An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology

Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology

Название: An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction
Автор: Anatoly Liberman
Издание: Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008, 368 pages
Язык: English

Аннотация:

This unique work discusses the main problems in the methodology of etymological research and contains indexes of subjects, names, and all of the root words. Each entry is a full-fledged article, shedding light for the first time on the source of some of the most widely disputed word origins in the English language.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Supplement: The Etymologies at a Glance
II. The Purpose and Content of a New Dictionary of English Etymology
III. Abbreviations of Linguistics Terms, Names of Languages, etc.
V. Bibliography
VI. Index of Subjects
VII. Index of Words
VIII. Index of Personal and Place Names

Этот словарь - работа профессора, преподавателя кафедры германской филологии Массачусетского Университета Анатолия Либермана. В словаре детально рассмотрены ряд слов с неизвестной ранее или спорной этимологией.