The semantic development of IE *weid- to the meaning ‘know’ and the possible contrast with IE *gneh3

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  • Trinidad Silva Department of Greek and Latin, University College London (Reino Unido)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.26.09

Keywords:

indo-european, lexical pairs, polysemy, verbs for “to know”

Abstract

This study is an attempt to trace the semantic development of the ie root *weid- and the possible contrast with the lexical pair *gneh3-. The analysis covers cross-linguistic comparison assessed diachronically in connection with historical linguistic phenomena and synchronically by the examination of two particular Greek authors, Homer and Plato, and some examples in the use of living languages such as Spanish, French and German.

Author Biography

Trinidad Silva, Department of Greek and Latin, University College London (Reino Unido)

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2012-12-31 — Updated on 2012-12-31

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Silva, T. (2012). The semantic development of IE *weid- to the meaning ‘know’ and the possible contrast with IE *gneh3. Onomázein, (26), 259–277. https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.26.09

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No. 26 (2012): Diciembre

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