The American heritage dictionary of Indo-European roots / revised and edited by Calvert Watkins.

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Book
Language
English
Εdition
3rd ed.
Published/​Created
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ©2011.
Description
xxxix, 151 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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            Summary note
            Fully revised and updated based on the latest linguistic research, the "American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Third Edition" by distinguished professor Calvert Watkins traces over 13,000 words representing nearly 1,350 basic roots to their origins in Proto-Indo-European, the prehistoric ancestor of English. The dictionary includes an introductory essay by Dr. Watkins, explaining how it is possible to reconstruct the words of an ancient and unwritten language and describing what scholars have discovered about Proto-Indo-European culture. Interspersed throughout the body of the dictionary are Language and Culture notes that provide more detailed information on particularly interesting roots and the vocabulary derived from them. The Dictionary of Indo-European Roots is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the history of English and its place within the Indo-European language family.
            Notes
            Includes index.
            Contents
            • Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans
            • Guide to the dictionary
            • Indo-European roots
            • Index
            • Table of Indo-European sound correspondences
            • Chart of Indo-European family of languages.
            ISBN
            • 9780547549446
            • 054754944X
            LCCN
            2011018794
            OCLC
            723529648
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