Open AccessENGLISH ETYMOLOGIES FROM THE POPULAR REGISTER (III)
Author(s) -
William Sayers
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
studia linguistica universatitatis cracoviensis/studia linguistica universitatis iagellonicae cracoviensis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.142
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2083-4624
pISSN - 1897-1059
DOI - 10.4467/20834624sl.17.001.6916
Subject(s) - register (sociolinguistics) , linguistics , history , philosophy
Difficulties in tracing the etymology of lexical isolates and loans from other languages are exemplified in the discussion of a gathering of English words previously without satisfactory explanations of origin.