Garg, Anu
Another Word A Day: An All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English
In this delightful encore to the national bestseller A Word A Day, Anu Garg, the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (wordsmith.org), presents an all-new collection of unusual, intriguing words and real-life anecdotes that will thrill writers, scholars, and word buffs everywhere. Another Word A Day celebrates the English language in all its quirkiness, grandeur, and fun, and features new chapters ranging from "Words Formed Erroneously" and "Red-Herring Words" to "Kangaroo Words," "Discover the Theme," and "What Does That Company Name Mean?" In them, you'll find a treasure trove of curious and compelling words, including agelast, dragoman, mittimus, nyctalopia, quacksalver, scission, tattersall, and zugzwang. Each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example, interspersed with illuminating quotations.
Praise for a word a day
"Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!"
--Barbara Wallraff, Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court
"AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories."
--John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary
Nyckelord: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication LAN004000
- Författare
- Garg, Anu
- Utgivare
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Utgivningsår
- 2005
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Sidantal
- 240 sidor
- Kategori
- Allmänna verk
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780471741954
- Tryckt ISBN
- 9780471718451