Word origins-- and how we know them : etymology for everyone / Anatoly Liberman.

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Main Author: Liberman, Anatoly
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, U.K. ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-294) and indexes. 
505 0 |a The object of etymology -- The thing and the sign -- Sound imitative words -- Sound symbolism -- Folk etymology -- Words based on reduplication -- Infixation -- Disguised compounds -- Suffixes, prefixes, misdivision, and blends -- Words and names -- Coinages by known individuals -- Borrowed words -- A retrospect: the methods of etymology -- Sound laws -- Change of meaning in language history -- The origin of the earliest words and ancient roots -- The state of English etymology. 
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