Alternative Title
Pursuit of Linguistic Insight
Editor(s)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard, 1941-
Recommended Citation
Cohen, G. L. (1988). Etymology and Linguistic Principles: Volume 1. 1 Rolla , Missouri: Gerald Leonard Cohen.
Department(s)
Arts, Languages, and Philosophy
Document Type
Book
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Table of Contents
Preface – iv
Gerald Cohen: Towards a better linguistics textbooks – 1
Gerald Cohen: Etymology of Indo-Iranian ā̆rya ‘Aryan’ - 16
Gerald Cohen: Origin of the -j- suffix in Common Slavic *nasjo- ‘our’, *vasjo- ‘your’ – 40
Yakov Malkiel: The etymology, transmission, and derivational structure of Spanish torbellino: studies in an outgrowth of Western Tyrrhenian Latinity – 45
Nathan Susskind: Etymology of Yiddish daven- ‘pray’ – 67
Gerald Cohen: Contributions to the study of blending – 81
Gerald Cohen: Flat, flat out ‘simply’ – 95
Gerald Cohen: The accentuation of the short adjectives in Slavic: controversy and insight into general linguistics – 97
Gerald Cohen: Saussure, the great reconciler – 109
Gerald Cohen: Origin of the Linear B characters denoting A, E, I, U — 116
Gerald Cohen: Interjections as a source of standard morphological elements – 121
Gerald Cohen: Origin of the Greek particle de – 135
Gerald Cohen: Plural first, then singular – 137
Gary Bertrand: Clarifying the meaning and origin of Cajun fais-dodo – 140
Gerald Cohen: Why Zhivago in Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago? – 141
Gerald Cohen: Any conclusions? – 142
Index – 150
Rights
© 1988 Gerald Leonard Cohen, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 1988
