The Oxford Guide to Etymology

Autor*innen

• Philip Durkin

Parameter

• 360 Seiten
• 13 Lesestunden

• Linguistik
• Sachliteratur
• Wissenschaft

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The best introduction to word history ever published combines scholarship with readability. OED's chief etymologist shows how words originate and change. He explores the histories of place and personal names and explains how to use different kinds of evidence, historical as well as linguistic. This is a book for everyone interested in words.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Einband: Paperback