Vocabulary is about words – where they come from, how they change, how they relate to each other and how we use them to view the world. You have been using words since before your second birthday to understand the wishes of others and to make your own wishes and feelings known. Here you will be asked to consider words in an objective manner – while remembering that objectivity should not exclude a certain amount of entertainment. | Vocabulary ROUTLEDGE LANGUAGE WORKBOOKS Series Editor Richard Hudson Also available as a printed book see title verso for ISBN details VOCABULARY IN THE SAME SERIES Editor Richard Hudson Patricia Ashby Speech Sounds Edward Carney English Spelling Jonathan Culpeper History of English Nigel Fabb Sentence Structure John Haynes Style Richard Hudson Word Meaning Richard Hudson English Grammar Jean Stilwell Peccei Child Language Raphael Salkie Text and Discourse Analysis R. L. Trask Language Change Peter Trudgill .