Images is a mnemonic method for learning English vocabulary by
connecting the pictured Latin roots of English words to the present day
definitions. A centuries old root stands for a simple object or action,
which visualized, opens up a better understanding of a word. As one root
belongs to the other interconnected linguistic family members, just one
root is a catalyst to exponential growth in vocabulary. Exercises
throughout Images reinforce the link between roots and word definitions.
Images introduces students to the Latinate level of English essential in
the professions, instrumental in the sciences, and useful in history and
literature. This level the invading Norman French - descendants of roman
Gaul - forced upon the Anglo Saxon Britons after the Norman Conquest at
Hastings in 1066. Since then the Anglo Saxons - and today's students of
English - have had to come to terms with the imposed Latinate upper
strata. Other Latin inheritors are today's Italians, Portuguese, and
Spanish. Images reacquaints them with their own heritage that
reverberates in English and that facilitates learning English
vocabulary. Images I is part of the Series Building English Vocabulary
with Etymology from Latin. Book I focuses on Latin Prefixes from Ab -
Abdicate to Uni - Unison.
