Lexical and Structural Etymology
Lexical and Structural Etymology

Author: Robert Mailhammer

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2013-01-30

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 161451058X

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Traditionally, etymology is concerned with the study of lexical items. However, in this book etymology is understood more generally as a research approach concerned with the question of how a particular word or structure came into existence. As a result, etymology can investigate the origin of words (lexical etymology) but also structural elements, such as morphemes and constructions (structural etymology). This pioneer volume assembles thirteen etymological studies over a broad range of languages, ranging from Europe to Australia and the Pacific, focusing in particular on Australian Indigenous languages. The phenomena investigated in the contributions comprise the origin of Australian Indigenous place names and kinship terms, constructions and word histories in Oceanic languages, typological investigations as well as papers on the methodology of etymological research. This volume is intended for a scholarly audience including intermediate and advanced university students with an interest in historical linguistic, especially in etymology, but also semantics, toponymy and language contact.

Handbook to the Birds of Australia, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
Handbook to the Birds of Australia, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Author: Emeritus Professor John Gould, (So

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-27

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 9781332811632

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Excerpt from Handbook to the Birds of Australia, Vol. 2 of 2 I shall follow the arrangement of these birds as it is in the folio edition as nearly as possible, and insert in their proper places those species which have been discovered since the completion of that work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.