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An Introduction to Modern English Word Formation (English Language Series) Valerie Adams
Publisher: Longman

Posted by Maksym at 1:59 AM on Monday, May 9, 2011. Being an armchair linguist, this factoid naturally stayed with me. It's very similar to, though a bit less stable than, the formation of pidgin languages. Words with Latinate roots tend to sound more formal and are often found in those fields of which Latin was once the principal language. 1) Introduction 2) Principles of language typology. Origin – genetic classification (typology) ; it classifies of a word structure. Typology is based in several underlined principles: 1. The modern Vladek Spiegelman in Maus speaks in the "foreign grammar, English vocabulary" variant, making this Truth in Television unless the author, his son, was using artistic license. Introduction to history of English language. Granted, this isn't necessarily bad, but this means that foreigners are almost expected to mix English and their own language while applying a ridiculous accent, mixing words, or using confusing idioms. Even today, the evidence of those old divisions remains apparent in Modern English. Many years ago, one of my university professors mentioned that "windowsill" was voted the most beautiful word in the English language.