Lexical and Structural Etymology : Beyond Word Histories.
This pioneer volume assembles thirteen etymological studies covering a broad range of languages, focusing in particular Australian Indigenous languages. Etymology is understood in a broad sense as a type of historical research that aims at investigating the origin of a word (lexical etymology) or st...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
De Gruyter,
2013.
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Colección: | Studies in Language Change SLC.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This pioneer volume assembles thirteen etymological studies covering a broad range of languages, focusing in particular Australian Indigenous languages. Etymology is understood in a broad sense as a type of historical research that aims at investigating the origin of a word (lexical etymology) or structure (structural etymology). The phenomena investigated in the contributions comprise Australian Indigenous place names and kinship terms, constructions and word histories in Oceanic languages, typological investigations and papers on the methodology of etymological research. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (336 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781614510581 161451058X 1299723853 9781299723856 1614510598 9781614510598 |