The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001 - 672 страници 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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... perhaps , no longer exists . " He was right : the original speech , the primal Indo - European from which a hundred languages have flowered , was unwritten , and therefore left no records . It was al- most a century and a half later ...
... perhaps , no longer exists . " He was right : the original speech , the primal Indo - European from which a hundred languages have flowered , was unwritten , and therefore left no records . It was al- most a century and a half later ...
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... perhaps , were given figurative uses and applications . Thus the lan- guage grew with the growth of its makers and users , from nomads to farmers , to the citizen and his civilization ; from immediate concerns to general principles ...
... perhaps , were given figurative uses and applications . Thus the lan- guage grew with the growth of its makers and users , from nomads to farmers , to the citizen and his civilization ; from immediate concerns to general principles ...
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... perhaps most frequently . It is sometimes added , the root sound being " nasalized . " Thus the root tag : touch , gives us tangible and tan- gent as well as tact and tactile . Similarly sac : to make holy , whence sacred , sacer- dotal ...
... perhaps most frequently . It is sometimes added , the root sound being " nasalized . " Thus the root tag : touch , gives us tangible and tan- gent as well as tact and tactile . Similarly sac : to make holy , whence sacred , sacer- dotal ...
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