English Words: History and Structure

ThisneweditionisconcernedprimarilywiththelearnedvocabularyofEnglish-thewordsborrowedfromtheclassicallanguages.ItsurveysthehistoricaleventsthatdefinethelayersofvocabularyinEnglish,introducessomeofthebasicprinciplesoflinguisticanalysis,andisahelpfulmanualforvocabularydiscernmentandenrichment.Theneweditionhasbeenupdatedwithadiscussionofthemostrecenttrendsofblendingandshorteningassociatedwithtextingandotherformsofelectroniccommunicationandincludesanewclassificationofthetypesofallomorphy.ItdiscussesimportanttopicssuchassegmentsonorityandthehistoricalshiftingoflongvowelsinEnglish,andincludesanewsectiononGrimm'slaw,explainingsomeofthemoreobscurelinksbetweenGermanicandLatinatecognates.Exercisesaccompanyeachchapterandanonlineworkbookcontainsreadingsandexercisestostrengthenknowledgeacquiredintheclassroom.