Les Cahiers de sciences naturelles, No. 2
Title: A Thesaurus of Bird Names. Etymology of European lexis through paradigms
Volume I: The names of birds. 1246 pages. Volume II. The paradigms. 1286 pages
Michel Desfayes, 1927-
Bibliographies
Key words:
Lexicology, dialectology, etymology; ornithology:
names of birds of Europe and the Middle East
Indo-European languages
Ancient languages
Modern language groups: Celtic, Romance, Slavic, Germanic, Albanian, Greek, Iranian, Basque, Hamito-Semitic, Caucasian
Latin American and Amerindian languages
Conception, page setting: | Jean-Claude Praz, Saillon, Switzerland |
Printing | Calligraphy, Sierre |
Binding | Imhof, Sion |
Cover | Pierrette Lega, Sion |
Published with the support of | Foundation Dr. Ignace Mariétan, Sion |
La Murithienne, Société valaisanne de sciences naturelles, Sion | |
État du Valais, Conseil de la culture, Sion | |
Swiss Academy of Sciences, Bern | |
Délégation valaisanne à la Loterie romande, Sion | |
Nos oiseaux, Société romande pour l'étude et la protection des | |
oiseaux, Neuchâtel | |
© Illustrations (CD-ROM) | Walter Linsenmaier, Paul Barruel. Museum of Natural History, |
La Chaux-de-Fonds. | |
© Bird songs | Jean C. Roché, 1990. Tous les oiseaux d'Europe. 4 audio CDs. |
Sittelle, rue des Jardins, F-38710 Mens, France. | |
© Word processing: | Epsitec S.A., Lausanne: Michael Walz; |
Jean-Marie Rouiller, Martigny | |
© CD-Rom Development | Icare Institut, Technopôle, 3960 Sierre - Switzerland |
© Cover: The Wren | Robert Hainard, Bernex, Geneva |
© 1999 | Musée cantonal d?Histoire naturelle |
La Murithienne, Société valaisanne de Sciences naturelles, Case | |
postale 2244, CH-1950 Sion 2N, Switzerland |
ISSN 1420-4223
ISBN 2-88426-021-8 (ISBN 2-88426-025-0 French edition )
Author's address: rue de Prévent, CH-1926, Fully, Switzerland. E-mail: mdesfaye@omedia.ch
Manufactured in Switzerland, 1999.