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Word Origins ... And How We Know Them
Etymology for Everyone
Inbunden, 2005
614 kr
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"Millions of people want to know the origin of the words they use. Word columns in daily newspapers and numerous books attempt to satisfy their curiosity. Word histories are usually digested like pills: the user is interested in getting well, not in the chemistry of the prescribed medication. Those …
Word Origins...And How We Know Them
Etymology for Everyone
Häftad, 2009
294 kr
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Word Origins is the only guide to the science and process of etymology for the layperson. This funny, charming, and conversational book not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins were determined. Liberman, an internationally acclaimed etymologist, takes …
Origin Uncertain
Unraveling the Mysteries of Etymology
Inbunden, 2024
347 kr
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Lost origins of words revealed. We like to recount that goodbye started out as "god be with you," that whiskey comes from the Gaelic for "water of life," or that avocado originated as the Aztec word for "testicle." But there are many words with origins unknown, disputed, or so buried in old …
Origin Uncertain
Unraveling the Mysteries of Etymology
E-bok, 2024
319 kr
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Lost origins of words revealed. We like to recount that goodbye started out as "god be with you," that whiskey comes from the Gaelic for "water of life," or that avocado originated as the Aztec word for "testicle." But there are many words with origins unknown, disputed, or so buried in old …
Origin Uncertain
Unraveling the Mysteries of Etymology
E-bok, 2024
319 kr
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Lost origins of words revealed. We like to recount that goodbye started out as "god be with you," that whiskey comes from the Gaelic for "water of life," or that avocado originated as the Aztec word for "testicle." But there are many words with origins unknown, disputed, or so buried in old …
Word Origins ... and How We Know Them
Etymology for Everyone
E-bok, 2005
189 kr
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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 …
Word Origins ... and How We Know Them
Etymology for Everyone
E-bok, 2009
189 kr
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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 …
Germanic Accentology
Häftad, 1982
674 kr
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Germanic Accentology was first published in 1982. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.The Scandinavian languages are among the few living …
Studies in General Linguistics and Language Structure
Av N. S. Trubetzkoy, Anatoly Liberman
Inbunden, 2001
1340 kr
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Edited and with an introduction by Anatoly LibermanTranslated by Marvin Taylor and Anatoly LibermanN. S. Trubetzkoy (1890–1939) is generally celebrated today as the creator of the science of phonology. While his monumental GrundzÜge der Phonologie was published posthumously and contains a summary …
Studies in General Linguistics and Language Structure
Av N. S. Trubetzkoy, Anatoly Liberman
Häftad, 2001
326 kr
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Edited and with an introduction by Anatoly LibermanTranslated by Marvin Taylor and Anatoly LibermanN. S. Trubetzkoy (1890–1939) is generally celebrated today as the creator of the science of phonology. While his monumental GrundzÜge der Phonologie was published posthumously and contains a summary …
Take My Word for It
A Dictionary of English Idioms
Häftad, 2023
251 kr
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Three centuries of English idioms-their unusual origins and unexpected interpretationsTo pay through the nose. Raining cats and dogs. By hook or by crook. Curry favor. Drink like a fish. Eat crow. We hear such phrases every day, but this book is the first truly all-encompassing etymological guide …
Evgeny Boratynsky and the Russian Golden Age
Unstudied Words That Wove and Wavered
Inbunden, 2020
1516 kr
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Evgeny Boratynsky and the Russian Golden Age is the first translation of nearly all the lyrics by Evgeny Boratynsky (1800–1844), one of the greatest poets of the Golden Age of Russian poetry. The translation retains the meter and rhyming of the original. The commentary following each work provides …
Bibliography of English Etymology
Sources and Word List
Inbunden, 2009
2304 kr
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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 …
