The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJohns Hopkins University Press, 1984 M03 1 - 672 pages 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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Page 108
... John Betjeman's 1978 preface to Masefield's Selected Poems begins : " John Masefield wrote two lyrics which will be remembered as long as the language lasts - I must go down to the seas again ... " eight words - showing how long the ...
... John Betjeman's 1978 preface to Masefield's Selected Poems begins : " John Masefield wrote two lyrics which will be remembered as long as the language lasts - I must go down to the seas again ... " eight words - showing how long the ...
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... John . See bhurig . Conversely , the English people are denominated John Bull , after a 1712 satire by John Arbuthnot in which Nicholas Frog represents the Dutch and Lewis Baboon the French ; the character John Bull caught the fancy of ...
... John . See bhurig . Conversely , the English people are denominated John Bull , after a 1712 satire by John Arbuthnot in which Nicholas Frog represents the Dutch and Lewis Baboon the French ; the character John Bull caught the fancy of ...
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... John- ston's riband or tippet : the hangman's noose ; used , e.g. , by Scott in Old Mortal- ity ( 1816 ) . St. Leger ... John Lubbock's Act of 1871. St. Omer's , also St. Homer's , St. Thomas's , worsted : cloth manufactured at St. Omer ...
... John- ston's riband or tippet : the hangman's noose ; used , e.g. , by Scott in Old Mortal- ity ( 1816 ) . St. Leger ... John Lubbock's Act of 1871. St. Omer's , also St. Homer's , St. Thomas's , worsted : cloth manufactured at St. Omer ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley No preview available - 2001 |
Common terms and phrases
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