عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
PE1580 .W665 2004
PE1580
.
W665
2004
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0618454500
(Number (ISBN
9780618454501
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b527323
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Word histories and mysteries :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
from abracadabra to Zeus /
First Statement of Responsibility
from the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boston :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2004]
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2004
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 348 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
21 cm
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Language aficionados will discover the unexpected links between such seemingly unrelated words as guest, hostility, and xenophobia - hidden connections often dating back over six thousand years ago to Proto-Indo-European, the ancestor of English spoken long before the invention of writing. English has also borrowed extensively from a veritable Babel of the world's tongues, both ancient and modern, and readers can trace here all the surprising twists and turns that words have made on their way into everyday use. The techniques that linguists use to follow the history of words are carefully explained along the way, and dozens of photographs and drawings illustrate the eclectic pleasures of English etymology."--Jacket
Text of Note
"Word Histories and Mysteries explores the origins of hundreds of the most interesting words in the English language."
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English language-- Etymology, Dictionaries
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
422/
.
03
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
PE1580
Book number
.
W665
2004
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Houghton Mifflin Company
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20160712073216.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
