Gerald Cohen, Stephen Goranson, Matthew Little

Origin of Kibosh

Routledge Studies in Etymology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is an etymological study of the origins of the word kibosh, which has long been one of the great mysteries of the English language. This monograph is one of the most significant etymological works directed at a single phrase.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9781138628953
• ISBN-10: 1138628956
• Artikelnr.: 49435839

Autorenporträt

Gerald Cohen is Professor of German and Russian, with a research specialty in etymology, at Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA. Stephen Goranson works in the library of Duke University, where he also earned a doctorate. Matthew Little is Associate Professor of English at Mississippi State University.

Inhaltsangabe

CHAPTER 1: Overview
CHAPTER 2: Introduction: 'Origin unknown'; previous works; chronology
CHAPTER 3: Penal Servitude! continued
CHAPTER 4: Spread of put the kibosh on from Cockney
CHAPTER 5: Kibosh in several newspaper accounts
CHAPTER 6: Additional attestations of kibosh
CHAPTER 7: Three competing etymologies are unconvincing
CHAPTER 8: General observations
APPENDICES
Appendix #1: Anatoly Liberman's 2013 article 'Three Recent
Theories of Kibosh, continued' (Aug. 14, 2013)
Appendix #2: kibosh-from-kurbash etymology, evidently first
Proposed by Matthew Little (Nov. 2009)
Appendix #3: Several newspaper items about chimney sweeps
Appendix #4: Political complexities in Britain of the early 1830s
Appendix #5: Notes & Queries items on a Yiddish origin of
kibosh/kybosh
Appendix #6: Two pictures illustrating use of the kurbash
REFERENCES
INDEX