The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

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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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

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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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

by Joseph Twadell Shipley
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

by Joseph Twadell Shipley

Overview

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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ISBN-13: 9780801896439
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 07/01/2001
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 672
File size: 18 MB
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Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Joseph Twadell Shipley is the author of the highly acclaimed In Praise of English as well as twenty-six other books, including The Quest for Literature, Dictionary of Word Origins, and Dictionary of Early English. In a long and distinguished career he was president of the New York Drama Critics Circle, was a founder of Yeshiva College, and taught at the City College of New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Frequent Word Forms and Transformations
Notes on Usage
Bibliography
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Indo-European roots
Index of English Words

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