User:Kari dooran/The New World of English Words

Proposal:
For my Wikipedia Article Draft assignment, the article I chose to research is “The New World of English Words”. As I read the article, I knew it was going to be a challenge. I have selected 5 sources that I thought would be relevant to this article. My first source is a book source and it gives an overview of what The New World of English words is. I plan to use this source to give more information about what this article is about. I noticed in the article that there wasn’t a background of how the English language was developed. I cited two sources that give a decent description and plan to use that information so readers can have an understanding of where English came from. It was very difficult to find different sources because most of the sources I looked at took me to online shopping sites to buy the dictionary. Some sources were also similar to the article on Wikipedia word for word. My overall proposal is to add more information on what this dictionary is and give a background of the english language.

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The New World of English Words, it is not a term commonly heard of. Some people may not know what it is. The New World of English Words is a dictionary with many words interpreted in different languages written by Edward Philips. This topic is not normally discussed or mentioned and that is why some people have never heard of it. Not only does The New World of English Words provide unique words in different languages, but it also provides some of the words in English. These words are discovered by etymologists and they go through a long process to make sure these words are eligible for this dictionary. The author of this dictionary only relied on one source when constructing this dictionary, so he had to be careful with what he wrote.

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The New World of English Words or in other words a dictionary written and published by Edward Phillips in London 1658, The New World of English words is a dictionary that contains interpretations of difficult words coming from different languages. These languages include Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, and so much more. This book became the first folio dictionary. The dictionary also includes etymologies and perfect definitions. Together, the terms relate to the arts and sciences, and they are added to the significance of mythology, proper names, poetical fiction, and more. How were these new words formed? Etymology plays a huge role when discovering new words. Etymology is used to study and understand a word's history. In order to form new words, an etymologist (who specializes in studying etymology) must have a great understanding of the history of English. They must also understand the relationships of sound and meaning, as well as understanding the changes that have happened overtime that focuses on the reconstruction of the Indo-European family. The process of finding new words is very complex, so having this knowledge is going to be very useful. There are two different kinds of English, old and modern. "Old English is chiefly distinguished from later stages in the history of English by greater use of a larger set of inflictions, verbs, nouns, adjectives, and pronouns." When Philips was writing this dictionary, he put in a wide selection of words from one source. Speght was his main source. Phillips' word selection was much different than William Bulloakar and Cockram. As you look in the dictionary, you will notice that Phillips has included some words from Chaucer. Some of the words are marked as Chaucerian. The New World of English Words has gone on to be more modernized as time has gone on. New words continue to be added. We today may know it as a regular dictionary that we see sitting on library shelves.