The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 01/07/2001 - 672 páginas 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. |
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... play. Don Pedro, urging Balthasar to sing (act 2, scene 3), says: Don Pedro: ... if thou wilt hold longer argument, Do it in notes. Balthasar: Note this before my notes; There's not a note of mine that's worth the noting. Don Pedro: Why ...
... play. Don Pedro, urging Balthasar to sing (act 2, scene 3), says: Don Pedro: ... if thou wilt hold longer argument, Do it in notes. Balthasar: Note this before my notes; There's not a note of mine that's worth the noting. Don Pedro: Why ...
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... play The Poetaster Ben Jonson makes John Marston spew out the words retrograde, damp, strenuous, spurious, defunct, clumsy, prorump, obstupefact, ventositous; the last three died aborning, although obstupefact sounds worth a ...
... play The Poetaster Ben Jonson makes John Marston spew out the words retrograde, damp, strenuous, spurious, defunct, clumsy, prorump, obstupefact, ventositous; the last three died aborning, although obstupefact sounds worth a ...
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... play a part in word creation. Talking, said the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, “is like playing on the harp: there is as much in laying the hands on the strings to stop their vibrations as in twanging on them to bring out their music ...
... play a part in word creation. Talking, said the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, “is like playing on the harp: there is as much in laying the hands on the strings to stop their vibrations as in twanging on them to bring out their music ...
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... play from tongue to tongue. English Alps is French Alpes. Little change of sound. But with one spelling what we call Paris the French call Paree. English pine (the tree) is French pin (sounded pa-nasalized); reverse the languages, and ...
... play from tongue to tongue. English Alps is French Alpes. Little change of sound. But with one spelling what we call Paris the French call Paree. English pine (the tree) is French pin (sounded pa-nasalized); reverse the languages, and ...
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... play the devil with the youngsters before long—'and the oldsters too, if you come to that,' added the Major.” auld lang syne. “The old man has already done what the young man hopes to do: live long.” al II: beyond, other. Gk allos ...
... play the devil with the youngsters before long—'and the oldsters too, if you come to that,' added the Major.” auld lang syne. “The old man has already done what the young man hopes to do: live long.” al II: beyond, other. Gk allos ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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