The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001 M07 1 - 672 páginas 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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... earlier words. In the Romance languages all nouns are still either masculine or feminine (in German, or neuter); the adjectives vary in form (French le, la; German der, die, das) to fit the gender of the noun. English nouns have but ...
... earlier words. In the Romance languages all nouns are still either masculine or feminine (in German, or neuter); the adjectives vary in form (French le, la; German der, die, das) to fit the gender of the noun. English nouns have but ...
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... earlier English, such words as author and Catholic were spoken with a t sound, as we still say Thomas. Shakespeare punned in his title Much Ado About Nothing (pronounced Noting): to carry along the plot, many things must be noted, as by ...
... earlier English, such words as author and Catholic were spoken with a t sound, as we still say Thomas. Shakespeare punned in his title Much Ado About Nothing (pronounced Noting): to carry along the plot, many things must be noted, as by ...
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... earlier pundigrion, from the Italian punctiglio, meaning a fine point, as in the English punctilio. W. S. Gilbert, for the plot of The Pirates of Penzance, takes advantage of the confusion: nursemaid Ruth apprentices her ward Frederic ...
... earlier pundigrion, from the Italian punctiglio, meaning a fine point, as in the English punctilio. W. S. Gilbert, for the plot of The Pirates of Penzance, takes advantage of the confusion: nursemaid Ruth apprentices her ward Frederic ...
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... earlier English rethorick. Sometimes the word borrowed directly from the classics gives more intensity to the meaning: thus, Germanic fire, French flame, Latin conflagration, Greek holocaust (total burning). Since the Renaissance, most ...
... earlier English rethorick. Sometimes the word borrowed directly from the classics gives more intensity to the meaning: thus, Germanic fire, French flame, Latin conflagration, Greek holocaust (total burning). Since the Renaissance, most ...
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... earlier, the Trojan horse, within the belly of which hid the Greeks that captured the city. As man's most useful neighbor, the horse found frequent reference. The word and listed compounds take up 12 OED columns; others are detailed in ...
... earlier, the Trojan horse, within the belly of which hid the Greeks that captured the city. As man's most useful neighbor, the horse found frequent reference. The word and listed compounds take up 12 OED columns; others are detailed in ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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