Studies in Words

354 Pages·1967·17.013 MB·English

by  Clive Staples Lewis

S T U D IE S IN W O R D S
TO
STANLEY AND
JOAN BENNETT
STUDIES IN
WORDS
BY
C. S. LEWIS
SE C O N D ED IT IO N
C A M B R ID G E
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
1967

CONTENTS
Preface page vii
1 INTRODUCTION I
2 nature (with Phusis, Kind, Physical etc.) 24
3 sad (with Gravis) 75
4 wit (with Ingenium) 86
5 free (with Eleutherios, Liberal, Frank etc.) h i
6 sense (with Sentence, Sensibility and Sensible) 133
7 simple 165
8 CONSCIENCE AND CONSCIOUS l8l
9 WORLD 214
10 LIFE 269
11 I DARE SAY 306
12 AT THE FRINGE OF LANGUAGE 313
Index 333

P R E F A C E
T his book is based on lectures given at Cambridge during
the last few years and is primarily addressed to students.
I have indeed hoped that others also might find it of
interest but I must warn them what it is not. It is not an
essay in the higher linguistics. The ultimate nature of
language and the theory of meaning are not here my
concern. The point of view is merely lexical and historical.
My words are studied as an aid to more accurate reading
and chosen for the light they throw on ideas and senti­
ments. The notes on some common types of semantic
change given in the first chapter are a rough and ready
attempt at practical guidance; if any deeper issues are
raised by implication, this was not my intention.
C. S. L.
CAMBRIDGE
June 1959
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