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Word Origins ... And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone [Hardback]

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  • Formāts: Hardback, 320 pages, height x width x depth: 216x147x28 mm, weight: 526 g, Frontispiece
  • Izdošanas datums: 17-Mar-2005
  • Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0195161475
  • ISBN-13: 9780195161472
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 320 pages, height x width x depth: 216x147x28 mm, weight: 526 g, Frontispiece
  • Izdošanas datums: 17-Mar-2005
  • Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0195161475
  • ISBN-13: 9780195161472
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"Millions of people want to know the origin of the words they use. Word columns in daily newspapers and numerous books attempt to satisfy their curiosity. Word histories are usually digested like pills: the user is interested in getting well, not in the chemistry of the prescribed medication. Those who send letters to the Editor also want a straight answer without bothering about how "editors" come by their knowledge. Therefore, they fail to realize that etymologies are seldom definitive and that the science of etymology is intensely interesting. Perhaps if someone explained to them that, compared to the drama of words, Hamlet is a light farce, they might develop a more informed attitude toward philological research and become students of historical linguistics rather than gullible consumers of journalists' pap."

This is how Anatoly Liberman begins Etymology for Everyone, the only guide to the science and process of etymology for the layperson. This funny, charming, and conversational book not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins were determined. Liberman, a world-renowned etymologist, takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the origins of words.

Part history, part how-to, and completely entertaining, Etymology for Everyone invites readers behind the scenes to watch an etymologist at work.

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"Word Origins is chock full of intriguing, accessible insights into how our language has evolved, mutated and otherwise morphed over thousands of years."--Pulse "The erudite and winsome Liberman explains his work as an etymologist, which includes historical cases to crack and tall tales to debunk."--Chicago Tribune "While Anatoly Liberman's study of the English language covers such interesting topics as sound-imitative words, compounds, coinages, and borrowings, it does so in a way that actually manages to be dense and scholarly and tongue-in-cheek and amusing, all at the same time."--Library Media Connection "Those seriously interested in the origins of our language, who actively want to find out more about the way etymologists work, and who along the way don't mind taking in some sobering guidance on the pitfalls of ferreting out word histories."--World Wide Words "As a sideline to his long ongoing work on a new etymological dictionary of English, Liberman enlightens general readers...about the challenges faced by etymologists in tracing word origins and evolved meanins. His explanations cover philosophical musings, historical debates in the field, and words imitating sounds."--Reference & Research Book News "It may sound simple, but etymology -- the study of word origins -- is in fact murky and tedious, if unfailingly fascinating. Liberman's book is an examination of the process of determining how a word originated, and it shows how complex his craft can be."--Chicago Tribune

in which the author introduces himself, assumes a confidential tone, and suggests that etymology and entomology are different sciences, or
The Object of Etymology
1(6)
in which another important distinction, this time between words and things, is made, or
The Thing and the Sign
7(8)
which descends from philosophical heights to cooing doves and mooing cows and explains in passing that sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander and that boys will be boys, or
Sound Imitative Words
15(13)
which makes sense because it is sound. Mooing cows and cooing doves give way to sleazy politicians, but they unite later to produce a coherent theory of word formation, or
Sound Symbolism
28(16)
in which people take the cause of word origins in hand, or
Folk Etymology
44(10)
in which words dilly-dally, shilly-shally, and play tick-tack-toe in disregard of the hubbub they produce, or
Words Based on Reduplication
54(10)
which extols swelling from within, or
Infixation
64(10)
which makes it clear that although swelling is good, shrinking is also good, or
Disguised Compounds
74(13)
which proves beyond reasonable doubt that disguise and treason are everywhere, or
Suffixes, Prefixes, Misdivision, and Blends
87(19)
which suggests that in the world of words, anonymity is the greatest reward, or
Words and Names
106(20)
in which history pretends to raise its veil, or
Coinages by Known Individuals
126(9)
whose main theme is the mixed blessing of globalization, or
Borrowed Words
135(22)
in which the plot does not thicken, or
A Retrospect: The Methods of Etymology
157(10)
in which etymology becomes a science, rejoices, and then has second thoughts, or
Sound Laws
167(24)
in which nothing means what it says, or
Change of Meaning in Language History
191(26)
in which the author meanders a little (as is his wont) but then comes to the root of the matter, or
The Origin of the Earliest Words and Ancient Roots
217(19)
in which the author surveys the scene and treads the downward slope, or
The State of English Etymology
236(14)
in which the author, having reaped the word wind, comes full circle and takes farewell of his readers in the hope of meeting them again, or
Conclusion
250(3)
Notes 253(42)
Index of English Words 295(9)
Name Index 304(6)
Subject Index 310


Anatoly Liberman is a Fesler-Lampert Professor of the Humanities at the University of Minnesota. For the past fourteen years, he has been working on a new etymological dictionary of English. He lives in Minneapolis.