Semantic Antics: How and Why Words Change Meaning - Couverture rigide

Steinmetz, Sol

 
9780375426124: Semantic Antics: How and Why Words Change Meaning
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ISBN 10 : 0375426124 ISBN 13 : 9780375426124
Editeur : Random House Reference &, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Steinmetz Sol

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Présentation de l'éditeur

"My favorite popular word book of the year"
-William Safire, NY Times 6/22/2008

A fun, new approach to examining etymology!
Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning than the one we know today. For example:

The word adamant came into English around 855 C.E. as a synonym for 'diamond,' very different from today's meaning of the word: "utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion."

Before the year 1200, the word silly meant "blessed," and was derived from Old English saelig, meaning "happy." This word went through several incarnations before adopting today's meaning: "stupid or foolish."

In Semantic Antics, lexicographer Sol Steinmetz takes readers on an in-depth, fascinating journey to learn how hundreds of words have evolved from their first meaning to the meanings used today.

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Éditeur
Random House Reference &
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0375426124
ISBN 13 
9780375426124
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
271
Coordonnées du fabricant
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