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A newly revised study of the history of the English language discusses the nature, origins, and development of language and lists the meanings and associated words for more than thirteen thousand Indo-European root words, accompanied by "Language and Culture" notes, background information about Proto-Indo-European culture, and reconstructed root words.
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CALVERT WATKINS is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Linguistics and the Classics at Harvard University and a leading expert in Indo-European studies. The recipient of numerous awards and honors, he is the author of several books, including the critically acclaimed How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics. He resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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THE AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF INDO-EUROPEAN ROOTS
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Houghton Mifflin, 2000
ISBN 10: 0395986109
ISBN 13: 9780395986103
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