MDS 422
Wording: Language English & Old English languages Etymology of standard English
Dewmoji: ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ง?
0 Computer science, information & general works 252,013 โน๏ธ | 1 Philosophy and Psychology 270,129 🧠 | 2 Religion 681,242 ๐ | 3 Social sciences 1,328,382 ๐ซ | 4 Language 209,883 ๐ฌ | 5 Natural sciences & mathematics 431,918 ๐ฌ | 6 Technology 940,635 ๐ก | 7 Arts & recreation 1,031,850 ๐จ | 8 Literature & rhetoric 1,436,736 ๐ | 9 History & geography 837,760 ๐บ๏ธ |
40 Language 13,557 ๐ฌ | 41 Linguistics 21,813 ๐ท | 42 English & Old English languages 75,967 ๐ฌ๐ง | 43 German & related languages 17,305 ๐ฉ๐ช | 44 French & related languages 13,576 ๐ซ๐ท | 45 Italian, Romanian & related languages 6,561 ๐ฎ๐น | 46 Spanish, Portuguese, Galician 16,763 ๐ช๐ธ | 47 Latin & Italic languages 4,908 ๐ | 48 Classical Greek and related Hellenic languages 4,822 ๐ฌ๐ท | 49 Other languages 34,611 ๐จ |
420 English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) 5,315 ๐ฌ๐ง | 421 Writing system, phonology, phonetics of standard English 2,995 | 422 Etymology of standard English 982 | 423 Dictionaries of standard English 6,185 ๐ | 424 [Formerly: Synonyms and Homonyms] 152 | 425 Grammar of standard English 2,357 | 426 [Formerly: English Prosody] 200 | 427 Historical and geographic variations, modern nongeographic variations of English 2,526 ๐ | 428 Standard English usage (Prescriptive linguistics) 54,932 ๐ซ | 429 Old English (Anglo-Saxon) 323 แตน |
422.0 standard subdivisions 157 | 422.1 [formerly: Origin and laws of language] 19 | 422.2 [formerly: Prefixes; Suffixes] 4 | 422.3 [formerly: Reduplication] 1 | 422.4 Elements from foreign languages 146 | 422.5 [formerly: Noun forms: case, number, diminutives] 1 | 422.6 [formerly: Adjectival forms; Degrees of comparison] | 422.7 [formerly: Pronominal forms: personal, relative, possessive, etc.] | 422.8 [formerly: Verbal forms: moods, tenses, voices, etc.] | 422.9 [formerly: Particles: adverbs, prepositions, etc.] 2 |
Selected Works under MDS 422 (982)
905 items
- The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
- Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words by John Ayto
- Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society by Raymond Williams
- The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
- Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott
- Why Do We Say It?: The Stories Behind the Words, Expressions and Cliches We Use by Castle Books
- The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson
- Forgotten English by Jeffrey Kacirk
- The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by C. T. Onions
- Heavens to Betsy!: And Other Curious Sayings by Charles Earle Funk
- The Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal
- Word Origins: An Exploration and History of Words and Language by Wilfred Funk
- Thereby Hangs a Tale by Charles Earle Funk
- Red Herrings and White Elephants by Albert Jack
- The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English by Henry Hitchings
- The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories by Merriam-Webster
- The F-Word by Jesse Sheidlower
- The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology by Walter W. Skeat
- The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories by Glynnis Chantrell
- Why You Say It: The Fascinating Stories Behind Over 600 Everyday Words and Phrases by Webb Garrison
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