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Author | : Martin H. Manser |
Publisher | : NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9781853263736 |
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Eponyms are words derived from the names of real, fictional, mythical or spurious characters. There are many eponyms in everyday use in English, and this work offers an insight into the heritage and development of the language.
Author | : Martin H. Manser |
Publisher | : Wordsworth Editions |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9781853267574 |
Download The Wordsworth Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This dictionary aims to help users to find the most appropriate word to use on a wide range of occasions. It is designed in particular for students, those writing reports, letters and speeches, and crossword solvers, but is also useful as a general word reference. Special features include: an alphabetical A-Z listing; numbered senses for words with more than one meaning; British and American variants; and specially marked colloquial uses.
Author | : Cyril Leslie Beeching |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
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The English language contains a large number of eponymic words--words derived from the names of people because of their close association with the product, service, or concept. This lively, compact, and entertaining reference book presents four hundred "true" eponyms that cover virtually every field of human activity, originating from a vast cross-section of foreign, as well as English, names. It reveals, for example, that the "cardigan" gets its name from James Thomas Brudenell, the seventh Earl of Cardigan, and that the "zeppelin" comes from the name of a German soldier and airship designer and manufacturer, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. A short account of the originator's history and claim to this unusual form of immortality accompanies the definition for each word. It also includes a subject index which facilitates the reader's ability to satisfy their curiosity about specific areas.
Author | : Robert Hendrickson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Biography |
ISBN | : 9780880292306 |
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More than 3500 definitions/etymologies/miniature biographies.
Author | : Auriel Douglas |
Publisher | : Macmillan General Reference |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780139499265 |
Download Webster's New World Dictionary of Eponyms Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The origins of 800 common words derived from the names of uncommon people. Each entry includes the eponym, a biographical sketch of the perrson from whom it was derived, and an account of its origin, as well as the definition and current usage.
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Total Pages | : 298 |
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ISBN | : 0195093542 |
Download A New Dictionary of Eponyms Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Martin H.. Manser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1989 |
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Author | : Floriana Popescu |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2018-11-07 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1527521079 |
Download A Paradigm of Comparative Lexicology Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Intended to bridge the gap between two languages of the Indo-European family, this is the first comprehensive bifocal approach to lexicological aspects. Through its theoretical distinctions and applications, the book recommends itself to language professionals and to any reader interested in learning more about words. It starts with a brief theoretical account of overlapping terms, which are given crystal-clear disambiguations. The book then focuses on structural representations of word formations and word relationships, outlining their hierarchicalness and branching directions and revealing various levels of materialization entailed by lexical productivity and frequency of occurrence. Each of these hierarchies defines its related techniques and explains lexical creations, adaptations or adoptions and interrelationships. The approach adopted here proves English to be consistent with formative and sense-related hierarchies, and shows it to have reached a climax in language evolution with its status of a global language, making it the standard in comparative linguistics.
Author | : Morton S. Freeman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Biography |
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Written in an anecdotal style, 'A New Dictionary of Eponyms' explores the origins of those words that are derived from people's names.
Author | : Paul Anthony Jones |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2016-04-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0826356575 |
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From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Did you know, for example, that scandal derives from the Latin for “stumbling block” and originally described a trap for a wild animal? In nineteenth-century slang a wolf trap was a corrupt casino. Casino means “little house” in Italian. Roulette means “little wheel” in French. A wheeler is someone who attends auctions to bid on items merely to increase their sale price. Such links take readers on an unexpected journey through linguistic oddities. Inspired by the popular @HaggardHawks Twitter account, Word Drops also uses an intriguing series of annotations to add background and historical context on everything from Anglo-Saxon cures for insanity to Samuel Pepys’s cure for a hangover. This unique book will delight anyone who loves language, etymology, and word games. Not for sale in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, or Canada