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1	Lexical AIDS for Students of New Testament Greek more books like this by Bruce Manning Metzger add to wishlist This venerable resource, which has served beginning language students for over fifty years, helps students maximize their study time by concentrating on the words that appear most often in the Greek New Testament. see all copies from $2.75! new only from $3.40! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Least You Should Know about Vocabulary Building: Word Roots more books like this by Teresa Ferster Glazier add to wishlist Students gain a whole new appreciation for words as they learn word roots and new meanings, and build vocabulary skills with the aid of this self-help work text. Glazier, known for her ability to present basic skills in the simplest manner possible, repeats a simple learning pattern students are soon comfortable with - study a root, learn ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.95! \| SVS
3	Roots of the Russian Language more books like this by George Z Patrick, Patrick George add to wishlist Designed to help students of Russian increase their knowledge of wordbuilding and, as a result, increase their vocabulary, "Roots of the Russian Knowledge" includes 450 of the most commonly used roots of the Russian language. After mastering Russian prefixes and suffixes, students develop an ability to construct words and terms from a given ... see all copies from $3.96! new only from $6.97! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Oxford Reverse Dictionary more books like this by David Edmonds (Compiled by) add to wishlist This dictionary will help you to find the word on the tip of your tongue. Unlike a thesaurus, where you look up alternatives to a word you know, or a dictionary which defines a word you are already familiar with, this "reverse" dictionary will help you to find words you do know, or are vaguely aware of, but cannot bring to mind. There are 31,000 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.95! \| first editions
5	The Roots of English more books like this by Claiborne add to wishlist Robert Claiborne gives readers a short history of the English language to show how most of the words we use today evolved from a single taproot language called Indo-European. This book is a must for all word buffs and language lovers; an intelligent and uniquely accessible examination of our vocabulary by a recognized authority. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Etyma: An Introduction to Vocabulary Building from Latin and Greek more books like this by C A Luschnig, L J Luschnig (Photographer) add to wishlist 45.50 see all copies from $3.87! new only from $30.86! \| SVS
7	English from the Roots Up Greek, Latin: Help for Reading, Writing, Spelling and S.A.T. Scores more books like this by Joegil K Lundquist, Jeanne L Lundquist add to wishlist Teaches the way that English words are created from component root words originating in other languages, focusing on 100 Greek and Latin roots. see all copies from $19.39! new only from $25.20!
8	Words, Words, Words: An English Vocabulary Builder and Anthology more books like this by Marvin S Zuckerman add to wishlist see all copies from $12.95! first editions
9	How to increase your word power more books like this by Stuart Berg Flexner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! SVS
10	English Word-Formation more books like this by Professor Laurie Bauer add to wishlist Interest in word-formation is probably as old as interest in language itself. As Dr Bauer points out in his Introduction, many of the questions that scholars are asking now were also being asked in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. However, there is still little agreement on methodology in the study of word-formation or ... see all copies from $16.00! new only from $39.35! \| SVS
11	Morphology: The Descriptive Analysis of Words more books like this by Eugene A Nida add to wishlist see all copies from $4.95! first editions
12	English Words: A Linguistic Introduction more books like this by Heidi Harley add to wishlist "English Words" is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the study of English words from a theoretically informed linguistic perspective. This book is accessibly written to give students a command of basic theory, skills in analyzing English words, and the foundation needed for more advanced study in linguistic theory or lexicology. It ... see all copies from $9.50! new only from $29.15! \| SVS
13	The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots more books like this by Professor Joseph Twadell Shipley add to wishlist There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence. In this work, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the process by which some of their offshoots have grown. ... see all copies from $18.95! new only from $29.97! \| SVS
14	Greek and Latin in Scientific Terminology more books like this by Oscar E. Nybakken add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00!
15	70 Wonderful Family Poems: A Delightful Collection of Fun-To-Read Rhyming Poems with an Easy-To-Use Lesson Plan for Teaching the Top 35 Word Families more books like this by Jennifer Wilen (Compiled by), Beth Handa (Compiled by) add to wishlist Uses poetry to reinforce common spelling patterns. see all copies from $7.96! new only from $7.96! \| SVS
16	The Eater's Guide to Chinese Characters more books like this by James D McCauley, James D McCawley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
17	Word Stems: A Dictionary more books like this by John Kennedy add to wishlist A classic reference for students of the English language. Perfect for word fanatics, puzzlers and writers. English is a hybrid of Greek, Latin and some ten other languages. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $70.22!
18 view cover	Our Greek and Latin Roots more books like this by James Morwood, Mark Warman add to wishlist The book charts the historial spread of the classical languages throughout the English-speaking world and uncovers the central part they play in giving English its current shape. Latin and Greek are often called 'dead' languages. Our Greek and Latin Roots takes readers on a journey of exploration through their own language, helping them to ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $7.95! \| SVS
19	Words Under Construction more books like this by R L Cherry add to wishlist A vocabulary-building text constructed on the basis of the roots of words, with an emphasis on Latin and French from Latin. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
20 view cover	Words, Meaning and Vocabulary: An Introduction to Modern English Lexicology more books like this by Professor Howard Jackson, Etienne Ze Amvela add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $12.44! new only from $34.72! \| SVS
21 view cover	English Words: Structure, History, Usage more books like this by Francis Katamba, Katamba Francis add to wishlist How do we find the right word for the job? Where does that word come from? Why do we spell it like that? And how do we know what it means? Words are all around us - we use them every day to communicate our joys, fears, hopes, opinions, wishes and demands - but we don't often think about them too deeply. In this highly accessible introduction to ... see all copies from $36.83! new only from $36.83! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Eater's Guide to Chinese Characters more books like this by James D McCawley add to wishlist In The Eater's Guide to Chinese Characters, James D. McCawley offers readers a guide to deciphering the mysteries of Chinese menus and the opportunity to enjoy new eating experiences. An accessible primer as well as a handy reference, the book shows how Chinese characters are written and referred to, both in script and in type. McCawley provides a ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $10.12! \| SVS
23 view cover	Word-Formation in English more books like this by Ingo Plag add to wishlist This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the study of word-formation, that is, the ways in which new words are built on the bases of other words (e.g. happy - happy-ness), focusing on English. The book's didactic aim is to enable students with little or no prior linguistic knowledge to do their own practical analyses of complex words. ... see all copies from $31.25! new only from $31.55! \| SVS
24 view cover	Morphology and Lexical Semantics more books like this by Rochelle Lieber add to wishlist Morphology and Lexical Semantics explores the meanings of morphemes and how they combine to form the meanings of complex words, including derived words (writer, unionise), compounds (dog bed, truck driver) and words formed by conversion. Rochelle Lieber discusses the lexical semantics of word formation in a systematic way, allowing the reader to ... see all copies from $28.70! new only from $28.70! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Form and Meaning in Word Formation: A Study of Afrikaans Reduplication more books like this by Rudolf P Botha add to wishlist This study of reduplication in Afrikaans provides a unified and principled analysis of an unusual and highly complex word formation process, shedding new light on the scope and content of various fundamental lexicalist principles of word formation. Surprisingly, Rudolf Botha concludes that the principles involved in Afrikaans reduplication are not ... see all copies from $24.24! new only from $32.01! \| SVS

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