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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... speak scornfully of Franglais , the acceptance of English expressions . And recently the Soviet Union has protested against the " corruption " of Russian by English absorptions . English , on the contrary , welcomes new words that ...
... speak scornfully of Franglais , the acceptance of English expressions . And recently the Soviet Union has protested against the " corruption " of Russian by English absorptions . English , on the contrary , welcomes new words that ...
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... speaks- Note , notes , forsooth , and nothing . For fear that the word crotchets will not alert the modern reader , a footnote in the 1952 G. B. Harrison edition notes : " Nothing : a pun on noting . " ( We need not make much ado about ...
... speaks- Note , notes , forsooth , and nothing . For fear that the word crotchets will not alert the modern reader , a footnote in the 1952 G. B. Harrison edition notes : " Nothing : a pun on noting . " ( We need not make much ado about ...
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... speaks of twin sisters Dorothy and Margaret , " 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 ...
... speaks of twin sisters Dorothy and Margaret , " 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 ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley No preview available - 2001 |
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