The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsThere 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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The word anthem by itself, however, means a hymn of praise or loyalty, such as the national anthem; from Greek antiphonos (a voice against), it was originally a song chanted alternately by two choirs. In this sense, we have taken ...
The word anthem by itself, however, means a hymn of praise or loyalty, such as the national anthem; from Greek antiphonos (a voice against), it was originally a song chanted alternately by two choirs. In this sense, we have taken ...
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Leigh Hunt, after two years' imprisonment for his articles about the prince regent, showed his criminal tendencies in the Song of the Fairies (1818): Stolen sweets are always sweeter; Stolen kisses much completer; Stolen looks are nice ...
Leigh Hunt, after two years' imprisonment for his articles about the prince regent, showed his criminal tendencies in the Song of the Fairies (1818): Stolen sweets are always sweeter; Stolen kisses much completer; Stolen looks are nice ...
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Gk tragos: tragedy: goat song; tragic, etc. In their dramatic contests the ancient Greeks presented three plays (a trilogy) on a tragic theme, followed by a burlesque satyr play. A satyr is a goatlike demigod; hence goat song; also, ...
Gk tragos: tragedy: goat song; tragic, etc. In their dramatic contests the ancient Greeks presented three plays (a trilogy) on a tragic theme, followed by a burlesque satyr play. A satyr is a goatlike demigod; hence goat song; also, ...
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Fr aubade: dawn song. auburn, meaning influenced by brown. L dealbare, Fr dauber; daub. “Perfidious Albion”: England, so called by the French, who approached by the white cliffs of Dover. ambhi: around, both. Some of its uses fuse with ...
Fr aubade: dawn song. auburn, meaning influenced by brown. L dealbare, Fr dauber; daub. “Perfidious Albion”: England, so called by the French, who approached by the white cliffs of Dover. ambhi: around, both. Some of its uses fuse with ...
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John O'Keeffe, called by Hazlitt “the English Molière,” was victim of a student parody, of a song from The Agreeable Surprise (1793). Here are two stanzas with the chorus after the laughingly lubricated perversion: For other instances, ...
John O'Keeffe, called by Hazlitt “the English Molière,” was victim of a student parody, of a song from The Agreeable Surprise (1793). Here are two stanzas with the chorus after the laughingly lubricated perversion: For other instances, ...
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| Título | The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots The Origins of English Words |
| Autor | Joseph Twadell Shipley |
| Editor | JHU Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0801896436, 9780801896439 |
| Largo | 672 páginas |
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