Ever wondered why English has two words for so many things? Why the meat of a sheep is called ‘mutton’? Or what ‘velcroid’ means?
If you would like to find out more about words, but don’t know where to begin, then Lexis is for you. Written in a lively, easy-to-read style it covers:
- What we mean by a person’s vocabulary
- How to improve your knowledge and understanding of words
- Wordbooks: dictionaries, thesauruses, and specialist reference books
- How to get your message across by using words effectively
- How to fit your language to different social situations
- The history of English words
- New words and how they are formed
- The grammar of words
Plus a reference section covering:
- Word classes
- Words that are commonly confused
- Prefixes
- Suffixes
- Glossary of technical terms
- Resources in print and online
To find out more, why not download a sample: Lexis_sample.
Lexis will be available shortly available as
- a print edition (ISBN 978-0-9553451-5-9).
- on Kindle (ISBN 978-0-9553451-6-6).