Origins Of English Words
Joseph Twadell ShipleyThere 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.
Година:
1984
Издателство:
JHU Press
Език:
english
ISBN 10:
0801867843
ISBN 13:
9780801867842
Файл:
AZW3 , 18.57 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1984