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Author : Fred Sedgwick
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847062741
An invaluable guide to the fascinating origins of everyday words crafted into pithy annecdotes and facts.
Author : Jeff Zwiers
Publisher : Reycraft Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1478874058
Words are everywhere. But do you know where your favorite words come from? Maybe they plop to the ground from high up in the sky! Or maybe workers piece them together in big factories. Or maybe they come from a one-of-a-kind word-maker . . . but who could that be? Vivid letter-filled illustrations explore imaginative ways words are made as this book shares the secret to creating new words.
Author : Kelley Kolda
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798749860672
Before a child can learn to read, they need to have a good, well-rounded understanding of basic words and what they mean. And while that may sound a bit overwhelming, there are very easy ways that you can build a preschooler's vocabulary and introduce early reading concepts. In fact, you probably do a whole lot of them normally, throughout the course of your day or week without even noticing it. The English language is made up of words from different places, events, and periods of time. Each of those words has an exciting story to tell us about where, when, how, and why they came about. This book is packed with easy-to-understand definitions and awesome word origin stories. With this dictionary for kids, you can understand the history and meaning of English words, improve your vocabulary and spelling, and learn to play with language. This unique dictionary for kids includes: Roots & branches―Learn about the building blocks that make up words, called roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Kid-friendly definitions―Look up definitions designed for your reading level in this dictionary for kids. Word tidbits―Find out where your favorite food words got their start, from bacon to marshmallow, spaghetti, yogurt, and beyond. Buy now.
Author : John Camden Hotten
Publisher : London : Chatto and Windus
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : English language
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004988478
Author : Doreen Scott-Dunne
Publisher : Pembroke Publishers Limited
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781551382777
Shows teachers how to nurture writers and build student confidence in their ability to writ and to spell well. It argues that children learn to spell by investigating how words work and recognizing the unique structure and patterns of words.--back cover.
Author : Anne-Katrin Wilking
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783640986583
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, University of Rostock, language: English, abstract: ...The study of language has become a subject of interest for many years. English for instance, has without a doubt become the global language. Whenever we turn on the news to find out what is happening from four corner of the world, local people are being interviewed and telling us about it in English. To be more specific, English is adopted as an internal lingua franca and second language for most Europeans (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Dutch, and France) although English is not treated as an official language in these countries. While in most Asian countries, having English is always associated with having a prestigious job and career. However, people do not realize that English has adopted enormous number of words from various countries in the world since the imperialism and trade kicked off. ... This essay will respectively discuss the various ways that word-formation processes come into a language, adapted from Yule (1996, p.63-70) namely; coinage, borrowing, compounding, blending, clipping, backformation, conversion, acronyms, derivation, prefixes and suffixes, infixes and multiple processes. Furthermore, this essay will also discuss the implications of word formation for a language learning and teaching process....
Author : Reader's Digest Association, Limited
Publisher : Reader's Digest Association
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : English language
ISBN : 027644244X
Reveals the secrets, scandals and surprises behind the words used every day. This book includes the stories and the personalities that have helped shape the English language from William Shakespeare and Lord Byron, to Rudyard Kipling and Salmon Rushdie.
Author : Kate Woodford,Guy Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1550 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521824230
The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Easy to use and with a great CD-ROM - the perfect learner's dictionary for exam success. First published as the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, this new edition has been completely updated and redesigned. - References to over 170,000 words, phrases and examples explained in clear and natural English - All the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, 9/11, clickable) - Over 200 'Common Learner Error' notes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus from Cambridge ESOL exams Plus, on the CD-ROM: - SMART thesaurus - lets you find all the words with the same meaning - QUICKfind - automatically looks up words while you are working on-screen - SUPERwrite - tools for advanced writing, giving help with grammar and collocation - Hear and practise all the words.
Author : Jess Zafarris
Publisher : Rockridge Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1646112598
Where do words come from?--Learning new words by understanding their stories The English language is made up of words from different places, events, and periods of time. Each of those words has an exciting story to tell us about where, when, how, and why they came about. Once Upon a Word is packed with easy-to-understand definitions and awesome word-origin stories. With this dictionary for kids, you can understand the history and meaning of English words, improve your vocabulary and spelling, and learn to play with language. Explore how weird words like gnome, fun words like zombie, and common words like caterpillar came to exist. Discover why some words sound funnier than others (like cackle, sizzle, and twang) and why some groups of words start with the same few letters (like hydrate, hydrogen, and fire hydrant). In this dictionary for kids, there's a whole world of English words to uncover! This unique dictionary for kids includes: Roots & branches--Learn about the building blocks that make up words, called roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Kid-friendly definitions--Look up definitions designed for your reading level in this dictionary for kids. Word snack--Find out where your favorite food words got their start, from bacon to marshmallow, spaghetti, yogurt, and beyond. See how the English language evolved--from its beginnings to today--with this colorful dictionary for kids.
Author : Daniel L. Everett
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780871404770
How Language Began revolutionizes our understanding of the one tool that has allowed us to become the "lords of the planet." Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how did we acquire the most advanced form of communication on Earth? Daniel L. Everett, a “bombshell” linguist and “instant folk hero” (Tom Wolfe, Harper’s), provides in this sweeping history a comprehensive examination of the evolutionary story of language, from the earliest speaking attempts by hominids to the more than seven thousand languages that exist today. Although fossil hunters and linguists have brought us closer to unearthing the true origins of language, Daniel Everett’s discoveries have upended the contemporary linguistic world, reverberating far beyond academic circles. While conducting field research in the Amazonian rainforest, Everett came across an age-old language nestled amongst a tribe of hunter-gatherers. Challenging long-standing principles in the field, Everett now builds on the theory that language was not intrinsic to our species. In order to truly understand its origins, a more interdisciplinary approach is needed—one that accounts as much for our propensity for culture as it does our biological makeup. Language began, Everett theorizes, with Homo Erectus, who catalyzed words through culturally invented symbols. Early humans, as their brains grew larger, incorporated gestures and voice intonations to communicate, all of which built on each other for 60,000 generations. Tracing crucial shifts and developments across the ages, Everett breaks down every component of speech, from harnessing control of more than a hundred respiratory muscles in the larynx and diaphragm, to mastering the use of the tongue. Moving on from biology to execution, Everett explores why elements such as grammar and storytelling are not nearly as critical to language as one might suspect. In the book’s final section, Cultural Evolution of Language, Everett takes the ever-debated “language gap” to task, delving into the chasm that separates “us” from “the animals.” He approaches the subject from various disciplines, including anthropology, neuroscience, and archaeology, to reveal that it was social complexity, as well as cultural, physiological, and neurological superiority, that allowed humans—with our clawless hands, breakable bones, and soft skin—to become the apex predator. How Language Began ultimately explains what we know, what we’d like to know, and what we likely never will know about how humans went from mere communication to language. Based on nearly forty years of fieldwork, Everett debunks long-held theories by some of history’s greatest thinkers, from Plato to Chomsky. The result is an invaluable study of what makes us human.
Author : Laura Hall
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781641910996
Come with me on a journey. I am going to share many experiences that have happened to me over the last few years. This all started when I asked Jesus to be in my life. This is a true story telling what happens when I am alone and quiet. At first, I did not know what it was exactly, and what did it mean? I never know when it will happen, but words will just randomly come to my mind. So I have felt the need to write them down. I am always amazed at the beautiful words that have been given to me. I feel the need to share them with others. So I ask that you keep an open mind as you come to know my journey better. I am sure there will be some surprising moments, and you may walk away with some questions, but who is to question one person's journey against the others. God is the only one that truly knows his plan for each and every one of us. I know there is meaning in them, and just maybe one of them is meant for you.
Author : John A. Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0195218892
The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.
Author : Patrick Skipworth
Publisher : What on Earth Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1912920182
A stunning nonfiction picture book about the global diversity hidden in the English language
Author : Daniel B. Schwartz
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674737532
Few words are as ideologically charged as “ghetto,” a term that has described legally segregated Jewish quarters, dense immigrant enclaves, Nazi holding pens, and black neighborhoods in the United States. Daniel B. Schwartz reveals how the history of ghettos is tied up with struggle and argument over the slippery meaning of a word.
Author : Sir Henry Yule,Arthur Coke Burnell
Publisher : London : J. Murray
Page : 930 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : English language
ISBN : UCBK:C060088545