Vivian Cook

Words

These are proto-pages for an eventual book on vocabulary

Word Tests

Texts on Words

Misc Words information
Understanding  Shakespeare Words and thinking British words for alleyways; chares
Vocabulary size: basic words  What is a word?

Unique written words
Vocabulary size: advanced words Arbitrariness of meaning Quotes on words
British dialects What does a word mean? Metaphors
American or English words What are dictionaries for? Babytalk words
Guessing in context What's in a word? Bodyparts
Vocabulary learning strategies Saying No

Tip of the tongue 

New Words

 English names for foreign parts
Can you talk black? Shakespeare's new words Placenames
How old is your language? Chaucer's new words Frequency
  Science Fiction Words Word Games
  Forming new words General Semantics

Meaning and Words

 English words in Japanese Dr Johnson's Definitions
Levels of meaning Proper names that become words Relative Words
Word associations

Basic English
Measuring meaning Aphasia

Sound symbolism

 Colours
Letters with meaning

Forms and types of words

  
Plural: mice and mouses
Content versus structure words
Children's Words Pronouns
Children's Early Words Compounds
Children's Two Word Stage Infixes inside words
Words and the National Curriculum Blends