Joseph Twadell Shipley

The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

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Produktbeschreibung

Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: Juli 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 993g
• ISBN-13: 9780801867842
• ISBN-10: 0801867843
• Artikelnr.: 22131187

Autorenporträt

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.