The Penguin Guide to Synonyms and Related Words (Penguin Reference Books)

S I Hayakawa

ISBN 10: 0140513450 / ISBN 13: 9780140513455

Verlag: Penguin Books, Limited (UK), 1996

Beschreibung

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers M00140513450-B

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Penguin Guide to Synonyms and Related Words (Penguin Reference Books)
• Verlag: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0140513450
• ISBN-13: 9780140513455
• Einband: Softcover
• Auflage: 2. Auflage
• Zustand: acceptable

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Inhaltsangabe

Taking 6,000 commonly used - and confused - synonyms, this unique guide is much more useful than a straight thesaurus because it offers both a definition of each word, and then an explanation of how to use it in the correct context. Words of similar meaning are grouped together in helpful thematic sections, making it easier to find just the right one. Offering more detail and more of the subtle nuances of our vocabulary than a thesaurus, this is a reference must for anyone with an interest in language.

'More helpful than a thesaurus, more humane than a dictionary, [it] maps linguistic boundaries with precision, sensitivity and, on occasion, dry wit ... a delightful book' The TLS.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

S.I Hayakawa, the former US Senator, was a semanticist, author and teacher. His best known works are LANGUAGE IN ACTION and LANGUAGE IN THOUGHT AND ACTION.

Eugene Ehrlich, formerly a member of the Department of English at Columbia University, isthe author and editor of many reference books on language, including the OXFORD AMERICAN DICTIONARY, which he co-edited, and AMO, AMAS, AMAT AND MORE.