Latin Suffixal Derivatives in English: and Their Indo-European Ancestry

Author:   D. Gary Miller
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199285051


Pages:   424
Publication Date:   20 July 2006
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Latin Suffixal Derivatives in English: and Their Indo-European Ancestry


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Author:   D. Gary Miller
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.774kg
ISBN:  

9780199285051


ISBN 10:   0199285055
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   20 July 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780199646432
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Aim and Coverage Etymological Dictionaries Citation of Indo-European Roots Acknowledgements Latin Sources and Periods Dating and Other Conventions List of Abbreviations 1: Derivation 2: Latin Non-Deverbal Nouns 3: Noun Suffixes on Verb Bases 4: Non-Deverbal Adjectives 5: Deverbal Adjectives 6: Verbal Suffixes Dictionaries Bibliographica Abbreviations References Indo-European Root Index Greek Index Latin Index English Index

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[An] innovative study... Every etymologist and every morphologist will consult this book with profit. Morphology ...a very thorough study of a large collection of data...this book offers a wealth of word histories that can be accessed in a flexible way by means of the extensive indices and table of contents. International Journal of Lexicography, Volume 20, Number 4


[An] innovative study... Every etymologist and every morphologist will consult this book with profit. Morphology ...a very thorough study of a large collection of data...this book offers a wealth of word histories that can be accessed in a flexible way by means of the extensive indices and table of contents. International Journal of Lexicography, Volume 20, Number 4


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D. Gary Miller is Professor of Linguistics and the Classics at the University of Florida. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1969, with a dissertation on Studies in Some Forms of the Genitive Singular in Indo-European. As well as numerous articles on Indo-European, classical, and general linguistics, his publications include Homer and the Ionian Epic Tradition (1982), Improvization, Typology, Culture, and 'The New Orthodoxy': How 'Oral' is Homer? (1982), Complex Verb Formation (1993), Ancient Scripts and Phonological Knowledge (1994), and Nonfinite Structures in Theory and Change (2002).

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