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Peter Smith, University of Victoria
Greek and Latin Roots: Part I - Latin is part one of a two
part series. This series examines the systematic principles by which a
large portion of English vocabulary has evolved from Latin and (to a
lesser degree) from Greek. This book focuses on Latin roots. A link to
the second part focusing on the Greek roots can be found below. Part I
will try to impart some skill in the recognition and proper use of words
derived from Latin. There is a stress on principles: although students
will be continually looking at interesting individual words, their
constant aim will be to discover predictable general patterns of
historical development, so that they may be able to cope with new and
unfamiliar words of any type that they have studied. They will be shown
how to approach the problem by a procedure known as “word analysis,”
which is roughly comparable to the dissection of an interesting specimen
in the biology laboratory. The text assumes no previous knowledge of
Latin, and does not involve the grammatical study of this
language—except for a few basic features of noun and verb formation that
will help students to understand the Latin legacy in English. Although
there will be some attention paid to the historical interaction of Latin
with English, this text is definitely not a systematic history of the
English language. It focuses on only those elements within English that
have been directly or indirectly affected by this classical language. In
order to provide the broadest possible service to students, the text
emphasizes standard English vocabulary in current use. The more exotic
technical vocabulary of science and medicine can be extremely
interesting, but is explored in only summary fashion. Nevertheless, this
text should be of considerable value, say, to a would-be botanist or
medical doctor, if only by providing the foundation for further
specialized enquiry.
(1 review
Peter Smith, University of Victoria
Greek and Latin Roots: Part II - Greek is part two of a
two part series. This series examines the systematic principles by which
a large portion of English vocabulary has evolved from Latin and (to a
lesser degree) from Greek. This book focuses on Greek roots. A link to
the first part focusing on the Latin roots can be found below. Part II
will try to impart some skill in the recognition and proper use of words
derived from Greek. There is a stress on principles: although students
will be continually looking at interesting individual words, their
constant aim will be to discover predictable general patterns of
historical development, so that they may be able to cope with new and
unfamiliar words of any type that they have studied. They will be shown
how to approach the problem by a procedure known as “word analysis,”
which is roughly comparable to the dissection of an interesting specimen
in the biology laboratory. The text assumes no previous knowledge of
Greek, and does not involve the grammatical study of this
language—except for a few basic features of noun and verb formation that
will help students to understand the Greek legacy in English. All
students will be asked to learn the Greek alphabet. This skill is not
absolutely essential for a general knowledge of Greek roots in English.
However, it will help students understand a number of otherwise puzzling
features of spelling and usage. Although there will be some attention
paid to the historical interaction of Greek with English, this text is
definitely not a systematic history of the English language. It focuses
on only those elements within English that have been directly or
indirectly affected by this classical language. In order to provide the
broadest possible service to students, the text emphasizes standard
English vocabulary in current use. The more exotic technical vocabulary
of science and medicine can be extremely interesting, but is explored in
only summary fashion. Nevertheless, this text should be of considerable
value, say, to a would-be botanist or medical doctor, if only by
providing the foundation for further specialized enquiry.
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Nijay Gupta, Portland Seminary
Jonah Sandford
After completing basic biblical Greek, students are often eager to
continue to learn and strengthen their skills of translation and
interpretation. This intermediate graded reader is designed to meet
those needs. The reader is “intermediate” in the sense that it presumes
the user will have already learned the basics of Greek grammar and
syntax and has memorized Greek vocabulary words that appear frequently
in the New Testament. The reader is “graded” in the sense that it moves
from simpler translation work (Galatians) towards more advanced readings
from the book of James, the Septuagint, and from one of the Church
Fathers. In each reading lesson, the Greek text is given, followed by
supplemental notes that offer help with vocabulary, challenging word
forms, and syntax. Discussion questions are also included to foster
group conversation and engagement. There are many good Greek readers in
existence, but this reader differs from most others in a few important
ways. Most readers offer text selections from different parts of the
Bible, but in this reader the user works through one entire book
(Galatians). All subsequent lessons, then, build off of this interaction
with Galatians through short readings that are in some way related to
Galatians. The Septuagint passages in the reader offer some broader
context for texts that Paul quotes explicitly from the Septuagint. The
Patristic reading from John Chrysystom comes from one of his homilies on
Galatians. This approach to a Greek reader allows for both variety and
coherence in the learning process.
(1 review)
Jo Heirman, University of Amsterdam
Jacqueline Klooster, University of Amsterdam
In a brief essay called Des espaces autres (1984) Michel Foucault
announced that after the nineteenth century, which was dominated by a
historical outlook, the current century might rather be the century of
space. His prophecy has been fulfilled: the end of the twentieth century
witnessed a ‘spatial turn' in humanities which was perhaps partly due
to the globalisation of our modern world. Inspired by the spatial turn
in the humanities, this volume presents a number of essays on the
ideological role of space in literary texts. The individual articles
analyse ancient and modern literary texts from the angle of the most
recent theoretical conceptualisations of space. The focus throughout is
on how the experience of space is determined by dominant political,
philosophical or religious ideologies and how, in turn, the description
of spaces in literature is employed to express, broadcast or deconstruct
this experience. By bringing together ancient and modern, mostly
postcolonial texts, this volume hopes to stimulate discussion among
disciplines and across continents. Among the authors discussed are:
Homer, Nonnus, Alcaeus of Lesbos, Apollonius of Rhodes, Vergil,
Herodotus, Panagiotis Soutsos, Assia Djebar, Tahar Djaout, Olive Senior,
Jamaica Kincaid, Stefan Heym, Benoit Dutuertre, Henrik Stangerup and
David Malouf.
(1 review)
Roberta Hall, Oregon State University
Kenneth Beals, Oregon State University
Holm Neumann
Georg Neumann, Indiana University
Gwyn Madden, Grand Valley State University
This text was designed for use in the human osteology laboratory
classroom. Bones are described to aid in identification of skeletonized
remains in either an archaeological or forensic anthropology setting.
Basic techniques for siding, aging, sexing, and stature estimation are
described. Both images of bone and drawings are included which may be
used for study purposes outside of the classroom. The text represents
work that has been developed over more than 30 years by its various
authors and is meant to present students with the basic analytical tools
for the study of human osteology.
(7 reviews)
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