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Author | : T. F. Hoad |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1993-06-03 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780192830982 |
Where did the words bungalow and assassin derive? What did nice mean in the Middle Ages? How were adder, anger, and umpire originally spelt? The answers can be found in this essential companion to any popular dictionary. With over 17,000 entries, this is the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to word origins available in paperback. Based on The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, the principal authority on the origin and development of English words, it contains a wealth of information about our language and its history.
Author | : Arnaud Zucker |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2021-01-18 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3110714876 |
This volume on Greek synchronic etymology offers a set of papers evidencing the cultural significance of etymological commitment in ancient and medieval literature. The four sections illustrate the variety of approaches of the same object, which for Greek writers was much more than a technical way of studying language. Contributions focus on the functions of etymology as they were intended by the authors according to their own aims. (1) “Philosophical issues” addresses the theory of etymology and its explanatory power, especially in Plato and in Neoplatonism. (2) “Linguistic issues” discusses various etymologizing techniques and the status of etymology, which was criticized and openly rejected by some authors. (3) “Poetical practices of etymology” investigates the ubiquitous presence of etymological reflections in learned poetry, whatever the genre, didactic, aetiological or epic. (4) “Etymology and word-plays” addresses the vexed question of the limit between a mere pun and a real etymological explanation, which is more than once difficult to establish. The wide range of genres and authors and the interplay between theoretical reflection and applied practice shows clearly the importance of etymology in Greek thought.
Author | : Friedrich Kluge |
Publisher | : London : G. Bell & sons |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : German language |
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Author | : Wolf Leslau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 856 |
Release | : 1979 |
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Author | : Wolf Leslau |
Publisher | : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Total Pages | : 982 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : English language |
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Author | : David Wilton |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2008-11-06 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0199740836 |
Do you "know" that posh comes from an acronym meaning "port out, starboard home"? That "the whole nine yards" comes from (pick one) the length of a WWII gunner's belt; the amount of fabric needed to make a kilt; a sarcastic football expression? That Chicago is called "The Windy City" because of the bloviating habits of its politicians, and not the breeze off the lake? If so, you need this book. David Wilton debunks the most persistently wrong word histories, and gives, to the best of our actual knowledge, the real stories behind these perennially mis-etymologized words. In addition, he explains why these wrong stories are created, disseminated, and persist, even after being corrected time and time again. What makes us cling to these stories, when the truth behind these words and phrases is available, for the most part, at any library or on the Internet? Arranged by chapters, this book avoids a dry A-Z format. Chapters separate misetymologies by kind, including The Perils of Political Correctness (picnics have nothing to do with lynchings), Posh, Phat Pommies (the problems of bacronyming--the desire to make every word into an acronym), and CANOE (which stands for the Conspiracy to Attribute Nautical Origins to Everything). Word Myths corrects long-held and far-flung examples of wrong etymologies, without taking the fun out of etymology itself. It's the best of both worlds: not only do you learn the many wrong stories behind these words, you also learn why and how they are created--and what the real story is.
Author | : Robert Mailhammer |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2013-01-30 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 161451058X |
Traditionally, etymology is concerned with the study of lexical items. However, in this book etymology is understood more generally as a research approach concerned with the question of how a particular word or structure came into existence. As a result, etymology can investigate the origin of words (lexical etymology) but also structural elements, such as morphemes and constructions (structural etymology). This pioneer volume assembles thirteen etymological studies over a broad range of languages, ranging from Europe to Australia and the Pacific, focusing in particular on Australian Indigenous languages. The phenomena investigated in the contributions comprise the origin of Australian Indigenous place names and kinship terms, constructions and word histories in Oceanic languages, typological investigations as well as papers on the methodology of etymological research. This volume is intended for a scholarly audience including intermediate and advanced university students with an interest in historical linguistic, especially in etymology, but also semantics, toponymy and language contact.
Author | : Wolf Leslau |
Publisher | : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Total Pages | : 2956 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9783447020411 |
Author | : Christopher Sten |
Publisher | : Kent State University Press |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780873385602 |
An account of Christopher Sten's close encounter of Moby Dick. This work argues that Melville was not only familiar with traditional forms of narrative but that he refined them and appropriated them to his own original purposes.
Author | : Albert Jack |
Publisher | : Metro Publishing |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 2007-04-10 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1782192743 |
Have you ever wondered what phrases such as 'square meal', 'load of old codswallop', 'egg on your face' or 'in the limelight' mean? Where do they come from? Have you ever taken a moment to wonder what we say actually means? The origins of hundreds of common phrases are explained in this irreverent journey through the most fascinating and richest regions of the English language. In a book that takes you all over the world, from nautical origins to food and drink terms, once you have learnt one phrase, you will be eager to learn them all! From the drop of a hat to the bitter end - you'll be surprised and intrigued and you'll never speak English in the same way again.