On the study of words

Richard Chenevix Trench

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THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOSANGELES THE STUDY OF WORDS ON THE STUDY OF WORDS PV RICHARD CHKNEVIX D.D.TRKNCH, ARCHBISHOP is the of the human and at once'Language mind,armoury contains the ot its and the of itstrophies past, weapons future, conquests'- Coi.RRTDGR ' idle servants to shallow fools ! SHAKF.si'KAkii'Out, words, TWEN'/ T~-SE I 'EN"l'lf EDI I'ION BY L.REVISED A. M.A.urAYHElV, ' 1 Author Oldoj Synopsis oj 1'honotogyEnglish LONDON KEGAN TRUBNER & CO. LTD.TRENCH,PAUL, GERRARDDRYDEN HOUSE, \V.STREET, 1904 ' 1he rights of translation nnii cf College PREFACE TO THE TWENTIETH EDITION. 'IN all essential this edition of The Studypoints ' ofWords is the same book as the last edition. The aim of the editor has been to alter as little of Trench's work as InArchbishop possible. the of the in the order ofbook,arrangement the and in the in thechapters paragraphs, style, of the nomatter,general presentation change has been other the workmade. On the hand, has been revised and corrected. Athoroughly deal of and labour has of lategreat thought been bestowed on and thereEnglish philology, has been a advance in the ofgreat knowledge laws of thethe theregulating development sounds of and the result haswords,English that a oncebeen derivationmany generally has had to be asaccepted given up phonetically An has been made toattemptimpossible. the book of all erroneous andpurge etymologies, to correct in the text small matters of detail.

Sujets

• English language
• Etymology
• Semantics

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 9
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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THE LIBRARY
OF
THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA
LOSANGELESTHE
STUDY OF WORDSON THE
STUDY OF WORDS
PV
RICHARD CHKNEVIX D.D.TRKNCH,
ARCHBISHOP
is the of the human and at once'Language mind,armoury
contains the ot its and the of itstrophies past, weapons future,
conquests'- Coi.RRTDGR
'
idle servants to shallow fools ! SHAKF.si'KAkii'Out, words,
TWEN'/ T~-SE I 'EN"l'lf EDI I'ION
BY L.REVISED A. M.A.urAYHElV,
' 1
Author Oldoj Synopsis oj 1'honotogyEnglish
LONDON
KEGAN TRUBNER & CO. LTD.TRENCH,PAUL,
GERRARDDRYDEN HOUSE, \V.STREET,
1904'
1he rights of translation nnii <*J >cfCollege
PREFACE
TO
THE TWENTIETH EDITION.
'IN all essential this edition of The Studypoints
'
ofWords is the same book as the last edition.
The aim of the editor has been to alter as little
of Trench's work as InArchbishop possible.
the of the in the order ofbook,arrangement
the and in the in thechapters paragraphs, style,
of the nomatter,general presentation change
has been other the workmade. On the hand,
has been revised and corrected. Athoroughly
deal of and labour has of lategreat thought
been bestowed on and thereEnglish philology,
has been a advance in the ofgreat knowledge
laws of thethe theregulating development
sounds of and the result haswords,English
that a oncebeen derivationmany generally
has had to be asaccepted given up phonetically
An has been made toattemptimpossible.
the book of all erroneous andpurge etymologies,
to correct in the text small matters of detail.
inThere have also been added some footnotes,
which difficult are discussed and where
points
1221139vi Preface.
reference is to recent authorities. Allgiven
editorial whether in the text or inadditions,
the are enclosed in brackets. It isnotes, square
that the book as notit now stands doeshoped
contain in its details in-etymological anything
consistent with the latest discoveries of English
scholars.
A. L. MAYHEW.
WADHAM COLI.KI-.B, OXFORD:
1888.August
In the edition the work has beenpresent
revised and corrected. The Editorthoroughly
has received and correctionsmany suggestions
with reference to of andstyle(mainly questions
from Mr. ofGibbs, Dublin,punctuation) John
to whom he returns his best thanks. The
'
student is recommended to consult the New
and theDictionary' (N.E.D.) 'EnglishEnglish
'
Dialect for further informa-Dictionary (E.D.D.)
tion on words treated in this book. Archbishop
'
'
toTrench's Select will also be foundGlossary
'be a useful to The ofcompanion Studyvery
Words.'
L. M.A.
OXFORD :
1899.February