Dale D. Johnson

Words (eBook, ePUB)

The Foundation of Literacy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is a groundbreaking book for teachers, administrators, and education students. Dale and Bonnie Johnson present a fresh, inspiring reminder of why studying language (from word origins to word structure) is such a vital first step in the development of students' vocabulary, literacy, writing skills, and overall ability to learn.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429982606
• Artikelnr.: 54173488

Autorenporträt

Dale D Johnson

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Preface Introduction 1 Our Language: Something Old, Something New
American English How Our Language Has Changed Obsolete Words Old Words
Still in Use Word Meanings That Have Returned Word Meanings That Have
Changed Completely Words That Have Become "Respectable" "In-Between" Words
New Words New Words for Newcomers A Brief Word-Walk Through History from
the 1700s to the Twenty-First Century * Instructional Activity 1.1 2
Origins: Every Word and Expression Has a Story Etymology and Word Origins A
Sampling of Word Origins * Instructional Activity 2.1 "Borrowed" Words *
Instructional Activity 2.2 Origins of Common Sayings * Instructional
Activity 2.3 3 Word Formations Word Combining Compound Words *
Instructional Activity 3.1 Blended Words Contractions Reduplicatives
*Instructional Activity 3.2 Word Conversions and Derivations *
Instructional Activity 3.3 * Instructional Activity 3.4 Word Shortening
Abbreviations * Instructional Activity 3.5 Clipped Words 4 Semantic
Connections: How Words Are Organized in Our Minds Semantic Categories
Meaning Relations The Mental Lexicon Semantic Mapping Semantic Feature
Analysis * Instructional Activity 4.1 * Instructional Activity 4.2 *
Instructional Activity 4.3 * Instructional Activity 4.4 * Instructional
Activity 4.5 Word Categories 5 Ambiguity in Language * Instructional
Activity 5.1 * Instructional Activity 5.2 * Instructional Activity 5.3 *
Instructional Activity 5.4 * Instructional Activity 5.5 * Instructional
Activity 5.6 6 Figurative Language "You're a Sage, Rosemary" Idioms *
Instructional Activity 6.1 Similes and Metaphors Analyzing Similes *
Instructional Activity 6.2 Is the Well-Known Simile True? * Instructional
Activity 6.3 Interpreting Metaphors Creating Metaphors Personification *
Instructional Activity 6.4 * Instructional Activity 6.5 Euphemisms *
Instructional Activity 6.6 Hyperbole * Instructional Activity 6.7 Chiasmus
Other Figures of Speech 7 Proverbs: Short Sentences Drawn from Long
Experiences The Importance of Proverbs Characteristics of Proverbs Ages of
Some Proverbs Proverbs That Rhyme Proverbs That Repeat Sounds or Words
Proverbs That Have More Than One Meaning * Instructional Activity 7.1
Contradictory Proverbs Proverbs from Around the World * Instructional
Activity 7.2 Native American Proverbs More American Proverbs Collections
from the Fifty States Proverbs in Pretentious English * Instructional
Activity 7.3 Are These Proverbs Always True? * Instructional Activity 7.4 8
Onomastics: The World of Names Eponyms * Instructional Activity 8.1 *
Instructional Activity 8.2 Toponyms * Instructional Activity 8.3 Demonyms *
Instructional Activity 8.4 City and Town Names * Instructional Activity 8.5
* Instructional Activity 8.6 * Instructional Activity 8.7 * Instructional
Activity 8.8 9 Word Play: Riddles and Rhymes Nine Categories of Riddles in
Three Families The Hink Pink Family The Hink Hink Family (Homographs) The
Pink Pink Family (Homophones) * Instructional Activity 9.1 Hink Pinks Hink
Hinks Pink Pinks Hinky Pinkies Hinky Hinkies Pinky Pinkies Hinkety
Pinketies Hinkety Hinketies Pinkety Pinketies 10 A Melange of Words in
Language and Life Catchphrases Slogans * Instructional Activity 10.1 Words
Spoken Too Soon Words That Have Lasted Retronyms * Instructional Activity
10.2 Acknowledgments Bibliography Index About the Authors