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Re: IELang

From:Paul Bennett <paul.bennett@...>
Date:Thursday, November 11, 1999, 12:28
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; ************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. *************************************************************