Etymological Guide to the English Language
Author: John Wood (of Edinburgh.)
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Published: 1837
Total Pages: 270
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Author: John Wood (of Edinburgh.)
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Published: 1837
Total Pages: 270
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Walter William Skeat
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 832
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA detailed reference to the definitions, history and etymology of frequently-used primary words.
Author: Philip Durkin
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2011-07-07
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 0191618780
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis practical introduction to word history investigates every aspect of where words come from and how they change. Philip Durkin, chief etymologist of the Oxford English Dictionary, shows how different types of evidence can shed light on the myriad ways in which words change in form and meaning. He considers how such changes can be part of wider linguistic processes, or be influenced by a complex mixture of social and cultural factors. He illustrates every point with a wide range of fascinating examples. Dr Durkin investigates folk etymology and other changes which words undergo in everyday use. He shows how language families are established, how words in different languages can have a common ancester, and the ways in which the latter can be distinguished from words introduced through language contact. He examines the etymologies of the names of people and places. His focus is on English but he draws many examples from languages such as French, German, and Latin which cast light on the pre-histories of English words. The Oxford Guide to Etymology is reliable, readable, instructive, and enjoyable. Everyone interested in the history of words will value this account of an endlessly fascinating subject.
Author: English Language
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Published: 1850
Total Pages: 242
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Walter William Skeat
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Published: 1882
Total Pages: 838
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: English Language
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Published: 1864
Total Pages: 30
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: George Manson
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Published: 1856
Total Pages: 148
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Wood
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Published: 1837
Total Pages: 234
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gaston Dorren
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Published: 2015-12-01
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 0802190944
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSix thousand years. Sixty languages. One “brisk and breezy” whirlwind armchair tour of Europe “bulg[ing] with linguistic trivia” (The Wall Street Journal). Take a trip of the tongue across the continent in this fascinating, hilarious and highly edifying exploration of the many ways and whys of Euro-speaks—its idiosyncrasies, its histories, commonalities, and differences. Most European languages are descended from a single ancestor, a language not unlike Sanskrit known as Proto-Indo-European (or PIE for short), but the continent’s ever-changing borders and cultures have given rise to a linguistic and cultural diversity that is too often forgotten in discussions of Europe as a political entity. Lingo takes us into today’s remote mountain villages of Switzerland, where Romansh is still the lingua franca, to formerly Soviet Belarus, a country whose language was Russified by the Bolsheviks, to Sweden, where up until the 1960s polite speaking conventions required that one never use the word “you.” “In this bubbly linguistic endeavor, journalist and polyglot Dorren thoughtfully walks readers through the weird evolution of languages” (Publishers Weekly), and not just the usual suspects—French, German, Yiddish, irish, and Spanish, Here, too are the esoteric—Manx, Ossetian, Esperanto, Gagauz, and Sami, and that global headache called English. In its sixty bite-sized chapters, Dorret offers quirky and hilarious tidbits of illuminating facts, and also dispels long-held lingual misconceptions (no, Eskimos do not have 100 words for snow). Guaranteed to change the way you think about language, Lingo is a “lively and insightful . . . unique, page-turning book” (Minneapolis Star Tribune).
Author: English Language
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Published: 1857
Total Pages: 242
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