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Verlag: Pomegranate Communications Inc,US, U S A, 2002
ISBN 10: 0764920197ISBN 13: 9780764920196
Anbieter: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Altered English. Surprising Meanings of Familiar Words by Jeffrey Kacirk. Over the centuries, innumerable English words in the language have drifted from their original purposes and acquired different meanings - some subtle and others not so. This process is continuous, as can be seen in today's 'bad' whose meaning is now its own opposite. The author is intrigued (some say obsessed) by words. He has sifted through mountauns of discarded meanings to arrive at almost 1,500 entries in this fascinating romp through the ever-changing world of lexicography. His goal is to 'leave the reader with a sense of where some modern usages have come from or in some cases have strayed, whether we choose to think of the changes as corruptions or improvements. Illustrations. 240 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).
Verlag: Pomegranate Communications Inc,US, U S A, 1993
ISBN 10: 1566403103ISBN 13: 9781566403108
Anbieter: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Paperback. Sifting the Sands of Time. Contains 30 oversized postcards. From the library of Roma Woodroffe, Egyptologists. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).