A Course on Words

by Glenn M. Knudsvig and Waldo E. Sweet

Book Overview

A great many students enter an etymology course with only one goal -- to learn new words with the hope that they will be more successful in classwork, in standardized exams, or in a variety of work-related situations. In A Course on Words students will indeed learn new words, but, more important, they will gain an understanding of how words are built and how they can use this information to analyze new words that they will encounter outside...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472081012
• ISBN13: 9780472081011
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"