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Overview"Fully revised and updated, THE AMERICAN HERITAGE(R) DICTIONARY OF INDO-EUROPEAN ROOTS remains an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the history of English and its place in the Indo-European language family. More than 13,000 words are traced to their origins in Proto-Indo-European, the prehistoric ancestor of English that was spoken before the advent of writing. In Calvert Watkins's skilled hands, Proto-Indo-European language and society are rendered as alive and compelling as they must have been six thousand years ago. His introductory essay shows how words in an unrecorded ancient language can be reconstructed and offers a wealth of fascinating information about Proto-Indo-European culture. The dictionary that follows contains nearly 1,350 reconstructed roots, plus two dozen new ""Language and Culture"" notes that explore interesting sidelights to the etymologies presented in many entries." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Calvert Watkins , Calvert WatkinsPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Imprint: Houghton Mifflin (Trade) Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.317kg ISBN: 9780618082506ISBN 10: 0618082506 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 14 September 2000 Audience: General/trade , General/trade , General , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |