A Thesaurus of English Word Roots

A Thesaurus of English Word Roots
By:"Horace Gerald Danner"
Published on 2014-03-27 by Rowman & Littlefield

Horace G. Danner’s A Thesaurus of English Word Roots is a compendium of the most-used word roots of the English language. As Timothy B. Noone notes in his foreword: “Dr. Danner’s book allows you not only to build up your passive English vocabulary, resulting in word recognition knowledge, but also gives you the rudiments for developing your active English vocabulary, making it possible to infer the meaning of words with which you are not yet acquainted. Your knowledge can now expand and will do so exponentially as your awareness of the roots in English words and your corresponding ability to decode unfamiliar words grows apace. This is the beginning of a fine mental linguistic library: so enjoy!” In A Thesaurus of English Word Roots, all word roots are listed alphabetically, along with the Greek or Latin words from which they derive, together with the roots’ original meanings. If the current meaning of an individual root differs from the original meaning, that is listed in a separate column. In the examples column, the words which contain the root are then listed, starting with their prefixes, for example, dysacousia, hyperacousia. These root-starting terms then are followed by terms where the root falls behind the word, e.g., acouesthesia and acoumeter. These words are followed by words where the root falls in the middle or the end, as in such terms as bradyacusia and odynacusis.. In this manner, A Thesaurus of English Word Roots places the word in as many word families as there are elements in the word. This work will interest linguists and philologists and anyone interested in the etymological aspects of English language.

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The Word in the Desert

The Word in the Desert
By:"Douglas Burton-Christie"
Published on 1993-02-04 by Oxford University Press

The growing scholarly attention in recent years to the religious world of late antiquity has focused new attention on the quest for holiness by the strange, compelling, often obscure early Christian monks known as the desert fathers. Yet until now, little attention has been given to one of the most vital dimensions of their spirituality: their astute, penetrating interpretation of Scripture. Rooted in solitude, cultivated in an atmosphere of silence, oriented toward the practical appropriation of the sacred texts, the desert fathers' hermeneutic profoundly shaped every aspect of their lives and became a significant part of their legacy. This book explores the setting within which the early monastic movement emerged, the interpretive process at the center of the desert fathers' quest for holiness, and the intricate patterns of meaning woven into their words and their lives.

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Word Workers

Word Workers
By:"Hunter Calder"
Published on 2000 by Pascal Press

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A Dictionary of Correspondence, Representatives, and Significatives, Derived from the Word of the Lord

A Dictionary of Correspondence, Representatives, and Significatives, Derived from the Word of the Lord
By:"Emanuel Swedenborg","George Nicholson","Charles Bolles"
Published on 1872 by

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The Right Word

The Right Word
By:"Jen Bryant"
Published on 2014-09-15 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Examines the life of Peter Mark Roget and his invention of the thesaurus.

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