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873614
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| Main Entry
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Liberman, Anatoly.
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| Title & Author
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Word origins-- and how we know them : : etymology for everyone /\ Anatoly Liberman.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2005.
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vii, 312 pages ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0195161475
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: 0195387074
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: 9780195161472
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: 9780195387070
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-294)-and indexes.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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"If you want to know more about the histories of words than you can find in a dictionary entry or a collection of (often erroneous) etymologies, this is the only book that can help you. A thorough investigation of the history of the science of etymology, Word Origins is the first book to make this arcane endeavor more accessible to the nonspecialist reader."--Jacket.
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| Subject
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English language-- Etymology.
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Anglais (Langue)-- Étymologie.
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English language-- Etymology.
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Etymologie
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Engels.
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Etymologie.
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Englisch.
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| Dewey Classification
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422
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| LC Classification
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PE1574.L43 2005
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| NLM classification
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17.16bcl
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18.04bcl
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