Author: Eli Edward BurrissPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Latin and Greek in Current Use
Author: Eli Edward BurrissLatin and Greek in Current Use
Author: Eli Edward BurrissPublisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Explores the classical origins of modern English words through lessons and practice exercises.
New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin
Author: Andrew L SihlerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199706425
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 711
Book Description
Like Carl Darling Buck's Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin (1933), this book is an explanation of the similarities and differences between Greek and Latin morphology and lexicon through an account of their prehistory. It also aims to discuss the principal features of Indo-European linguistics. Greek and Latin are studied as a pair for cultural reasons only; as languages, they have little in common apart from their Indo-European heritage. Thus the only way to treat the historical bases for their development is to begin with Proto-Indo-European. The only way to make a reconstructed language like Proto-Indo-European intelligible and intellectually defensible is to present at least some of the basis for reconstructing its features and, in the process, to discuss reasoning and methodology of reconstruction (including a weighing of alternative reconstructions). The result is a compendious handbook of Indo-European phonology and morphology, and a vade mecum of Indo-European linguistics--the focus always remaining on Greek and Latin. The non-classical sources for historical discussion are mainly Vedic Sanskrit, Hittite, and Germanic, with occasional but crucial contributions from Old Irish, Avestan, Baltic, and Slavic.
Learning Latin and Greek from Antiquity to the Present
Author: Elizabeth P. ArchibaldPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107051649
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
This volume provides a unique overview of the complete histories of Latin and Greek as second languages.
Greek and Latin in English Today
Author: Richard M. KrillPublisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN: 9780865162419
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Help students build their vocabulary as well as their knowledge of history and culture. This book has already been successfully tested with hundreds of students in classrooms at several major universities. -- The General Introduction provides students with an essay on European Linguistics and the Greek Alphabet. -- The book will also teach students the Greek Alphabet and how to transliterate Greek into comprehensible English. -- User friendly, this textbook will help students appreciate the ancient languages. This volume also teaches the basic Latin and Greek vocabularies
The Greek & Latin Roots of English
Author: Tamara M. GreenPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742514669
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Now in its third edition, The Greek & Latin Roots of English rates as one of the foremost resources for students of etymology, across many academic disciplines. The third edition retains the approach of previous editions, with added exercises and updated lessons.
English Words from Latin and Greek Elements
Author: Donald M. AyersPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816508990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Presents an overview of the development of the English language and examines the formation of words especially from Greek and Latin roots. Also discusses definitions and usage.
The Greek & Latin Roots of English
Author: Tamara M. GreenPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1538128640
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
More than 60 percent of all English words have Greek or Latin roots; in the vocabulary of the sciences and technology, the figure rises to more than 90 percent. Through the study of the Greek and Latin roots of English, students can expand their knowledge of English vocabulary and also come to understand the ways in which the complex history of the English language has shaped our perceptions of the world around us. The sixth edition of The Greek and Latin Roots of English maintains the book’s much-praised thematic approach. After an essential overview of world languages, and the linguistic histories of Greek, Latin, and English, the text organizes vocabulary into various topics, including politics and government, psychology, medicine and the biological science, as well as ancient culture, religion, and philosophy. The sixth edition features revised cumulative exercises in each chapter that reinforce both vocabulary and analytical skills learned from pervious chapter. The sixth edition also features alphabetized vocabulary lists, new photos and cartoons, and other reader-friendly updates. The Greek and Latin Roots of English remains an essential text to help students not only learn vocabulary and understand the power of language, but also appreciate the pleasures of pitfuls of language study.
The Intellectual World of Sixteenth-Century Florence
Author: Ann E. MoyerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108495478
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
This study provides an overview of Florentine intellectual life and community in the late Renaissance. It shows how studies of language helped Florentines to develop their own story as a people distinct from ancient Greece or Rome.
English Words from Latin and Greek Elements
Author: Donald M. AyersPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816547130
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Since 1965, Donald Ayers' English Words from Latin and Greek Elements has helped thousands of students to a broader vocabulary by showing them how to recognize classical roots in modern English words. Its second edition, published in 1986, has confirmed that vocabulary is best taught by root, not rote. The importance of learning classical word roots is already acknowledged by vocabulary texts that devote chapters to them. Why a whole book based on this approach? Ayers' text exposes students to a wider range of roots, introduces new English words in context sentences, and reinforces vocabulary through exercises. It promotes more practice with roots so that students learn to use them as tools in their everyday encounters with new words. English Words is written from the standpoint of English; it neither attempts to teach students Latin or Greek nor expects a knowledge of classical languages on the part of instructors. Its success has been demonstrated at both the secondary and college levels, and it can be used effectively with students in remedial or accelerated programs. An Instructor's Manual (gratis with adoption) and a Workbook are also available.