Word Stems

Word Stems
Author: John Kennedy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 302
Release: 1996
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781569470510

English is a hybrid of Greek, Latin and some ten other languages, which can make tracing a word's meaning pretty difficult. Now, with this classic reference for students of the English language, perfect for word fanatics, puzzlers and writers, 'Word Stems' defines and deciphers thousands of the most commonly used foreign words that form the foundation of our English words.

Dictionary of the Alabama Language

Dictionary of the Alabama Language
Author: Cora Sylestine
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 766
Release: 1993-05-01
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1477300708

The Alabama language, a member of the Muskogean language family, is spoken today by the several hundred inhabitants of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation in Polk County, Texas. This dictionary of Alabama was begun over fifty years ago by tribe member Cora Sylestine. She was aided after 1980 by linguists Heather K. Hardy and Timothy Montler, who completed work on the dictionary after her death. This state-of-the-art analytical dictionary contains over 8,000 entries of roots, stems, and compounds in the Alabama-English section. Each entry contains precise definitions, full grammatical analyses, agreement and other part-of-speech classifications, variant pronunciations, example sentences, and extensive cross-references to stem entries. The Alabama-English section is followed by a thorough English-Alabama finder list that functions as a full index to the definitions in the Alabama-English section.

An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
Author: Walter W. Skeat
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 834
Release: 2013-02-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 048631765X

Practical and reliable, this reference traces English words back to their Indo-European roots. Each entry features a brief definition, identifies the language of origin, and employs a few illustrative quotations. An extensive appendix includes lists of prefixes, suffixes, Indo-European roots, homonyms and doublets, and the distribution of English-language sources.