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The American heritage dictionary of Indo-European roots / revised and edited by Calvert Watkins.
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Language
English
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3rd ed.
Published/Created
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ©2011.
Description
xxxix, 151 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Indo-European languages
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Roots
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English language
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Etymology
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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.
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ISBN
9780547549446
054754944X
LCCN
2011018794
OCLC
723529648
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