English words : history and structure /

This new edition is concerned primarily with the learned vocabulary of English - the words borrowed from the classical languages. It surveys the historical events that define the layers of vocabulary in English, introduces some of the basic principles of linguistic analysis, and is a helpful manual...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Minkova, Donka, 1944-
Otros Autores: Stockwell, Robert P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Geschichte.
English language > Etymology.
English language > Morphology.
English language > Word formation.
Vocabulary.
Anglais (Langue) > Étymologie.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Etymology.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Etymologie
Lexikologie
Morphologie > Linguistik
Semantik
Wortbildung
Wortschatz
Englisch
Englisch.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Word-origins
  • The background of English
  • Composition of the early modern and modern English vocabulary
  • Smaller than words : morphemes and types of morphemes
  • Allomorphy, phonetics, and affixation
  • Replacement rules
  • Deletion rules and other kinds of allomorphy
  • Fossilized allomorphy : false cognates and other etymological pitfalls
  • Semantic relations and semantic change
  • The pronunciation of classical words in English
  • Appendix: Morpheme list.

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