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Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Merriam-Webster
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0877796033
A gold mine of word histories for reference or browsing. Covers the origins of 1,500 words. Over 600 engagingly written articles. Explore the stories behind our vocabulary.
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Merriam-Webster Incorporated
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0877791481
Describes the history and origins of more than fifteen hundred words
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : English language
ISBN : 0760755434
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : IND:39000005007435
This is a collection of stories about where our words have come from and how their meanings have grown.
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : English language
ISBN : 1892859661
Provides the origins and history behind thousands of everyday English words. Includes detailed explanations of the context in which each word was originally used.
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : English language
ISBN : UCSC:32106018617875
A handy guide to problems of confused or disputed usage based on the critically acclaimed Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. Over 2,000 entries explain the background and basis of usage controversies and offer expert advice and recommendations.
Author : Noah Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1122 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1841
Category : English language
ISBN : HARVARD:HNEZZ9
Author : G. & C. Merriam Company
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1976-01-01
Category : English language
ISBN : 067180555X
Author : Gerald Cohen,Stephen Goranson,Matthew Little
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781351809900
This is an etymological study of the origins of the word kibosh, which has long been one of the great mysteries of the English language. Unconvincing derivations have been suggested from Yiddish to Gaelic and Italian, and thus far consensus among lexicographers has leaned toward referencing the word as ‘origin unknown’. In this study, the authors present convincing and important new evidence in favour of the derivation of kibosh from the word for a fearsome Middle Eastern whip, known as the kurbash. This monograph is one of the most significant etymological works directed at a single phrase. It is the gold standard on deep-drill, focused and exhaustive single-word lexicography and will be of interest to lexicographers and linguists in the relevant fields.
Author : Kory Stamper
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781101970263
“We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love and nurture it into being, and once it gains gross motor skills, it starts going exactly where we don’t want it to go: it heads right for the goddamned electrical sockets.” With wit and irreverence, lexicographer Kory Stamper cracks open the obsessive world of dictionary writing, from the agonizing decisions about what to define and how to do it to the knotty questions of ever-changing word usage. Filled with fun facts—for example, the first documented usage of “OMG” was in a letter to Winston Churchill—and Stamper’s own stories from the linguistic front lines (including how she became America’s foremost “irregardless” apologist, despite loathing the word), Word by Word is an endlessly entertaining look at the wonderful complexities and eccentricities of the English language.
Author : Peter Mark Roget
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : English language
ISBN : UGA:32108010876343
Author : Thomas Harlan
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765390813
Tom Harlan brings his Oath of Empire series to a shattering conclusion in The Dark Lord. In what would be the 7th Century AD in our history, the Roman Empire still stands, supported by the twin pillars of the Legions and Thaumaturges of Rome. The Emperor of the West, the Augustus Galen Atreus, came to the aid of the Emperor of the East, the Avtokrator Heraclius, in his war with the Sassanad Emperor of Persia. But despite early victories, that war has not gone well, and now Rome is hard-pressed. Constantinople has fallen before the dark sorceries of the Lord Dahak and his legions of the living and dead. Now the new Emperor of Persia marches on Egypt, and if he takes that ancient nation, Rome will be starved and defeated. But there is a faint glimmer of hope. The Emperor Galen's brother Maxian is a great sorcerer, perhaps the equal of Dahak, lord of the seven serpents. He is now firmly allied with his Imperial brother and Rome. And though they are caught tight in the Dark Lord's net of sorcery, Queen Zoe of Palmyra and Lord Mohammed have not relinquished their souls to evil. Powerful, complex, engrossing --Thomas Harlan's Oath of Empire series has taken fantasy readers by storm. The first three volumes, The Shadow of Ararat, The Gate of Fire, and The Storm of Heaven have been universally praised. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Merriam-Webster Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0877795304
A perfect dictionary for quick, on-the-go language reference features 40,000 entries as well as clear, concise, definitions, variant spellings, and pronunciations. Includes a brief guide to punctuation.
Author : Noah Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : English language
ISBN : OCLC:1080679044
Author : Richard Dawkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0192860925
Science need not be dull and bogged down by jargon, as Richard Dawkins proves in this entertaining look at evolution. The themes he takes up are the concepts of altruistic and selfish behaviour; the genetical definition of selfish interest; the evolution of aggressive behaviour; kinshiptheory; sex ratio theory; reciprocal altruism; deceit; and the natural selection of sex differences. 'Should be read, can be read by almost anyone. It describes with great skill a new face of the theory of evolution.' W.D. Hamilton, Science