内容简介
Fullyrevisedandupdatedbasedonthelatestlinguisticresearch,theAmericanHeritageDictionaryofIndo-EuropeanRoots,ThirdEditionbydistinguishedprofessorCalvertWatkinstracesover13,000wordsrepresentingnearly1,350basicrootstotheiroriginsinProto-Indo-European,theprehistoricancestorofEnglish.ThedictionaryincludesanintroductoryessaybyDr.Watkins,explaininghowitispossibletoreconstructthewordsofanancientandunwrittenlanguageanddescribingwhatscholarshavediscoveredaboutProto-Indo-Europeanculture.InterspersedthroughoutthebodyofthedictionaryareLanguageandCulturenotesthatprovidemoredetailedinformationonparticularlyinterestingrootsandthevocabularyderivedfromthem.TheDictionaryofIndo-EuropeanRootsisanindispensableresourceforanyoneinterestedinthehistoryofEnglishanditsplacewithintheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamily.
作者简介
CalvertWatkinsistheVictorS.ThomasProfessorofLinguisticsandtheClassics,Emeritus,atHarvardUniversity,andProfessor-in-ResidenceintheDepartmentofClassicsandthePrograminIndo-EuropeanStudiesattheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.HespecializesinIndo-Europeancomparativelinguistics,especiallyLatin,Greek,Celtic,Hittite,andcomparativemorphologyandpoetics.Hewrotethe“AppendixofIndo-EuropeanRoots”forthefirsteditionofTheAmericanHeritageDictionaryandhasreviseditforthethird,fourth,andfiftheditions.