A bibliography of English etymology / Anatoly Liberman with the assistance of Ari Hoptman and Nathan E. Carlson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liberman, Anatoly.

Contributor:

Hoptman, Ari.

Carlson, Nathan E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Etymology--Bibliography.

English language.

English language--History--Bibliography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (974 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Distinguished linguistics scholar Anatoly Liberman set out the frame for this volume in An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology. Here, Liberman's landmark scholarship lay the groundwork for his forthcoming multivolume analytic dictionary of the English language. A Bibliography of English Etymology is a broadly conceptualized reference tool that provides source materials for etymological research. For each word's etymology, there is a bibliographic entry that lists the word origin's primary sources, specifically, where it was first found in use. Featuring the history of more than 13,000 Eng

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Volume I. Sources; Journal Abbreviation List; Bibliography; Supplement 1: Subject Reference; Supplement 2: Publications Containing Mainly Lists of Words Borrowed into English and Containing Little or No Discussion of Their Origin; Volume II. Word List; The Word List; Supplement 1: Thesaurus; Supplement 2: List of Regional Words Featured in This Volume; Supplement 3: English Words of Certain and Possible Celtic Origin; Supplement 4: List of Archaic Words Featured in This Volume; Supplement 5: List of Slang Words Featured in This Volume

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8166-7062-5

OCLC:

593325484