The American Heritage Dictionary Of Indo European Roots

Author : Calvert Watkins
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618082506
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots written by Calvert Watkins and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the nature, origins, and development of language and lists the meanings and associated word for more than thirteen thousand Indo-European root words.

Author : Fiona McPherson
Publisher : Wayz Press
ISBN 13 : 1927166403
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indo-European Cognate Dictionary written by Fiona McPherson and published by Wayz Press. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dictionary of cognate words in 32 Indo-European languages.

Author : The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547350333
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Curious George's Dictionary written by The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008-08-27 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curious George gets curious about words in this illustrated dictionary designed for children from preschool through kindergarten. In an illustrated introduction to this unique dictionary, Curious George learns how to look up words before embarking on an educational adventure through a vocabulary list chosen specifically for children ages four to six. The dictionary itself presents approximately 600 words, with six words to a page. Each entry is illustrated with a full-color drawing, and more than half of the illustrations include a sample sentence that puts the word in context. At the end of the book, eight full-page features present groups of thematically related words such as colors, shapes, and numbers.

Author : Houghton Mifflin Company
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ISBN 13 : 9780618378074
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roget's Pocket Thesaurus written by Houghton Mifflin Company and published by . This book was released on 2003-09-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roget's Pocket Thesaurus is a handy guide to key English synonyms. Main entries contain full paragraphs detailing nuances of meaning and usage among related synonyms, often including example sentences or phrases. Other entries provide a core meaning and a selected list of the most important synonyms. A convenient appendix groups related nouns, adjectives, prefixes, and suffixes -- a browser's delight.

Author : Calvert Watkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195085957
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Kill a Dragon written by Calvert Watkins and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In How to Kill a Dragon Calvert Watkins follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. He uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original common language. Thus, Watkins reveals the antiquity and tenacity of the Indo-European poetic tradition. Watkins begins this study with an introduction to the field of comparative Indo-European poetics; he explores the Saussurian notions of synchrony and diachrony, and locates the various Indo-European traditions and ideologies of the spoken word. Further, his overview presents case studies on the forms of verbal art, with selected texts drawn from Indic, Iranian, Greek, Latin, Hittite, Armenian, Celtic, and Germanic languages. In the remainder of the book, Watkins examines in detail the structure of the dragon/serpent-slaying myths, which recur in various guises throughout the Indo-European poetic tradition. He finds the "signature" formula for the myth--the divine hero who slays the serpent or overcomes adversaries--occurs in the same linguistic form in a wide range of sources and over millennia, including Old and Middle Iranian holy books, Greek epic, Celtic and Germanic sagas, down to Armenian oral folk epic of the last century. Watkins argues that this formula is the vehicle for the central theme of a proto-text, and a central part of the symbolic culture of speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language: the relation of humans to their universe, the values and expectations of their society. Therefore, he further argues, poetry was a social necessity for Indo- European society, where the poet could confer on patrons what they and their culture valued above all else: "imperishable fame."

Author : Joseph Twadell Shipley
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801896436
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origins of English Words written by Joseph Twadell Shipley and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science.

Author : Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547350260
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses written by Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avoid vocabulary mistakes with this fun guide to tricky and troublesome words! With concise and authoritative usage notes from the editors of the American Heritage® Dictionaries, this guide explains common English-language errors—whether it’s mixing up affect and effect; blatant and flagrant; or disinterested and uninterested, or stumbling over sound-alikes including discrete/discreet or principal/principle. Other notes tackle such classic irritants as hopefully, impact, and aggravate, as well as problematic words like peruse and presently. A great read for anyone who cares about getting it right, 100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses can help keep writers and speakers on the up-and-up!

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Download or read book The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains over 350,000 entries and meanings. Word definitions are further enhanced by examples of use, usage notes and a newly revised appendix of Indo-European roots.

Author : Editors of Editors of the American Heritage Di
Publisher : Clarion Books
ISBN 13 : 9781328787354
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The American Heritage Children's Dictionary written by Editors of Editors of the American Heritage Di and published by Clarion Books. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dictionary for the elementary school student with introductory explanatory material.

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ISBN 13 : 9780618835959
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Download or read book The American Heritage College Dictionary written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes definitions, explanatory photographs and illustrations, and guidelines for using the dictionary.