The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001 M07 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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A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley. THE ORIGINS OF ENGLISH WORDS The Origins of English Words A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Front Cover.
A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley. THE ORIGINS OF ENGLISH WORDS The Origins of English Words A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Front Cover.
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... English language—Etymology. 2. English language—Word formation. 3. English language—Roots. 4. Indo-European languages—Etymology. I. Title. PE1571.S46 1984 422 83-8415 ISBN 0-8018-3004-4 Language is the garden of man's mind; its ...
... English language—Etymology. 2. English language—Word formation. 3. English language—Roots. 4. Indo-European languages—Etymology. I. Title. PE1571.S46 1984 422 83-8415 ISBN 0-8018-3004-4 Language is the garden of man's mind; its ...
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... English words. Thanks go most closely to my wife, Shirley, for not only enduring but encouraging the many hours of concentration that after six years have culminated in this volume. I wish also to express my appreciation of the interest ...
... English words. Thanks go most closely to my wife, Shirley, for not only enduring but encouraging the many hours of concentration that after six years have culminated in this volume. I wish also to express my appreciation of the interest ...
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... English began as a minor branch, but now is the largest, in vocabulary, in number of native speakers, and in the extent of its use around the world. From tongues in Western Asia some four thousand years ago the Indo-European forms moved ...
... English began as a minor branch, but now is the largest, in vocabulary, in number of native speakers, and in the extent of its use around the world. From tongues in Western Asia some four thousand years ago the Indo-European forms moved ...
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... English. In the shuffle and friction of these tongues, English lost many of the inflections that had burdened the earlier words. In the Romance languages all nouns are still either masculine or feminine (in German, or neuter); the ...
... English. In the shuffle and friction of these tongues, English lost many of the inflections that had burdened the earlier words. In the Romance languages all nouns are still either masculine or feminine (in German, or neuter); the ...
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