| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 187 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. The science of etymology : from "sound" laws to plausible conjectures -- 2. Nomen est omen : etymology and allegory -- 3. The names of heroes : Greek and Alexandrian etymologizing -- 4. Quartus gradus etymologiae : the Roman contribution -- 5. Allegorical etymology as a Denkform : the middle ages of Isidore -- 6. Emithologica : etymology's riddles from 1500 to 1700 -- 7. Redefining difference : allegorical etymology in de Man, Derrido, and Vico -- 7. Alternative routes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Etymology -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Allegories.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006021104 |
| ISBN |
0813216923 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813216928 (electronic bk.) |
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