Re: IELang

On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Paul Bennett wrote:

> andrew>>>>>>
> Am 11/10 17:48  nicole perrin yscrifef:
> > Hmm...what do you mean, "language list"?  I have a New College Edition
> > American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:  it's bright red
> > and has a list of IE langs inside the back cover.  It's more of a chart
> > than a list, but it's still really cool.  My parents have another
> > dictionary downstairs with a table almost like it.  This one has several
> > things about IndoEuropean though:  There are articles about "A Brief
> > History of the English Language," "The Indo-European Origin of English,"
> > and the appendices "Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans" and
> > "Indo-European Roots," as well as a table of Indo-European sound
> > correspondences to numerous dead and living languages.  Is this what
> > you're talking about at all?
> >
> Yes, that's the one I mean.  It seems to have legendary status among
> some linguafictors for that list of "Indo-European Roots."
> <<<<<<
>
> In London, And Rosta suggested this dictionary to me, or specifically an
> appendix by Carl Darling Buck.  I've ordered the following from Amazon, is it
> the right one?  Or, is it an acceptable substitute?
>
>
> "A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principle Indo-European Languages : A
>       Contribution to the History of Ideas"
>
>  - Carl Darling Buck; Paperback;
There is also _The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European
Roots_ which sports a nice introduction by Calvert Watkins. My
copy is well-thumbed and sitting on my desk at home. I found it
at a used book store in Tucson for about $4.00; I don't know if
it is still in print.

Dirk

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Dirk Elzinga
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