Articles liés à Word-Building

Word-Building - Couverture souple

Brainerd Kellogg

 
9781332759743: Word-Building

Synopsis

Build a stronger English vocabulary by understanding roots, prefixes, and suffixes through Latin and Anglo-Saxon sources.

This practical guide explains how most of the English lexicon grew from two main strands: the native Anglo-Saxon core and the Latin influence that expanded scope and precision. It outlines clear ideas about root forms, how prefixes and suffixes modify meaning, and how to analyze words by their parts. The lessons show how to connect English derivatives to their roots and to use this knowledge in reading and writing.

  • Learn how roots and affixes combine to form thousands of words
  • See how Latin and Anglo-Saxon elements shape everyday English
  • Practice with structured lessons and teacher-friendly guidance
  • Build skills to identify meanings and create new derivatives with confidence
Ideal for students, teachers, and anyone curious about how English words are built and used in real language.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Word-Building: Fifty Lessons, Combining Latin, Greek, and Anglo-Saxon Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, Into About Fifty-Five Hundred Common Derivative Words in English; With a Brief History of the English Language

One of the cogent reasons for studying Latin is, that it helps the student to a knowledge of the Latin derivatives in English. But one does not study Latin solely or chiefly to learn its connection with English. The study of Latin in college is always with other aims. We hazard nothing in saying that one utterly ignorant of Latin and Greek would.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.