10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ETYMOLOGIST»
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etymologist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
etymologist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Etymologist of Aesops Fables Containing the Construing ...
This series includes many translations, some illustrated, of some of the most well-known mythologies of today. The collection includes Aesop's Fables and English fairy tales, as well as many Greek, Latin and even Oriental parables.
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Veering: A Theory of Literature
The murderous men in 'The Etymologist' are clearly not Coleridgean. They do not
seem to have had much in the way of that 'wild pleasure' evoked in 'Frost at
Midnight', which falls upon the ear 'Most like articulate sounds of things to come' ...
3
Homilies on Genesis and Exodus
The etymologist has broken the Hebrew word Yisr&'el into syllables. The final
syllable is 'el ("God"). His derivation of the first part of the word, however, is
obscure. Perhaps he saw a connection with the verb Mr ("to behold" or "look"). 18
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African Roots/American Cultures: Africa in the Creation of ...
The patronizing response I received from an etymologist began by
acknowledging Dalby's "genuine knowledge of African languages." The
etymologist then went on, contradictorily, to question the validity of Dalby's
linguistic observations and ...
5
Baptism in Its Mode and Subjects
So far from having authority in theological controversy, their researches have no
authority in criticism, with respect to the useof words in classical writers. Classical
writers are an authority to the etymologist, but the etymologist cannot give law to ...
Rev. Alexander Carson,
1857
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Perspectives on Historical Linguistics
The responsibility for carrying out such a mission falls squarely on the shoulders
of the etymologist. He can no longer discuss a word's origin or trace its spatio-
temporal growth and then wait for the student of phonology or morphology to
seek ...
Winfred Philipp Lehmann, Yakov Malkiel,
1982
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Diachronic Studies in Romance Linguistics: Papers presented ...
HENRY KAHANE THE ETYMOLOGIST AS A TRANSFORMATIONALIST 1.
Among the contemporary favorites of linguistic enquiries, the subfield of
etymology plays a humble role, as we all recognize, some with pleasure and
some with ...
Mario Saltarelli, Dieter Wanner,
1975
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Baptism, It's Mode and Subjects
Classical writers are an authority to the etymologist, but the etymologist cannot
give law to the classics. The etymologist must collect, and from use ascertain, the
various meanings of a word, — on the authority of which he may venture a ...
9
Post-Structuralism and the Question of History
It's not hard to imagine the etymology and the paranomasia exchanged, and a
poet exploiting the echo between sty-ward and steward while an etymologist
derives guilt from gild and gold (no doubt f1nding a useful stepping-stone in
German ...
Derek Attridge, Geoff Bennington, Robert Young,
1989
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The Oxford Guide to Etymology
Our initial investigation of the comparative method has given a first illustration of
the methodology of an etymologist. Various aspects of this methodology will take
up most of the rest of this book. We will end this first chapter by considering ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ETYMOLOGIST»
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The history of the word 'bad', Chapter 2
Anatoly Liberman's column on word origins, The Oxford Etymologist, .... Another dissenter was Charles P. G. Scott, the etymologist for The ... «OUPblog, Jul 15»
Monthly etymology gleanings for June 2015
Anatoly Liberman's column on word origins, The Oxford Etymologist, appears on the OUPblog each Wednesday. Subscribe to Anatoly ... «OUPblog, Jul 15»
The best food podcasts
And Eat It Too! is one for the etymologist eaters out there, with each episode dissecting a particular food-inspired phrase (such as “to sugarcoat” ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
S&T etymologist receives lifetime achievement award
Dr. Gerald Cohen, professor of foreign languages at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was recently recognized with a lifetime ... «The Rolla Daily News, Jun 15»
On the hunt for the origins of local phrases
But a devoted etymologist found two 1912 articles in The Mount Vernon Signal in Kentucky promising to "tell" the "whole six yards" of a story. «Fremont News Messenger, Jun 15»
Missouri S&T etymologist recognized for lifetime achievement
Dr. Gerald Cohen, professor of foreign languages at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was recently recognized with a lifetime ... «Missouri S&T News and Research, Jun 15»
An etymologist fidgets on a bad bed. Part 1: “Bed.”
An etymologist fidgets on a bad bed. ... Anatoly Liberman's column on word origins, The Oxford Etymologist, appears on the OUPblog each ... «OUPblog, Jun 15»
Bugs: a postscript
Anatoly Liberman's column on word origins, The Oxford Etymologist, .... the eighteen-seventies, was an astute etymologist, as follows from both ... «OUPblog, Jun 15»
Spelling Out the Consequences
The well-known linguist and etymologist Anatoly Liberman of the University of Minnesota is its president. So who knows? They might just make ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jun 15»
Putting one's foot into it
Anatoly Liberman's column on word origins, The Oxford Etymologist, appears on the OUPblog each Wednesday. Subscribe to Anatoly ... «OUPblog, May 15»