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    Probe into the Application of English Lexicology Abstract: Lexicology refers to all the words in English language. In this essay‚ I will focus on the practicality of Lexicology and why we English learners should learn it. A good knowledge of morphological structures of English words and rules of word-formation will help learners develop their personal vocabulary and consciously increase their word power. The information of the historical development and the principles of classification will give

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    CONTENT Introduction………………………………………………………3 What is etymology?..............................................4 Methods…………………………………………………………….5 Types of words origins……………………………………….6 Assimilations……………………………………………………..7 Loanword. What is it?..........................................8 Loanwords………………………………………………………..9 Reference………………………………………………………..10 Conclusion………………………………………………………..11 INTRODUCTION Relevance to the topic: Language and words are part of us human beings

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    Jusayan‚ Janine Ann June 20‚ 2009 M0522 Prof. Ramil Mondejar 1. Guidelines for effective expository writing * STEP ONE: SELECTING A TOPIC If your professor assigns you a specific topic to write about‚ then this step is completed before you even begin. However‚ often the teacher will allow students to choose their own essay topic‚ so it is important to be able to choose effectively. This is also true is the professor proposed a broad topic‚ but demands that you write

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    Etymology Old English

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    tradition c.1380‚ from O.Fr. tradicion (1292)‚ from L. traditionem (nom. traditio) "delivery‚ surrender‚ a handing down‚" from traditus‚ pp. of tradere "deliver‚ hand over‚" from trans- "over" + dare "to give" (see date (1)). The word is a doublet of treason (q.v.). The notion in the modern sense of the word is of things "handed down" from generation to generation. Traditional is recorded from c.1600; in ref. to jazz‚ from 1950. Slang trad‚ short for trad(itional jazz) is recorded from 1956; its

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    HIPPIE? The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. Theetymology of the term ’hippie’ is from hipster‚ and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. Both the words "hip" and "hep" came from African American culture and denote "awareness".[1] The early hippies inherited the countercultural values of the Beat Generation‚ created their

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    SEMINAR III STYLISTIC LEXICOLOGY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1. Stylistic differentiation of the English Language. a) stylistic and style meaning of the word; b) types of stylistic meaning of the word: emotional evaluative expressive. Criteria for the stylistic differentiation of the English vocabulary. 2. Words which have lexico-stylistic paradigm. Words which have no lexico-stylistic paradigm. 3. Stylistic functions of literary words: poetic diction archaic words barbarisms bookish

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    Introduction In Christianity‚ it is clear that God has made known Himself to humanity. Thus the doctrine of divine revelation is espoused: It pleased God‚ in his goodness and wisdom‚ to reveal himself and to make known the mystery of his will. (DV 1)[1] Further‚ the Church teaches that it is through Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition‚ closely bound together‚ that this revelatory communication takes place. (cf. DV 9)[2] It is from this point of view that we have looked‚ in this

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    Lexicology Seminar Paper.

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    University of sT. Cyril and methodius Faculty of Arts The Department of British and American Studies Lingea Veľký slovník anglicko-slovenský a slovensko-anglický In my seminar work I’m writing about the dictonary called Lingea Veľký slovník anglicko-slovenský a slovensko-anglický‚ published by Lingea in Bratislava‚ 2008. Lingea Veľký slovník anglicko-slovenský a slovensko-anglický is a translation dictionary (Slovak-English‚ English-Slovak). It

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    ------------------------------------------------- Etymology Main article: Name of Syria The name Syria is derived from the ancient Greek name for Syrians: Σύριοι‚ Sýrioi‚ or Σύροι‚ Sýroi‚ which the Greeks applied without distinction to theAssyrians.[16][17] A number of modern scholars argued that the Greek word related to the cognate Ἀσσυρία‚ Assyria‚ ultimately derived from the AkkadianAššur.[18] Others believed that it was derived from Siryon‚ the name that the Sidonians gave to Mount Hermon

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    Iapetus and his mother was the Sea Nymph Clymene. His brothers were Prometheus and Cronus. Atlas was the father of the Hesperides (Daughters of the Evening‚) the Hyades‚ and the Pleiades. He was also the king of the legendary Atlantis. In etymology Atlas means “bearer” or “endurer.” An image of Atlas is a person with the world on his back. Also a book of maps is called an atlas. Atlas played a major part in Greek Mythology. He was in the war with Titans against

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