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Zusatztext ...a very thorough study of a large collection of data...this book offers a wealth of word histories that can be accessed in a flexible way by means of the extensive indices and table of contents. Informationen zum Autor D. Gary Miller is Professor of Linguistics and the Classics at the University of Florida. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1969, with a dissertation on Studies in Some Forms of the Genitive Singular in Indo-European. As well as numerous articles on Indo-European, classical, and general linguistics, his publications include Homer and the Ionian Epic Tradition (1982), Improvization, Typology, Culture, and 'The New Orthodoxy': How 'Oral' is Homer? (1982), Complex Verb Formation (1993), Ancient Scripts and Phonological Knowledge (1994), and Nonfinite Structures in Theory and Change (2002). Klappentext This is the fullest account ever published of Latin suffixes in English. It explores the rich variety of English words formed by the addition of one or more Latin suffixes, such as ial, -able, -ability, -ible, and -id. It traces the histories of over 3,000 words and reveals the range of derivational patterns in Indo-European, Latin, and English. It makes an important contribution to the history of English and Latin morphology and etymology, as well as to the history of suffixal derivation in Indo-European. Zusammenfassung Traces the histories of over 3,000 words, revealing the range of derivational patterns in Indo-European, Latin, and English. This book makes an important contribution to the history of both English and Latin morphology and etymology. It is useful for students of comparative morphology, historical and comparative linguistics, and lexicography. Inhaltsverzeichnis Aim and Coverage Etymological Dictionaries Citation of Indo-European Roots Acknowledgements Latin Sources and Periods Dating and Other Conventions List of Abbreviations 1: Derivation 2: Latin Non-Deverbal Nouns 3: Noun Suffixes on Verb Bases 4: Non-Deverbal Adjectives 5: Deverbal Adjectives 6: Verbal Suffixes Dictionaries Bibliographica Abbreviations References Indo-European Root Index Greek Index Latin Index English Index ...
