Monthly Gleanings, Part Two
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist & Reference | July 1, 2009
Anatoly Liberman’s monthy gleanings.
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist & Reference | July 1, 2009
Anatoly Liberman’s monthy gleanings.
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist & Reference | June 24, 2009
Anatoly Liberman chronicles the development of the “American variety of English” from its colonial origins through today.
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist & Reference | June 17, 2009
Oxford Etymologist, Anatoly Liberman, traces the roots of the word “yeomen.”
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist & Reference | June 10, 2009
Anatoly Liberman demonstrates the difficulty of tracing the origins of every day words–especially considering the lack of consensus among linguists.
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist & Reference | June 3, 2009
Anatoly looks at the word “bistro”.
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | May 27, 2009
Anatoly’s monthly gleanings.
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | May 20, 2009
Anatoly looks at the word “theodolite”.
Filed in A-Featured & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | May 13, 2009
Anatoly looks at the origin of the word “Wednesday”.
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist & Reference | May 6, 2009
Anatoly analyzes some interesting differences in spelling and pronunciation between American and British English.
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | April 29, 2009
Anatoly answers questions.