefixes and Suffixes (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 133043594X ISBN 13 : 9781330435946

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2019

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The first edition of this -work was the first effort of the author, and it is believed to be thers attempt to present the component parts of JE nglish derivative words, in t Jieir distinctive character, and exhibit their combination in any thing like system. The practicability of the work had been under consideration and the materials principally collected, many years before the plan was fully carried out. The first edition was at length presented, and has fairly settled the question as to the im)ortance of the plan proposed, and the coui se to be pursued in acquiring a knowledge of derivative words. This revised edition is now submitted to the public, with what are believed to be valuable improvements. The work has now been in use in its printed form seventeen years; and, during that period, experience has suggested the improvements carried out in this revision. The most important of these, consists in a simplification, better adapted to the capacities of children. To accomplish this object, it became necessary to re-write and re-arrange the whole. The same words, however, are retained in the body of the work which are found in the former editions. The examples accompanying the prefixes and suffixes, are so multiplied, as to give a more enlarged comprehension of the manner of defining; and the characters showing derivative combinations, are mostly changed, and it is thought, much for the better. The prefixes and suffixes, with their significant characters, are so arrange las to preclude the possibility of mistakes in derivative formations, unless by inexcusable carelessness on the part of pupils, or inattention to the rules and directions given. Nothing can give such force to the significant import of words as their analysis; and nothing can relieve the memory from so great a task in acquiring a knowledge of language, as familiarity with those component par
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 133043594X
• ISBN 13: 9781330435946
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 178
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