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Written as a tool for students ages 12-14. Derivations for 11,450 commonly used words. A brief history of the English language, common symbols and terms found in dictionary derivations, a glossary of terms.
Author : Heron Books
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Page : 356 pages
File Size : 35,77 MB
Release : 2020-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780897392068
Written as a tool for students ages 12-14. Derivations for 11,450 commonly used words. A brief history of the English language, common symbols and terms found in dictionary derivations, a glossary of terms.
Author : Robert Sullivan
Publisher :
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,56 MB
Release : 1857
Category : English language
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Author : Robert Joseph Sullivan
Publisher :
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,35 MB
Release : 1834
Category : English language
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Author : Robert Sullivan
Publisher :
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,3 MB
Release : 1838
Category : English language
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Author : Anatoly Liberman
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 22,40 MB
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1452913218
This work introduces renowned linguistics scholar Anatoly Liberman's comprehensive dictionary and bibliography of the etymology of English words. The English etymological dictionaries published in the past claim to have solved the mysteries of word origins even when those origins have been widely disputed. An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology "by contrast, discusses all of the existing derivations of English words and proposes the best one. In the inaugural volume, Liberman addresses fifty-five words traditionally dismissed as being of unknown etymology. Some of the entries are among the most commonly used words in English, including man, boy, girl, bird, brain, understand, key, ever, " and yet." Others are slang: mooch, nudge, pimp, filch, gawk, " and skedaddle." Many, such as beacon, oat, hemlock, ivy," and toad," have existed for centuries, whereas some have appeared more recently, for example, slang, kitty-corner, " and Jeep." They are all united by their etymological obscurity. This unique resource book discusses the main problems in the methodology of etymological research and contains indexes of subjects, names, and all of the root words. Each entry is a full-fledged article, shedding light for the first time on the source of some of the most widely disputed word origins in the English language. "Anatoly Liberman is one of the leading scholars in the field of English etymology. Undoubtedly his work will be an indispensable tool for the ongoing revision of the etymological component of the entries in the Oxford English Dictionary."" --Bernhard Diensberg, OED" consultant, French etymologies Anatoly Liberman is professor of Germanic philology at the University of Minnesota. He has published many works, including 16 books, most recently Word Origins . . . and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone."
Author :
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Page : 406 pages
File Size : 18,65 MB
Release : 1872
Category : English language
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Author : Robert Sullivan
Publisher :
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 27,6 MB
Release : 1872
Category : English language
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Author : Jordan Almond
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 12,94 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780806517131
This dictionary gives the intriguing origins of hundreds of everyday words and expressions. Useful for reference and fun just for browsing, Dictionary of Word Origins is also a great way to expand vocabulary and enjoy doing it.
Author : Robert SULLIVAN (LL.D.)
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Page : 300 pages
File Size : 13,10 MB
Release : 1838
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Author : Julia Cresswell
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 41,14 MB
Release : 2010-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0199547939
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explore the origin, evolution, and social history of over three thousand English language words.