Handbook of English-Japanese Etymology (Classic Reprint) - William Imbrie, 4th Edition, Paperback

• Release Date   2/5/2018
• ISBN-13   9781332773831 | 978-1-332-77383-1
• ISBN   1332773834 | 1-332-77383-4
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   William Imbrie
• Excerpt from Handbook of English-Japanese EtymologyThe fact is that the several foundation forms serve various purposes. One who wishes to name them may therefore take his choice. He may select some one marked feature and find in that the name, with however the certainty that it will prove more or less misleading. The only alternative is to content one's self with the simple numerical designations first, second, third, and fourth. To the writer the latter seems the better course: and he would have followed it, but for the desire to keep company with others. He has substituted stem for root because it is somewhat less misleading, and also because it has been adopted by Mr. Aston in the fourth edition of his Gram mar of the Japanese Spoken Language.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully. any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.