The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001 - 672 pagina's 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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... earth , water , air , fire ) . Cardinal is a good example of how meanings multiply . It has no Indo - European root , for the object it names did not exist in those roving days . When the Ro- mans built houses , and devised swinging ...
... earth , water , air , fire ) . Cardinal is a good example of how meanings multiply . It has no Indo - European root , for the object it names did not exist in those roving days . When the Ro- mans built houses , and devised swinging ...
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... earth , the pope . From the cassock of the cardinal the color is named ; from the color , ( 1 ) an 18th - century lady's cloak , ( 2 ) a bird , ( 3 ) a flower , ( 4 ) a fish - which seems oceans away from a door hinge . Germanic flug ...
... earth , the pope . From the cassock of the cardinal the color is named ; from the color , ( 1 ) an 18th - century lady's cloak , ( 2 ) a bird , ( 3 ) a flower , ( 4 ) a fish - which seems oceans away from a door hinge . Germanic flug ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2001 |
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2001 |
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