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Available
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Publication
Oxford University Press, USA (2005), Hardcover, 320 pages
Description
"If you want to know more about the histories of words than you can find in a dictionary entry or a collection of (often erroneous) etymologies, this is the only book that can help you. A thorough investigation of the history of the science of etymology, Word Origins is the first book to make this arcane endeavor more accessible to the nonspecialist reader."--Jacket.
User reviews
LibraryThing member kingcvcnc
Explains the "how" and "why" of etymology and the science behind the origins of words we use everyday. Part history and psart how-to manual
LibraryThing member cziering
I imagine it is difficult to write a book about etymology without becoming a dictionary. Liberman also confuses his audience getting too caught up in technicalities, but for a linguist not clarifying his orthography. At times he mentions phonetics and pronunciation, at others, nothing.
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Language
Pages
320
ISBN
0195161475 / 9780195161472