Author : Joseph Twadell Shipley
Release : 2001-07-01
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 436/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Origins of English Words by : Joseph Twadell Shipley
Download or read book The Origins of English Words written by Joseph Twadell Shipley. This book was released on 2001-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.