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Shipley, Joseph Twadell

 
9780801830044: The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
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ISBN 10: 0801830044 ISBN 13: 9780801830044
Editorial: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984

Sinopsis

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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Acerca del autor

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.

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Johns Hopkins University Press
Año de publicación
1984
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0801830044
ISBN 13 
9780801830044
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Número de páginas
672
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