The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsThere 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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A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley. Introduction The most widespread of all language families is the Indo - European , of which English began as a minor branch , but now is the largest , in vocabulary ...
A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley. Introduction The most widespread of all language families is the Indo - European , of which English began as a minor branch , but now is the largest , in vocabulary ...
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A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley ... What English expresses with prepositions - to , for , by , from , and the like - other languages may indicate by various endings of the root word .
A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley ... What English expresses with prepositions - to , for , by , from , and the like - other languages may indicate by various endings of the root word .
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A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley ... This meaning is traced to the prolific root gen , to know . ... Yet these two op- posites spring from the one Indo - European root kom , meaning beside .
A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley ... This meaning is traced to the prolific root gen , to know . ... Yet these two op- posites spring from the one Indo - European root kom , meaning beside .
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A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley. welcomes new words that identify new items or ideas from any land : Greek euphoria , French garage ( automobile barn ) , Swedish ombudsman , Afrikaans apartheid ...
A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley. welcomes new words that identify new items or ideas from any land : Greek euphoria , French garage ( automobile barn ) , Swedish ombudsman , Afrikaans apartheid ...
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A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley ... The forms from anthr have become intertwined with those from another root , andr , anther , referring to the bloom of the plant world .
A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley ... The forms from anthr have become intertwined with those from another root , andr , anther , referring to the bloom of the plant world .
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| Title | The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots |
| Author | Joseph Twadell Shipley |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | JHU Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0801867843, 9780801867842 |
| Length | 672 pages |
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