-- S 03-- Language and Thought, Word Precision, Vocabulary

-- W 03-- Language and Thought, Word Precision, TFY C2, Vocabulary, CRCB C2 Vocabulary Skills

TFY C2 Glossary -- Word Precision

Frames of Language

New Words for the New Milleneum

Lexophiles Only

TFY C2 Links:
Web Links
Chapter 2
CONCEPT

Here Answers.com broadens our understanding of the word concept through dictionary and encyclopedia definitions as applied to philosophy and the sciences.

http://www.answers.com/word%20concepts

ETYMOLOGY

This site offers an etymologic quiz for guessing the origins of words. Can you get the right answers on the basis of logical reasoning?

http://www.etymologic.com/

FROM SENSES TO WORDS

Study the way Diane Ackerman uses language to explore "the mute sense" of smell in this excerpt taken from her book A Natural History of the Senses. Click on "Search inside this book" to read the excerpt.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679735666/103-1851138-6468634?v=glance&n=283155

THEORIES ABOUT TRUTH

Compare your findings about definitions to this Wikipedia discussion that includes philosophical theories about the nature of truth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth

TRUTH

At Humanityquest.com compare the definitions of truth given in a long list of dictionaries. You might also try the same for the word reality.

http://humanityquest.com/topic/Definitions/index.asp?theme1=truth

WHAT IS CRITICAL READING?

Here is supplementary information on critical reading provided by the University of Ohio.

http://www.csuohio.edu/writingcenter/critread.html

WORD CONNOTATION

At this site note how the word connotation is given numerous definitions. Studying and comparing each one can help us expand our understanding of the meaning of the term.

http://www.answers.com/topic/connotation