The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJohns Hopkins University Press, 1984 M03 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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... English began as a minor branch , but now is the largest , in vocabulary , in num- ber 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 ...
... English began as a minor branch , but now is the largest , in vocabulary , in num- ber 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 ...
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... English was used for both the bellows and the belly . Shakespeare , in As You Like It ( The Seven Ages of Man , ii , 7 ) , speaks of " the Justice , In fair round belly with good capon lined . " The word belly largely lapsed from use in ...
... English was used for both the bellows and the belly . Shakespeare , in As You Like It ( The Seven Ages of Man , ii , 7 ) , speaks of " the Justice , In fair round belly with good capon lined . " The word belly largely lapsed from use in ...
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... English can be concise in relation to other languages , as shown by the count of syllables in various transla- tions of the Latin Vulgate Gospel According to Mark : Teutonic languages , 32,650 Slavic languages , 36,500 in French ...
... English can be concise in relation to other languages , as shown by the count of syllables in various transla- tions of the Latin Vulgate Gospel According to Mark : Teutonic languages , 32,650 Slavic languages , 36,500 in French ...
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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 previa limitada - 2001 |
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Sin vista previa disponible - 2001 |
Términos y frases comunes
ambhi bhag bhel bher bhes bheu bhili bhreg called caput coined columns deik dekm dheigh N dheigh N 13 dhel dheu eghs ending English folk etymology folkchanged French genus gerbh ghdhem gher goddess Greek guei guel hence ieug imitative jing kapr kel VIII King kleu ksei ksun kuei kuetuer labh Latin leguh leuk literally Love's Labor's Lost meaning medhi morui nebh nekut neuos oino onomen pilo plek pleu prefix relevant words beginning Roman root sek II seku Shakespeare skeu slang smeit smer sner song sound spek sphei ster steu suer suffix tag II tereq teue tragh uegh ueid ueik ueks uelu uer II uerg uiro W. S. Gilbert whence
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