The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001 M07 1 - 672 páginas There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence. In The Origins of English Words, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the often devious, always fascinating, process by which some of their offshoots have grown. Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science. |
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... lists the most productive of these roots, and notes the various and frequently diverse English words into which they have been fashioned. It is the compiler's hope that such a listing and description will illuminate our living language ...
... lists the most productive of these roots, and notes the various and frequently diverse English words into which they have been fashioned. It is the compiler's hope that such a listing and description will illuminate our living language ...
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... The body of this book lists the most important and fertile Indo-European roots with the English words they have become and with relevant quotations and expansions. Notes on Usage Some Indo-European roots may seem quite different.
... The body of this book lists the most important and fertile Indo-European roots with the English words they have become and with relevant quotations and expansions. Notes on Usage Some Indo-European roots may seem quite different.
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... lists some fifty-five thousand words alphabetized by their last letters. It begins a, baa; and ends humbuzz, fuzz. Thus, if the reader wishes to know how many English words end, say, with ly or acy, Walker gives a not exhaustive yet ...
... lists some fifty-five thousand words alphabetized by their last letters. It begins a, baa; and ends humbuzz, fuzz. Thus, if the reader wishes to know how many English words end, say, with ly or acy, Walker gives a not exhaustive yet ...
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... -European Irish IE Ir Iran Iranian It Italian L Latin LGk Late Greek LL Malay Late (Vulgar) Latin Malaysian Middle Dutch Middle English MDu ME Norw ODu OE Norwegian Old Dutch Old English Oxford English LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.
... -European Irish IE Ir Iran Iranian It Italian L Latin LGk Late Greek LL Malay Late (Vulgar) Latin Malaysian Middle Dutch Middle English MDu ME Norw ODu OE Norwegian Old Dutch Old English Oxford English LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.
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... lists 125 words and details 120 more. OED's 1972 supplement adds 16 words of the first sense, and 14 of the second. Shakespeare, in Richard III, exclaims at “the most arch [k sound] deed of pitious massacre.” Spenser, in The Faerie ...
... lists 125 words and details 120 more. OED's 1972 supplement adds 16 words of the first sense, and 14 of the second. Shakespeare, in Richard III, exclaims at “the most arch [k sound] deed of pitious massacre.” Spenser, in The Faerie ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Vista de fragmentos - 1984 |
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Sin vista previa disponible - 2001 |
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