Sometimes English doesn't make much sense!
Jay Doubleyou: why is english so different from other languages? part one: vocab
To help, though, it's good to have some idea about where words come from and how they are made up:
What teachers should know about English vocabulary
In other words, what's a word's etymology?
Etymology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But be careful:
Etymology is a study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time and Philology is a study of language in written historical sources
Etymology vs. Philology - What's the difference? | Ask Difference
We could take any word and play with it:
Jay Doubleyou: a history of the the word 'orange'
There's lots of interesting things around words - where they come from and where they are going:
Jay Doubleyou: how languages emerge, change, convey meaning and influence how we think
Here's a great place to go:
For example:
And it's quite good:
The Online Etymology Dictionary has been referenced by Oxford University's "Arts and Humanities Community Resource" catalog as "an excellent tool for those seeking the origins of words"[6] and cited in the Chicago Tribune as one of the "best resources for finding just the right word".[7] It is cited in academic work as a useful, though not definitive, reference for etymology.[8][9][10] In addition, it has been used as a data source for quantitative scholarly research.[11][12].
.
.
No comments:
Post a Comment