The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Watkins CalvertPaperback
The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Watkins CalvertPaperback The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots traces over 13,000 words, representing nearly 1,350 basic…
Specifikacia The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Watkins CalvertPaperback
The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Watkins CalvertPaperback
The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots traces over 13,000 words, representing nearly 1,350 basic roots, to their origins in Proto-Indo-European, the prehistoric ancestor of English. Calvert Watkins, explaining how it is possible to reconstruct the words of an ancient and unwritten language and describing what scholars have discovered about Proto-Indo-European culture. The dictionary includes an introductory essay by Dr.
The Dictionary of Indo-European Roots is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the history of English and its place within the Indo-European language family. Interspersed throughout the body of the dictionary are Language and Culture notes that provide more detailed information on particularly interesting roots and the vocabulary derived from them.