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Durkinreviewpublished pdf See discussions stats and author pro ?les for this publication at https www researchgate net publication Philip Durkin The Oxford guide to etymology Oxford Oxford University Press Pp x Hardback ? Article in English Language and L

See discussions stats and author pro ?les for this publication at https www researchgate net publication Philip Durkin The Oxford guide to etymology Oxford Oxford University Press Pp x Hardback ? Article in English Language and Linguistics March DOI S CITATIONS author Paul Roberge University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PUBLICATIONS CITATIONS SEE PROFILE READS All content following this page was uploaded by Paul Roberge on September The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded ?le CREVIEWS Received June doi S Philip Durkin The Oxford guide to etymology Oxford Oxford University Press Pp x Hardback ? Reviewed by Paul T Roberge University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Stellenbosch The term etymology in the volume under review as in most modern discussions is de ?ned as the investigation of word histories generally and also as an account of the origin and historical development of individual words As a scholarly practice etymology has traditionally been concerned most especially but not exclusively with ? those areas where there is a doubt about a stage in a word ? s history or where the documentary record fails us ? p similarly pp Words and lexicalized phrases and their origins and shifting meanings are obviously enough of central concern to professional lexicographers historical linguists and philologists But they have intrigued non-specialist scholars and lay persons with a very wide variety of interests and intellectual backgrounds The author of this work is principal etymologist for the Oxford English Dictionary and has lectured broadcast and published regularly on English etymology He addresses this practical introduction ? to anyone who has taken the important ?rst step of realizing that etymologies are the result of research and would like to discover something about the nature of that research and the principles and methodologies which underlie it ? p ix The take-away point for readers entirely new to the ?eld is that the compressed etymologies that one ?nds in many standard dictionaries are the product of extensive research which can be dif ?cult and fraught with uncertainties Durkin has further attempted ? to frame this book so that it is addressed most centrally to someone who has an interest in historical linguistics Etymology is a part of this wider ?eld and anyone ? s understanding of etymology will be greatly enriched by at least some acquaintance with the broader concerns of the discipline as a whole ? p ix Most of the data are drawn from English The narrow focus is o ?set by the opportunity for readers to avail themselves of current etymological research for the third edition of the OED with which the author is personally involved Though not unprecedented internationally cf Seebold a textbook dedicated speci ?cally to etymology is very much to be welcomed The book consists of nine substantive chapters and a brief conclusion which are followed by a glossary suggestions for further reading references a general index and an index of word forms The ?rst chapter lays out some