Dictionary of Word Origins - Softcover

Flavell, L.; Flavell, Linda; Flavell, R.H.; Flavell, Roger

 
9781856268615: Dictionary of Word Origins

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Words are the building blocks of language, but their derivations are often stories in themselves. With entries from accolade to zoo and including such disparate items as blackmail, fiasco, influence and rigmarole, this title explains the origins and development of 300 commonly used words.

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Linda Flavell has a degree in modern languages and subsequent qualifications in secondary and primary teaching. Roger, who died in December 2005, had many years' experience working for London University's Institute of Education, concerned latterly with education and international development, and with online education. The Flavells' other books for Kyle Cathie are A Dictionary of English Down the Ages and Dictionary of Proverbs and Dictionary of Idioms, which are also available in a recently revised edition.

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9781856262149: Dictionary of Word Origins

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ISBN 10:  1856262146 ISBN 13:  9781856262149
Verlag: Kyle Cathie, 1996
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