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. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 93
Página
... known world. From Shem came the Semites, Arabs and Jews. The children of Ham went into Egypt and down the African continent. The children of Japheth went into Asia Minor, where Noah's greatgrandson Nimrod built the Tower of Babel. They ...
... known world. From Shem came the Semites, Arabs and Jews. The children of Ham went into Egypt and down the African continent. The children of Japheth went into Asia Minor, where Noah's greatgrandson Nimrod built the Tower of Babel. They ...
Página
... known as Grimm's Law, established in 1822 by the fairy tale man, Jakob Grimm. Here it is, as applied to English. Words that in early times began with one of the sounds listed below, may later have changed to the next sound to the right ...
... known as Grimm's Law, established in 1822 by the fairy tale man, Jakob Grimm. Here it is, as applied to English. Words that in early times began with one of the sounds listed below, may later have changed to the next sound to the right ...
Página
... known colloquially as Dolly and Molly.” The Spanish officer coronel is French colonel, each sounded as spelled; English spells it the French way, but returns to the r and sounds it like the inside of a nut. Greek aster and Latin stella ...
... known colloquially as Dolly and Molly.” The Spanish officer coronel is French colonel, each sounded as spelled; English spells it the French way, but returns to the r and sounds it like the inside of a nut. Greek aster and Latin stella ...
Página
... known is his one-time honorificabilitudinitatibus, with its long alternation of consonants and vowels. Less well known is the fact that of the 17,677 words Shakespeare used in his works, well over 1700 are recorded there for the first ...
... known is his one-time honorificabilitudinitatibus, with its long alternation of consonants and vowels. Less well known is the fact that of the 17,677 words Shakespeare used in his works, well over 1700 are recorded there for the first ...
Página
... known as euphemism, has changed many an unpleasant word, and it still functions in many forms. Behind a woman's back, one might remark that her face would stop a clock; to her, it would be more diplomatic to declare: “Whenever I look at ...
... known as euphemism, has changed many an unpleasant word, and it still functions in many forms. Behind a woman's back, one might remark that her face would stop a clock; to her, it would be more diplomatic to declare: “Whenever I look at ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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 de fragmentos - 1984 |
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Sin vista previa disponible - 2001 |
Términos y frases comunes
ancient animal applied associated beauty became bird body called coined color columns comes common compounds Dictionary earlier early earth element ending England English especially figuratively folkchanged four French frequent genus gives Greek hand head hence hold horse human imitative Italy John King known land language later Latin leaves letters light lists literally live Lord mark meaning meant mind nature never Note one’s originally perhaps person pictured plant play Possibly prefix probably referred Roman root says sense Shakespeare shape short shortened song sound speaks stand star suggested term things translation tree turn usually whence woman words beginning wrote young