Essays about: "verbs of Germanic and Romance origin"

Found 1 essay containing the words verbs of Germanic and Romance origin.

  1. 1. Why begin when you can commence - Aspects of near-synonymous verbs of Germanic and Romance origin

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Louise Eriksson; [2005]
    Keywords : near-synonymy; collocations; verbs of Germanic and Romance origin;

    Abstract : This essay is a corpus study, the aim of which is to investigate the usage of two near-synonymous verb pairs that descend from Germanic and Romance languages. The four verbs begin, commence, hate, and detest were chosen for the study. READ MORE