Description
| Product ID: | 9780190925482 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | English Vocabulary Elements |
| Subtitle: | A Course in the Structure of English Words |
| Authors: | Author: Brett Kessler, William R. Leben, Keith Denning |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | Historical and comparative linguistics, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Language teaching and learning, Grammar, syntax & morphology, English language teaching (ELT) |
| Description: | English Vocabulary Elements draws on the tools of modern linguistics to help students acquire an effective understanding of learned, specialized, and scientific vocabulary. This fully refined and updated edition helps develop familiarity with over 500 Latin and Greek word elements in English and shows how these roots are the building blocks within thousands of different words. The volume includes new illustrative examples, self-help tests, and study questions, and is accompanied by a companion website with an Instructor''s Manual. Offering a thorough approach to the expansion of vocabulary, English Vocabulary Elements is an invaluable resource that provides students a deeper understanding of the language. English Vocabulary Elements draws on the tools of modern linguistics to help students acquire an effective understanding of learned, specialized, and scientific vocabulary. This fully refined and updated edition helps develop familiarity with over 500 Latin and Greek word elements in English and shows how these roots are the building blocks within thousands of different words. Along the way, the authors introduce and illustrate many of the fundamental concepts of linguistics, sketch word origins going back to Latin, Greek, and even Proto-Indo-European, and discuss issues around meaning change and correct usage. Moreover, the volume adds new illustrative examples, self-help tests, and study questions. A companion website provides supplementary materials including an Instructor''s Manual with an answer key. Offering a thorough approach to the expansion of vocabulary, English Vocabulary Elements is an invaluable resource that provides students a deeper understanding of the language. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-04-20 |