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1、EnglishWords:HistoryandStructureisconcernedprimarilywiththelearnedvocabularyofEnglish,thewordsborrowedfromtheclassicallan-guagesandFrench.ItinitiallysurveysthehistoricaleventsthatdefinethelayersofvocabularyinOldEnglish(c.450–1066)MiddleEnglish(1066–1476),EarlyModernEnglish(1476–1776),and

2、Present-DayEnglish.Itisbothanintroductiontosomeofthebasicprinciplesoflin-guisticanalysisandahelpfulmanualforvocabularydiscernmentandenrichment.ExercisestoaccompanyeachchapterandfurtherreadingsonrecentloansandthelegalandmedicalvocabularyofEnglishareavailableon-lineathttp://uk.cambridge.o

3、rg/linguistics/resources/englishwords•Introducesstudentstosomebasiclinguistictermsneededforthediscus-sionofphonologicalandmorphologicalchangesaccompanyingwordformation.•Designedtoleadstudentstoafinerappreciationoftheirlanguageandgreaterabilitytorecognizerelationshipsbetweenwordsanddiscri

4、minatebetweenmeanings.•AninformativeappendixdiscussesthehistoryandusefulnessofthebestknownBritishandAmericandictionaries.•On-linereadingsandexercisesdesignedtodeepenandstrengthentheknowledgeacquiredintheclassroom.isProfessorEmeritusattheDepartmentofLinguistics,Universityo

5、fCalifornia,LosAngeles.Heisco-editorofLinguisticChangeandGenerativeTheory(withR.Macaulay,1972),co-authorofMajorSyntacticStructuresofEnglish(withPaulSchachterandBarbaraPartee,1973)andauthorofFoundationsofSyntacticTheory(1977).isProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofCalifornia,Lo

6、sAngeles.ShehaspublishedwidelyinthefieldsofEnglishandGermanichistoricalphonologyandsyntax,historicaldialectologyandEnglishhistoricalmetrics.SheistheauthorofTheHistoryofFinalVowelsinEnglish(1991).EnglishWords:HistoryandStructureROBERTSTOCKWELLANDDONKAMINKOVACambrid

7、ge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,UnitedKingdomPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521790123©RobertSt