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Word Origins...And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone Book

Word Origins...And How We Know Them : Paperback : Oxford University Press Inc : 9780195387070 : 0195387074 : 30 Apr 2009 : Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymology, making this little-known field accessible to everyone interested in the history of words. Anatoly Liberman, an internationally acclaimed etymologist, takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the origins of words. Every chapter is ...Read More

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  • Blackwell

    Word Origins is the only guide to the science and process of etymology for the layperson. This funny, charming, and conversational book not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins were determined.

  • 0195387074
  • 9780195387070
  • Anatoly Liberman
  • 30 April 2009
  • OUP USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 336
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