Authors:Howard Jackson, Etienne Ze Amvela,
Publisher: Continuum
Keywords: english, lexicology, modern, introduction, meaning, vocabulary, words
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2007-05-15
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0826490182
ISBN-13: 9780826490186

This textbook is a systematic and accessible introduction to the lexicology of modern English. Lexicology is the branch of linguistics that studies all aspects of the vocabulary of a particular language. The book provides an account of the sources of modern English words and studies the development of vocabulary over time. It examines: What are words? Where do English words come from? How are words made up? How do words ’mean’? How are words used? How can words be investigated? This new edition of the best-selling textbook has been revised and updated throughout. A new chapter has

Authors:Howard Jackson, Amvela,
Publisher: Continuum
Keywords: lexicology, open, linguistics, english, modern, meaning, vocabulary, introduction, words
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1999-12
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0826460968
ISBN-13: 9780826460967

This work goes back to the sources of modern English words and studies the development of vocabulary over time. It examines what constitutes a word, with a discussion of words that look and sound the same, words that have several meanings, and "words" that are made up of more than one "word". As well as considering the borrowing of words from other languages throughout the history of English as a means of increasing the vocabulary, the book also outlines how English forms new words by exploiting the structure of existing words, through processes of derivation and compounding. The meaning of a

Author: Jack Umstatter
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: words, building, grades, vocabulary, activities, ready, games
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2004-06-28
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 0787971162
ISBN-13: 9780787971168

Proven, practical, and fun-filled methods for increasing students’ vocabulary This resource involves students in creative and engaging ways to improve their vocabulary. Divided into 30 thematic units, the book offers four different ready-to-use activities for each group of words, including crossword puzzles, magic squares, jumbles, word finds, concealed quotations, and riddles. Perfect as quick time-fillers, competitions, quizzes, extra-credit assignments, or SAT/ACT preparation, these activities can be used both with individual students or the entire class. Includes a time-saving, ea

Author: Janet Alle
Publisher: Stenhouse Publisher
Keywords: words, grades, teaching, vocabulary
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1999-01-01
List price: $19.50
ISBN-10: 1571100857
ISBN-13: 9781571100856

Do you spend hours creating word lists and weekly vocabulary tests only to find that your students have "forgotten" the words by the following week? Janet Allen and her students were frustrated with the same problem. Words, Words, Words describes the research that changed the way she and many other teachers teach vocabulary. It offers educators practical, research-based solutions for helping students fall into new language, learn new words, and begin to use those words in their speaking and writing lives.This book offers teachers detailed strategy lessons in the following areas:activating and

Author: Joanne Suter
Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing, Inc.
Keywords: vocabulary, context, words, geography, history
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 1996-03
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1562543946
ISBN-13: 9781562543945

Author: Joanne Suter
Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing, Inc.
Keywords: vocabulary, context, words, marketplace, media
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 1996-03
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1562543962
ISBN-13: 9781562543969

Author: Jeff Kolby
Publisher: Nova Press
Keywords: vocabulary, educated, words, essential
Number of Pages: 159
Published: 2000-02-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1889057150
ISBN-13: 9781889057156

English offers perhaps the richest vocabulary of all languages, in part because its words are culled from so many languages. It is a shame that we do not tap this rich source more often in our daily conversation to express ourselves more clearly and precisely. Many a vocabulary book lists esoteric words we quickly forget or feel self-conscious using. However, there is a bounty of choice words between the common and the esoteric that often seem be just on the tip of our tongue. Vocabulary 4000 brings these words to the fore. All the words you need for success in business, school a