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      Origin Uncertain

      Anatoly Liberman

      Lost origins of words revealed. We like to recount that goodbye started out as "god be with you," that whiskey comes from the Gaelic for "water of life," or that…

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      Evgeny Boratynsky and the Russian Golden Age: Unstudied Words That Wove and Wavered

      Anatoly Liberman

      Evgeny Boratynsky and the Russian Golden Age is the first metrical and rhymed translation of nearly all the lyrics by Evgeny Boratynsky (1800-1844), one of the greatest poets of the…

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      Take My Word for It: A Dictionary of English Idioms

      Anatoly Liberman

      "Spanning more than three centuries, Take My Word for It is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind window into the surprisingly short history of idioms in English. Widely known for his studies of…

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      Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction

      Anatoly Liberman

      In this inaugural volume, Liberman addresses fifty-five words traditionally dismissed as being of unknown etymology. This unique resource discusses the main problems in the methodology of etymological research and contains…

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      Germanic Accentology

      Anatoly Liberman

      Germanic Accentology was first published in 1982. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota…

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      Bibliography of English Etymology: Sources and Word List

      Anatoly Liberman

      A Bibliography of English Etymology is a broadly conceptualized reference tool that provides source materials for etymological research. For each words etymology, there is a bibliographic entry that lists the…

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      Word Origins…And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone

      Anatoly Liberman (Professor of the Humanities, Professor of the Humanities, University of Minnesota)

      A guide to the science and process of etymology for the layperson. The book not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins…

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      Word Origins … And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone

      Anatoly Liberman (Professor of Germanic Philosophy, Professor of Germanic Philosophy, University of Minnesota)

      Telling the origins of hundreds of words, this funny, charming, and conversational book takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made…

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      Studies in General Linguistics and Language Structure

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      Jr N S Trubetzkoy (1890-1939) is generally celebrated as the creator of the science of phonology. This book contains articles and letters presenting Trubetzkoy’s work in general and Indo-European linguistics…

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      Old English Philology: Studies in Honour of R.D. Fulk

      Essays bringing out the crucial importance of philology for understanding Old English texts.

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