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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821749703321

Autore

Liberman Anatoly

Titolo

A bibliography of English etymology / / Anatoly Liberman with the assistance of Ari Hoptman and Nathan E. Carlson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8166-7062-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (974 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HoptmanAri

CarlsonNathan E

Disciplina

016.422

Soggetti

English language - Etymology

English language - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Volume I. Sources; Journal Abbreviation List; Bibliography; Supplement 1: Subject Reference; Supplement 2: Publications Containing Mainly Lists of Words Borrowed into English and Containing Little or No Discussion of Their Origin; Volume II. Word List; The Word List; Supplement 1: Thesaurus; Supplement 2: List of Regional Words Featured in This Volume; Supplement 3: English Words of Certain and Possible Celtic Origin; Supplement 4: List of Archaic Words Featured in This Volume; Supplement 5: List of Slang Words Featured in This Volume

Sommario/riassunto

Distinguished linguistics scholar Anatoly Liberman set out the frame for this volume in An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology. Here, Liberman's landmark scholarship lay the groundwork for his forthcoming multivolume analytic dictionary of the English language. A Bibliography of English Etymology is a broadly conceptualized reference tool that provides source materials for etymological research. For each word's etymology, there is a bibliographic entry that lists the word origin's primary sources, specifically, where it was first found in use. Featuring the history of more than 13,000 Eng