A Bibliography of English Etymology

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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816667721
Total Pages : 975 pages
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Book Synopsis A Bibliography of English Etymology by : Anatoly Liberman

Download or read book A Bibliography of English Etymology written by Anatoly Liberman and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distinguished linguistics scholar Anatoly Liberman set out the frame for this volume in An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology. Here, Liberman's landmark scholarship lay the groundwork for his forthcoming multivolume analytic dictionary of the English language. A Bibliography of English Etymology is a broadly conceptualized reference tool that provides source materials for etymological research. For each word's etymology, there is a bibliographic entry that lists the word origin's primary sources, specifically, where it was first found in use. Featuring the history of more than 13,000 English words, their cognates, and their foreign antonyms, this is a full-fledged compendium of resources indispensable to any scholar of word origins.

An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology

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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452913218
Total Pages : 413 pages
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Book Synopsis An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology by : Anatoly Liberman

Download or read book An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology written by Anatoly Liberman and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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."

Etymology and the Invention of English in Early Modern Literature

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107041767
Total Pages : 231 pages
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Book Synopsis Etymology and the Invention of English in Early Modern Literature by : Hannah Crawforth

Download or read book Etymology and the Invention of English in Early Modern Literature written by Hannah Crawforth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crawforth presents a major re-reading of early modern poetry, demonstrating its debt to the emergence of linguistics in the period.

The Oxford Guide to Etymology

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Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191618780
Total Pages : 360 pages
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Book Synopsis The Oxford Guide to Etymology by : Philip Durkin

Download or read book The Oxford Guide to Etymology written by Philip Durkin and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 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.

Word Origins And How We Know Them

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199889015
Total Pages : 336 pages
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Book Synopsis Word Origins And How We Know Them by : Anatoly Liberman

Download or read book Word Origins And How We Know Them written by Anatoly Liberman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymology, making this little-known field accessible to everyone interested in the history of words. Anatoly Liberman, an internationally acclaimed etymologist, takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the origins of words. Every chapter is packed with dozens of examples of proven word histories, used to illustrate the correct ways to trace the origins of words as well as some of the egregiously bad ways to trace them. He not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins were determined. And along the way, the reader is treated to a wealth of fascinating word facts. Did they once have bells in a belfry? No, the original meaning of belfry was siege tower. Are the words isle and island, raven and ravenous, or pan and pantry related etymologically? No, though they look strikingly similar, these words came to English via different routes. Partly a history, partly a how-to, and completely entertaining, Word Origins invites readers behind the scenes to watch an etymologist at work.

The History of Ink

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Publisher : New York : T. Davids
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

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Total Pages : 838 pages
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Book Synopsis An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by : Walter William Skeat

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Middle English Dictionary

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Total Pages : 0 pages
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The Word

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Publisher : SP Books
ISBN 13 : 9781561719426
Total Pages : 324 pages
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Book Synopsis The Word by : Isaac Mozeson

Download or read book The Word written by Isaac Mozeson and published by SP Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark dictionary proves that English words can be traced back to the universal, original language, Biblical Hebrew. Genesis II supports a 'Mother Tongue' thesis, and the Bible also claims that Adam named the animals. This may seem difficult to accept, but then why do the translations of the following animals' names: Skunk, Gopher, Giraffe and Horse actually have corresponding meanings in Biblical Hebrew, such as: Stinker, Digger, Neck and Plower? The book features overwhelming data suggesting that the roots of all human words are universal, and that words have related synonyms and antonyms that must have been intelligently designed (perhaps by the designer of life himself!) The current hypothesis that language evolved from grunting ape-men may seem like the flat earth theory after reading this book. The 22,000 English-Hebrew links provide surprising evidence, and open new worlds of understanding, once we consider that all of these similar words could not be coincidences.

A Dictionary of English Etymology

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Total Pages : 562 pages
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Book Synopsis A Dictionary of English Etymology by : Hensleigh Wedgwood

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Principles of English Etymology

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 610 pages
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Book Synopsis Principles of English Etymology by : Walter William Skeat

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The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology

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Publisher : New York : H.W. Wilson Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1364 pages
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Book Synopsis The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology by : Robert K. Barnhart

Download or read book The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology written by Robert K. Barnhart and published by New York : H.W. Wilson Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 1364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains over 30,000 entries with word derivations, spelling, pronunciation, and meanings. Also traces how the meanings have developed over time.

The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 1, 600-1660

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521200042
Total Pages : 1322 pages
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Book Synopsis The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 1, 600-1660 by : George Watson

Download or read book The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 1, 600-1660 written by George Watson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1974-08-29 with total page 1322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than fifty specialists have contributed to this new edition of volume 1 of The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. The design of the original work has established itself so firmly as a workable solution to the immense problems of analysis, articulation and coordination that it has been retained in all its essentials for the new edition. The task of the new contributors has been to revise and integrate the lists of 1940 and 1957, to add materials of the following decade, to correct and refine the bibliographical details already available, and to re-shape the whole according to a new series of conventions devised to give greater clarity and consistency to the entries.

The Origins of English Words

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Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801896436
Total Pages : 672 pages
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Origins of the English Language, a Social and Linguistic History

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Total Pages : 440 pages
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Book Synopsis Origins of the English Language, a Social and Linguistic History by : Joseph M. Williams

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The Cambridge bibliography of English literature. 3. 1800 - 1900

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Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1132 pages
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Origins of the Specious

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Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812978102
Total Pages : 290 pages
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Download or read book Origins of the Specious written by Patricia T. O'Conner and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you cringe when a talking head pronounces “niche” as NITCH? Do you get bent out of shape when your teenager begins a sentence with “and”? Do you think British spellings are more “civilised” than the American versions? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you’re myth-informed. In Origins of the Specious, word mavens Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman reveal why some of grammar’s best-known “rules” aren’t—and never were—rules at all. This playfully witty, rigorously researched book sets the record straight about bogus word origins, politically correct fictions, phony français, fake acronyms, and more. Here are some shockers: “They” was once commonly used for both singular and plural, much the way “you” is today. And an eighteenth-century female grammarian, of all people, is largely responsible for the all-purpose “he.” From the Queen’s English to street slang, this eye-opening romp will be the toast of grammarphiles and the salvation of grammarphobes. Take our word for it.