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9781560988489

Composition of Scientific Words

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    9781560988489

  • ISBN10:

    1560988487

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-07-17
  • Publisher: Smithsonian Books
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Summary

Born of the linguistic fascination of a noted paleontologist,Composition of Scientific Wordsincludes a brief introduction to the history and elementary structure of English, Greek, and Latin, followed by a guide for the formulation of technical terms. The main selection, the lexicon, is an alphabetical list of key words. It gives their synonyms and cognates in English, Latin, and Greek, as well as occasional additions from among thirty-eight other languages. This section is a storehouse of fact and lore on the derivation of both everyday and technical terms. Numerous cross-references make the book fully accessible.

Author Biography

The late Roland Wilbur Brown was a geologist with the US Geological Survey.

Table of Contents

Foreword 3(3)
Abbreviations and Symbols 6(1)
Introduction 7(1)
History and Nature of the English Language
7(9)
Nature of Greek and Latin
16(17)
Transliteration
18(3)
Diacritical Marks
21(1)
Greek and Latin Words
22(11)
Formation of Scientific Terms
33(17)
Adoption of Words
37(1)
Composition of Words
38(11)
Arbitrary Creation of Words
49(1)
Gender
50(4)
Spelling and Pronunciation
54(8)
Cross-Reference Lexicon 62(815)
Bibliography 877(4)
Index 881

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