The Origins of English Words

Informationen zum Autor Joseph Twadell Shipley is the author of the highly acclaimed In Praise of English as well as twenty-six other books, including The Quest for Literature, Dictionary of Word Origins, and Dictionary of Early English. In a long and distinguished career he was president of the New York Drama Critics Circle, was a founder of Yeshiva College, and taught at the City College of New York. Klappentext Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science. Zusammenfassung Anecdotal! eclectic! and always enthusiastic! The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature! history! folklore! anthropology! philosophy! and science.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph T. Shipley, Joseph Twadell Shipley
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2001
• EAN: 9780801867842
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-6784-2
• No. of pages: 672
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Law; English, Historical & comparative linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics