The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001 M07 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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... Shipley. Language is the garden of man's mind; its fertility, and its beauty, rise from its roots. Il faut cultiver notre jardin. —Candide Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION FREQUENT WORD FORMS AND TRANSFORMATIONS NOTES ON.
... Shipley. Language is the garden of man's mind; its fertility, and its beauty, rise from its roots. Il faut cultiver notre jardin. —Candide Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION FREQUENT WORD FORMS AND TRANSFORMATIONS NOTES ON.
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... beauty, have helped brighten the text, have helped to form this book and me. More specifically, I wish to extend thanks to Ruth Busch for her painstaking and patient preparation of the index of English words. Thanks go most closely to ...
... beauty, have helped brighten the text, have helped to form this book and me. More specifically, I wish to extend thanks to Ruth Busch for her painstaking and patient preparation of the index of English words. Thanks go most closely to ...
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... on the Amstel River. English (Shakespeare's) Harry le Roi was Prince Hal. From the “gramarye” of medieval witchcraft and alchemy, grammar and glamour (originally a spell, still the spell of beauty) are variants of a single.
... on the Amstel River. English (Shakespeare's) Harry le Roi was Prince Hal. From the “gramarye” of medieval witchcraft and alchemy, grammar and glamour (originally a spell, still the spell of beauty) are variants of a single.
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... beauty) are variants of a single word. From amphora came ampulla and ampoule. A peregrine is a pilgrim. The medieval name for Majorca was Majolica, which still names a style of pottery from that island. Angola and angora are both from ...
... beauty) are variants of a single word. From amphora came ampulla and ampoule. A peregrine is a pilgrim. The medieval name for Majorca was Majolica, which still names a style of pottery from that island. Angola and angora are both from ...
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... beauty; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath; pale primeroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength—a malady Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and The crown ...
... beauty; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath; pale primeroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength—a malady Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and The crown ...
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