In search of community

Lyall, Scott

Abstract

Community derives from the Latin root word communis (common), which itself breaks down into two possible derivations [...]. The first, com plus munis (what is indebted, bound, or obligated together), is thought to be more philologically accurate, while the second, com plus unus (what is together as one), carries the status of a folk- etymology.

Citation

Lyall, S. (2016). In search of community. In S. Lyall (Ed.), Community in Modern Scottish Literature (vii-xiii). Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers

• Publication Date: 2016-05
• Deposit Date: May 20, 2016
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: vii-xiii
• Book Title: Community in Modern Scottish Literature
• ISBN: 9789004317444
• Keywords: Community; Scottish literature; myth; identity
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/10245