Wealth of Information  

Oleh:

Jordani, Paulette C.

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: English Teaching Forum (http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/forum/archives.html) vol. 38 no. 4 (Apr. 2000), page 1-4.
Topik: Information; Onomatopoeia; Animal’s Habitat
Fulltext: Wealth of Information.pdf (276.27KB)

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Words are fascinating. Avid readers have always found words that are delightful to roll off the tongue or that sit there oddly arrayed on the pages. One of the most delightful groups of words are the collective names of animals. Many of these collective names date from about 1450 while others are more modern. There are no rules about these collective nouns. Some phrases make good sense if the animal’s habitat is known; others can be understood only if their origins are traced in the dictionary; and still others continue to puzzle scholars. However these collective nouns came into our language, they can be classifed into four groups; appearance, characteristic, habitat, and onomatopoeia.

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