ISBN10: 0801867843, ISBN13: 9780801867842, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press 2001-07-01, Baltimore] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]

ISBN10: 0801867843, ISBN13: 9780801867842, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD] Softcover Paperback. 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 this work, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the process by which some of their offshoots have grown. Anecdotal, eclectic and enthusiastic, the book offers a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy and science. Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
[Stevenage, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
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