Word drops: a sprinkling of linguistic curiosities
Auteur :
Jones, Paul Anthony
Éditeur :
University of New Mexico Press
ISBN :
9780826356567
Date de publication :
1 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
21,3 x 14,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
240 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. 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.