The average contemporary English speaker knows 50,000 words. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality much smaller, derived from Latin, French and the Germanic languages. It is estimated that every year, 800 neologisms are added to the English language: acronyms (nimby), blended words (motel), and those taken from foreign languages (savoir-faire). Laid out in an A-Z format with detailed cross references, and written in a style that is both authoritative and accessible, Word Origins is a valuable historical guide to the English language.
發表於2025-02-07
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圖書標籤: 英語 詞源 詞匯 etymology 英文 英文原版 word vocabulary
對於英語本身感興趣的童鞋很有意思
評分花瞭一年多,終於看完瞭。但也不知記住瞭多少。對很多單詞的來源書中都有詳細的介紹,拉丁與希臘語占瞭詞源的大多數,但書中還是追溯到印歐語詞。如果學過拉丁語對英語的瞭解會更深一層,比如duodenum直接就是拉丁語,全稱是intestinum duodenum digitorum,duodenum就是十二的意思。寫論文時常用的etc,ibid也都是拉丁語 。
評分很棒。如果更全點就更好瞭,講瞭單詞的起源,很有用
評分編的是字典形式的哇~ 我還沒本事看 這麼一本 關於詞源啊
評分擬聲那部分比較好讀,普通語言學說能指與所指是任意的,但詞源學確立瞭一些類似偏旁又能指意的音節(sound symbolism)。
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