The Lexicon - A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word Lover

This boon to logophiles, culled from Buckley: The Right Word, presents the author's most erudite, outré, and interesting words - from prehensile and sciolist to rubric and histrionic - complete with definitions, examples, and usage notes. Introduction by Jesse Sheidlower; illustrations by Arnold Roth.

Info autore

William F. Buckley Jr. is the founder of National Review and was the host of what was television's longest-running program, Firing Line. He was recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The author of thirteen other novels, including Spytime and Nuremberg: The Reckoning, he lives in Connecticut.

Riassunto

This boon to logophiles, culled from Buckley: The Right Word, presents the author’s most erudite, outré, and interesting words - from prehensile and sciolist to rubric and histrionic - complete with definitions, examples, and usage notes. Introduction by Jesse Sheidlower; illustrations by Arnold Roth.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Beahm, William F Buckley, William F. Buckley, William F. Jr. Buckley, William F. Buckley Jr, William F. Buckley Jr.
• Con la collaborazione di: Arnold Roth (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.10.1998
• EAN: 9780156006163
• ISBN: 978-0-15-600616-3
• Pagine: 176
• Peso: 163 g
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Libri scolastici per istituti a indirizzo generale; Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione > Dizionari di lingua straniera; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze umane, tematiche generali; Lexicography, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, Writing and editing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Historical and comparative linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Authorship, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / Etymology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Fiction Writing, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Composition, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Spelling & Vocabulary, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / Semantics