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Flanigan, Kevin.
Subjects
Vocabulary.
English language -- Etymology.
English language -- Morphology.
English language -- New words.
English language -- Suffixes and prefixes.
English language -- Synonyms and antonyms.
English language -- Word formation.
English language -- Compound words.
English language -- Conjunctions.
English language -- Foreign elements.
English language -- Foreign words and phrases.
English language -- Foreign words and phrases -- Greek.
English language -- Foreign words and phrases -- Latin.
English language -- History.
Emotive (Linguistics)
Language and history.
English language in literature.
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Flanigan, Kevin.
Vocabulary.
English language -- Etymology.
English language -- Morphology.
English language -- New words.
English language -- Suffixes and prefixes.
English language -- Synonyms and antonyms.
English language -- Word formation.
English language -- Compound words.
English language -- Conjunctions.
English language -- Foreign elements.
English language -- Foreign words and phrases.
English language -- Foreign words and phrases -- Greek.
English language -- Foreign words and phrases -- Latin.
English language -- History.
Emotive (Linguistics)
Language and history.
English language in literature.
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Building a better vocabulary [videorecording (DVD)] / Kevin Flanigan.
by
Flanigan, Kevin.
Teaching Co., c2015.
Call #:
DVD 428.1 F585b
Subjects
Vocabulary.
English
language
--
Etymology.
English
language
--
Morphology.
English
language
--
New
words
.
English
language
--
Suffixes and prefixes.
English
language
--
Synonyms and antonyms.
English
language
--
Word formation.
English
language
--
Compound
words
.
English
language
--
Conjunctions.
English
language
--
Foreign
elements.
English
language
--
Foreign
words
and
phrases
.
English
language
--
Foreign
words
and
phrases
--
Greek.
English
language
--
Foreign
words
and
phrases
--
Latin
.
English
language
--
History.
Emotive (Linguistics)
Language
and history.
English
language
in literature.
Series
Great courses (DVD)
Great courses (DVD). Professional.
ISBN:
9781629971131 (set)
Alternate title:
Great Courses. Building a better vocabulary [videorecording (DVD)]
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Description:
6 videodiscs (ca. 18 hrs.) : digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 283 p. ; 19 cm.).
Notes:
"36 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.
Book contains lecture transcripts and outlines, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.
Home use only.
Contents:
Disc 1. Five principles for learning vocabulary
--
The spelling-meaning connection
--
Words
for lying, swindling and conniving
--
Words
that express annoyance and disgust
--
Fighting
words
and peaceful
words
--
Going beyond dictionary meanings.
Disc 2. Wicked
words
--
Words
for beginnings and endings
--
Words
expressing fear, love, and hatred
--
Words
for the everyday and the elite
--
Words
from Gods and heroes
--
Humble
words
and prideful
words
.
Disc 3. High-frequency Greek and
Latin
roots
--
Words
relating to belief and trust
--
Words
for the way we talk
--
Words
for praise, criticism, and nonsense
--
Eponyms from literature and history
--
Thinking, teaching, and learning
words
.
Disc 4.
Words
for the diligent and the lazy
--
Words
that break and
words
that join
--
Some high-utility Greek and
Latin
affixes
--
Cranky
words
and cool
words
--
Words
for courage and cowardice
--
Reviewing vocabulary through literature.
Disc 5.
Words
for killing and cutting
--
A vocabulary grab bag
--
Words
for
words
--
Specialty
words
for
language
--
Nasty
words
and nice
words
--
Words
for the really big and the very small.
Disc 6. Spelling as a vocabulary tool
--
A medley of new
words
--
Building vocabulary through games
--
Words
English
borrowed and never returned
--
More
foreign
loan
words
--
Forgotten
words
and neologisms.
Performers:
Lecturer, Professor Kevin Flanigan, Professor of Education at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
Summary:
These 36 half-hour lectures will teach you to move beyond definitional vocabulary knowledge toward a rich vocabulary that's broad, deep, and flexible and lasts a lifetime. The course cover the basic principles of vocabulary, introduces a plethora of new
words
, and examines the etymology and morphology of
words
.
Genre:
Filmed lectures.
Educational films.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Teaching Company.
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