World Myths

Zusatztext "This fascinating collection of myths about word origins should be a joy to read."--Don McCreary, Department of English, University of Georgia. Informationen zum Autor David Wilton, a writer, lives in California. He runs the popular website Wordorigins.com. Klappentext Wilton debunks the most persistently wrong word histories and gives the real stories behind perennial mis-etymologized words. Zusammenfassung Amateur, no make that professional logophile and word origins website editor Wilton corrects the mistakes many of us make in what we believe are the origins of words and phrases. He begins by examining the origins of these fallacies, and why we persist in perpetuating them. Fully armed, he then goe

Product details

• Authors: David Wilton, Wilton David
• Assisted by: Ivan Brunetti (Illustration), Brunetti Ivan (Illustration)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2005
• EAN: 9780195172843
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517284-3
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 215 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Dialect, slang & jargon, Usage & grammar guides, Usage and grammar guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary, Dialect, slang and jargon