Screen LibraryWord origins-- and how we know them：etymology for everyone
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford |
| Publication Dates: | c2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | vii, 312 p.: ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0195161475 (alk. paper) 9780195161472 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | H313 |
| CLC: | H313.9 |
| Call Number: | H313.9/L695 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-294) and indexes. The object of etymology -- The thing and the sign -- Sound imitative words -- Sound symbolism -- Folk etymology -- Words based on reduplication -- Infixation -- Disguised compounds -- Suffixes, prefixes, misdivision, and blends -- Words and names -- Coinages by known individuals -- Borrowed words -- A retrospect: the methods of etymology -- Sound laws -- Change of meaning in language history -- The origin of the earliest words and ancient roots -- The state of English etymology. |