The founder of Wordsmith.org explores the fascinating origins and history behind more than three hundred words, names, terms, and phrases, including the etymology of such items as deipnosophist, philomath, illeist, accismus, petrichor, and more. Original. 35,000 first printing.
| Titel |
The Dord, the Diglot, and an Avocado or Two |
| Auteur |
Garg, Anu |
| Mediatype |
Boek |
| Bindwijze |
Paperback |
| Taal |
Engels |
| Aantal pagina's |
180 |
| Uitgever |
Plume |
| Plaats van publicatie |
01 |
| Publicatiedatum |
30-10-2007 |
| NUR |
Engelse taal, letterkunde en cultuur |
| Gewicht |
150 gr
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| ISBN/ISBN13 |
9780452288614 |
| Introduction |
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Hidden Lives of Everyday Words |
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1 | (10) |
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Didn't You Just Make This Up? |
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11 | (8) |
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19 | (12) |
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31 | (12) |
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There Is Even a Word for That |
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43 | (12) |
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Fictional Characters Who Came Alive |
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55 | (10) |
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65 | (8) |
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Dickensian Characters Who Became Words |
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73 | (10) |
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Words to Describe People: Insults |
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83 | (8) |
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Streets That Became Metaphors |
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91 | (6) |
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How Do You Measure the Warmth of Clothes? |
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97 | (12) |
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109 | (14) |
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Lexicographer, There Is a Fly in My Language! |
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123 | (8) |
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Words About Words and Languages |
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131 | (12) |
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143 | (14) |
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Ultimately We Are All Related: The Story of Indo-European |
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157 | (8) |
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These Sound Good---Let's Copy Them! |
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165 | (5) |
| Answers to Puzdes |
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170 | (7) |
| Acknowledgments |
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177 | (1) |
| Index of Terms |
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178 | |
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