The Origins of English Words : A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

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.

著者

Shipley, Joseph T.

出版社

Johns Hopkins University Press

発売日

2001-07-01

価格

価格未定（税込・書誌情報提供：openBD）

ISBN

9780801867842

ページ数

672ページ

発売済み