Cover -- VOCABULARY -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Using this book -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The magic of words -- 2 Vocabulary statistics -- 3 Borrowing -- 4 New words from English 1: compounds -- 5 New words from English 2: derivatives -- 6 Meaning relationships -- 7 Formal relationships -- 8 Stylish words -- 9 Technical words -- 10 Where words come from: etymology -- 11 Words that change their meanings -- 12 Dictionaries -- 13 Where next? -- Answers to exercises -- Index.

Routledge Language Workbooks are practical introductions to specific areas of language for absolute beginners. They provide comprehensive coverage of the area as well as a basis for further study. Language Workbooks can be used for independent study or as part of a taught class. Vocabulary: * covers issues such as the power of words to influence our perceptions * looks at the origins of words from English and other languages * explores the relationships between the meanings and shapes of words * examines the correlation of different kinds of words with different style levels * uses striking and entertaining examples to make fundamental points about the words we use * lays the groundwork for further study in morphology, lexical semantics, historical linguistics and lexicography.

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