Elliptic really does have a connection with literal geometric ellipses, removed by a few steps. Integrals expressing arc length of ellipses are less elementary than integrals for inverse trigonometric functions, and were named elliptic because of this. Abel and Jacobi discovered in 1827 that the inverse functions are doubly periodic (explained below). This chain of events caused these functions...

This paper deals with the treatment of word etymology in monolingual and bilingual dictionaries. It also investigates EFL learners' attitudes towards the importance of etymology for understanding the meaning of the words they look up in dictionaries. The data were collected through tasks of looking up Arabic loan words in English in monolingual and bilingual dictionaries. The results indicate t...

Research in cognitive semantics has shown that the dual coding of input (i.e. presentation of both verbal and visual information) can enhance the formation of memory traces and, consequently, promote the retention of information. Some earlier studies (Boers, Demecheleer, & Eyckmans, 2004; Boers, Eyckmans, & Stengers, 2007) suggest that work on idiom etymology can help learners generate mental i...

Design styles and etymology of related terminology, while they started progressing and evolving since 1850s, left track in documents of modern design history. Various design professionalisms further created more terminology and jargons.In Chinese, what is the origin of the modern term “design” To answer it, this research sorts old documents, studies the etymology of design terminology, examines...