Word-Building: Fifty Lessons, Combining Latin, Greek, and Anglo-Saxon Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes Into about Fifty-Five Hundred Com

Kellogg, Brainerd

ISBN 10: 1332759742 / ISBN 13: 9781332759743

Edité par Forgotten Books, 2018

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Synopsis :

Build your English vocabulary with roots you can actually use. This classic study guide teaches how thousands of English words grow from Latin, Greek, and Anglo-Saxon roots, prefixes, and suffixes. It helps you see patterns behind the words you meet every day and shows how to apply them in real writing.

This edition emphasizes practical, student-friendly lessons that connect etymology to everyday language. It guides learners through the root forms, how prefixes and suffixes combine, and how metaphor shapes meaning, with built-in exercises and model examples. A concise history of English closes the course, tying the origins of words to modern usage.

• 44 lessons that lead you to analyze and build nearly 5,500 derivative words


• Clear explanations of roots, prefixes, and suffixes, plus practical practice


• Explicit guidance on identifying word parts and forming correct derivatives


• Accessible discussion of how Anglo-Saxon and Latin elements shape English

Ideal for students, teachers, and anyone who wants to expand vocabulary with a solid, readable framework grounded in real language use.

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.

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Word-Building: Fifty Lessons, Combining ...
Éditeur : Forgotten Books
Date d'édition : 2018
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket