Query: Courses in Etymology

[Laurence Horn]

On Oct 31, 2011, at 1:14 PM, Eric Nielsen wrote:

> Cecilia A. E. Luschnig used to teach a class called "English Word Origins"
> at the Univ. of Idaho. She retired some years ago, and I don't know whether
> her successor took over for her.
> It is still listed in their course catalog and as an independent study
> course.
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> http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/isi/Syllabi/flen243.pdf
>
> She authored several books on the subject:


These (the three just below) look great from the brief description on amazon, but not having an extra $50-$65 of disposable income with which to dispose I was hoping to find copies in the Yale library, which turns out to possess 14 of her actual classics books, including my favorite, _Gorgon's Severed Head_.

LH


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> http://www.amazon.com/Etyma-C-Luschnig/dp/0819125717/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_4
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> http://www.amazon.com/Etymidion-Students-Workbook-Vocabulary-Building/dp/0819148385/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_8
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> http://www.amazon.com/Etymidion-II-C-Luschnig/dp/0819193879/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_5
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> As well as one of the standard texts for learning ancient Greek:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Ancient-Greek-Literary-Approach/dp/0872208893/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1
>
> I went to the U. of Idaho to study Systematic Botany, Geology, and Forestry
> and ended up majoring in Classics and Microbiology. Of all the subjects I
> studied, I found Classics to have the best teachers, IMHO. I didn't take a
> Linguistics class until I went to the Univ. of Wisc., and then I was
> thoroughly hooked: I've been a language dilettante ever since.
>
> Eric
>
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:
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>> At U. Minnesota Anatoly Liberman's Courses Taught list includes
>> Honors Course: The Origin of English Words.
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>> http://gsd.umn.edu/people/profile.php?UID=aliber
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>> Stephen Goranson
>> http://www.duke.edu/~goranson
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>> My course called "Structure and History of English Words" (and its
>> predecessor, "Words and Meaning") has a lot of etymology (and etymythology)
>> in it, but it's not an etymology course per se.  Other courses with similar
>> coverage, such as those taught by Suzanne Kemmer at Rice and (if he's still
>> doing it) Will Leben at Stanford are similar in this respect.
>>
>> LH
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>> On Oct 29, 2011, at 2:08 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
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>>> This is just for curiosity:  Does anyone know of any college courses in
>> etymology taught in the U.S.?
>>> I know that various scholars are interested in etymology, but does
>> anyone actually teach a course
>>> in it?
>>>
>>> I've been teaching one for some years now but am wondering if there's
>> anyone else out there doing likewise.
>>>
>>> Gerald Cohen
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