The Oxford Guide to Etymology

Autori

• Philip Durkin

Parametri

• 360 pagine
• 13 ore di lettura

• Linguistica
• Saggistica
• Scienza

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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.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2011

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