The Structure of English Words
5th Edition
Will be published approx. on 30. November 2010
Book
Spiral bound
256 pages
978-0-7575-8577-7 (ISBN)
Description
A large vocabulary is always an asset. Students, teachers, politicians, salesmen, lawyers-in fact all of us-are judged by our ability to use words.
It is not surprising, therefore, that many books have been written on the subject of vocabulary enrichment. Most rely heavily on memorization. Fortunately, there is amore efficient and practical way to enlarge your vocabulary. Many words are composed of meaningful elements that occur again and again in English. It, therefore, makes sense to learn word elements rather than whole words whenever possible. This method requires much less effort than it would take to memorize all the words or even the various forms of word elements.
The Structure of English Words: - is based on modern linguistic principles. These methods allow the reader to analyze words they have never seen before and to understand unusual uses of familiar words.
- is divided into two main sections-the text - which discusses the rules for relating the different forms or word elements, and the glossary, which covers the major Latin and Greek word roots and affixes that occur in English.
- features a glossary of roots in reverse order so that the reader can find a root by looking up its meaning.
- includes an instructors manual with answer keys, additional worksheets, explanations, charts and a note to instructors.
It is not surprising, therefore, that many books have been written on the subject of vocabulary enrichment. Most rely heavily on memorization. Fortunately, there is amore efficient and practical way to enlarge your vocabulary. Many words are composed of meaningful elements that occur again and again in English. It, therefore, makes sense to learn word elements rather than whole words whenever possible. This method requires much less effort than it would take to memorize all the words or even the various forms of word elements.
The Structure of English Words: - is based on modern linguistic principles. These methods allow the reader to analyze words they have never seen before and to understand unusual uses of familiar words.
- is divided into two main sections-the text - which discusses the rules for relating the different forms or word elements, and the glossary, which covers the major Latin and Greek word roots and affixes that occur in English.
- features a glossary of roots in reverse order so that the reader can find a root by looking up its meaning.
- includes an instructors manual with answer keys, additional worksheets, explanations, charts and a note to instructors.
More details
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Iowa
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
ISBN-13
978-0-7575-8577-7 (9780757585777)
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Content
- Preface
- About the Authors
- About the Contributors
- 1 The English Vocabulary
- 1.1 Native Vocabulary
- 1.2 Borrowed Vocabulary
- 1.3 Learning New Vocabulary
- 1.4 Unfamiliar Words
- 1.5 Memorizing Basic Forms
- 1.6 Base Form Sets 1 and 2
- 2 Word Structure
- 2.1 Morphemes, the Units of Meaning
- 2.2 Classes of Morphemes
- 2.3 The Stem
- 2.4 The Stem Extender
- 2.5 Multiple Affixes
- 2.6 Base Form Sets 3 and 4
- 3 English Prefixes and Suffixes
- 3.1 English Prefixes
- 3.2 Relational Prefixes
- 3.3 Negative Prefixes
- 3.4 Numerical Prefixes
- 3.5 English Suffixes
- 3.6 Inflectional Suffixes
- 3.7 Derivational Suffixes
- 3.8 Verbal Suffixes
- 3.9 Adjectival Suffixes
- 3.10 Nominal Suffixes
- 3.11 The Adverbial Suffix
- 3.12 Common Suffixes
- 3.13 Base Form Sets 5 and 6
- 4 Morphological Rules
- 4.1 Variant Forms of Morphemes
- 4.2 Morphological Rules
- 4.3 Base Form Sets 7 and 8
- 5 Deletion Rules
- 5.1 Vowel Deletion
- 5.2 E-Deletion
- 5.3 S-Deletion
- 5.4 D-Deletion
- 5.5 Vowel-C-Deletion
- 5.6 N-Deletion
- 5.7 X-Deletion
- 5.8 Base Form Sets 9 and 10
- 6 Word Analysis
- 6.1 Word Analysis
- 6.2 The Word Analysis Method
- 6.3 Word Analysis Tips
- 6.4 Summary
- 6.5 Base Form Sets 11 and 12
- 7 Change Rules
- 7.1 Assimilation
- 7.2 Weakening
- 7.3 Derivation
- 7.4 E-Change
- 7.5 T-Change
- 7.6 V-Change
- 7.7 Fused Forms
- 7.8 Base Form Sets 13 and 14
- 8 Other Rules
- 8.1 Addition Rules
- 8.2 Spelling Rules
- 8.3 Base Form Sets 15 and 16
- 9 Unpredictable Processes
- 9.1 Metathesis
- 9.2 Rhotacism
- 9.3 Ablaut
- 9.4 Latin-Greek Correspondences
- 9.5 Base Form Sets 17 and 18
- 10 Meaning Shift
- 10.1 Narrowing
- 10.2 Widening
- 10.3 Degeneration
- 10.4 Amelioration
- 10.5 Synecdoche
- 10.6 Association
- 10.7 Cultural Shift
- 10.8 Metaphor
- 10.9 Base Form Sets 19 and 20
- 11 Word Formation
- 11.1 Derivation
- 11.2 Compounding
- 11.3 Functional Shift
- 11.4 Back Formation
- 11.5 Clipping
- 11.6 Acronymy
- 11.7 Eponymy
- 11.8 Onomatopoeia
- 11.9 Blending
- 11.10 Root Creation
- 11.11 Folk Etymology
- 11.12 Combinations of Word Formation Processes
- 11.13 Base Form Sets 21 and 22
- 12 Summary of Rules and Glossary of Terms
- 13 Glossary of Base Forms and Reverse Glossary of Roots
- Base Forms Index
- Number Base Forms
- Reverse Glossary of Roots
- Using the Sloat-Taylor Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors
- About the Contributors
- 1 The English Vocabulary
- 1.1 Native Vocabulary
- 1.2 Borrowed Vocabulary
- 1.3 Learning New Vocabulary
- 1.4 Unfamiliar Words
- 1.5 Memorizing Basic Forms
- 1.6 Base Form Sets 1 and 2
- 2 Word Structure
- 2.1 Morphemes, the Units of Meaning
- 2.2 Classes of Morphemes
- 2.3 The Stem
- 2.4 The Stem Extender
- 2.5 Multiple Affixes
- 2.6 Base Form Sets 3 and 4
- 3 English Prefixes and Suffixes
- 3.1 English Prefixes
- 3.2 Relational Prefixes
- 3.3 Negative Prefixes
- 3.4 Numerical Prefixes
- 3.5 English Suffixes
- 3.6 Inflectional Suffixes
- 3.7 Derivational Suffixes
- 3.8 Verbal Suffixes
- 3.9 Adjectival Suffixes
- 3.10 Nominal Suffixes
- 3.11 The Adverbial Suffix
- 3.12 Common Suffixes
- 3.13 Base Form Sets 5 and 6
- 4 Morphological Rules
- 4.1 Variant Forms of Morphemes
- 4.2 Morphological Rules
- 4.3 Base Form Sets 7 and 8
- 5 Deletion Rules
- 5.1 Vowel Deletion
- 5.2 E-Deletion
- 5.3 S-Deletion
- 5.4 D-Deletion
- 5.5 Vowel-C-Deletion
- 5.6 N-Deletion
- 5.7 X-Deletion
- 5.8 Base Form Sets 9 and 10
- 6 Word Analysis
- 6.1 Word Analysis
- 6.2 The Word Analysis Method
- 6.3 Word Analysis Tips
- 6.4 Summary
- 6.5 Base Form Sets 11 and 12
- 7 Change Rules
- 7.1 Assimilation
- 7.2 Weakening
- 7.3 Derivation
- 7.4 E-Change
- 7.5 T-Change
- 7.6 V-Change
- 7.7 Fused Forms
- 7.8 Base Form Sets 13 and 14
- 8 Other Rules
- 8.1 Addition Rules
- 8.2 Spelling Rules
- 8.3 Base Form Sets 15 and 16
- 9 Unpredictable Processes
- 9.1 Metathesis
- 9.2 Rhotacism
- 9.3 Ablaut
- 9.4 Latin-Greek Correspondences
- 9.5 Base Form Sets 17 and 18
- 10 Meaning Shift
- 10.1 Narrowing
- 10.2 Widening
- 10.3 Degeneration
- 10.4 Amelioration
- 10.5 Synecdoche
- 10.6 Association
- 10.7 Cultural Shift
- 10.8 Metaphor
- 10.9 Base Form Sets 19 and 20
- 11 Word Formation
- 11.1 Derivation
- 11.2 Compounding
- 11.3 Functional Shift
- 11.4 Back Formation
- 11.5 Clipping
- 11.6 Acronymy
- 11.7 Eponymy
- 11.8 Onomatopoeia
- 11.9 Blending
- 11.10 Root Creation
- 11.11 Folk Etymology
- 11.12 Combinations of Word Formation Processes
- 11.13 Base Form Sets 21 and 22
- 12 Summary of Rules and Glossary of Terms
- 13 Glossary of Base Forms and Reverse Glossary of Roots
- Base Forms Index
- Number Base Forms
- Reverse Glossary of Roots
- Using the Sloat-Taylor Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index