Dictionary Of Word Origins - Softcover

Flavell, Linda; Flavell, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856265641 ISBN 13: 9781856265645

Verlag: Kyle Cathie, 2004

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Words are the building blocks of language, but their derivations are often stories in themselves. Have you ever wondered why we wear perfume, read magazines, vote for candidates, and speak in jargon? With entries from accolade to zoo, and including such disparate items as blackmail, fiasco, and rigmarole, this dictionary explains the origins and development of 300 commonly used words. In selecting words for inclusion, Linda and Roger Flavell have chosen those with a story to tell. The result is an enlightening guide to the richness and diversity of the English language, boasting both scholarly accuracy and much to delight the curious browser.

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Linda Flavell holds a degree in modern languages and qualifications in primary and secondary teaching. Roger Flavell's Master's thesis was on the nature of idiomaticity, and his doctorate on idioms and their teaching in several European languages. He has recently retired from the University of London Institute of Education, where he was head of the department of English for Speakers of Other Languages. Their other books for Kyle Cathie are The Chronology of Words and Phrases, Dictionary of Idioms and Dictionary of Proverbs, which is being reissued at the same time as Dictionary of Word Origins.

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• Verlag: Kyle Cathie
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1856265641
• ISBN 13: 9781856265645
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 277
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