Le Mot Juste: A Dictionary of Classical & Foreign Words & Phrases - Couverture souple

Buchanan-Brown, John

 
9780679734550: Le Mot Juste: A Dictionary of Classical & Foreign Words & Phrases
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ISBN 10 : 0679734554 ISBN 13 : 9780679734550
Editeur : Vintage Books, 1991

Présentation de l'éditeur

Tired of making faux pas because you don't know the difference between sub rosa and sub voce? Then this lexicon is a bona fide desideratum.

Simply and concisely, it clarifies hundreds of words and phrases from Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Yiddish that have become part of the English language but are often confused or misused. Along with its definition, every term is accompanied by a phonetic guide to its pronunciation. Plus, there's an appendix of words derived from classical mythology -- such as delphic, erotic, laconic, odyssey, and thespian -- and two comprehensive lists of Greek and Latin prefixes and suffixes. The result is a sui generis (Latin, SU-ee GEN-er-is, unique, in a class itself) Meisterstuck (German, MY-ster-shtook, masterpiece) of lexicography that's guaranteed to give cognoscenti or naifs a greater understanding of the English language and its foreign borrowings.

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Éditeur
Vintage Books
Date d'édition
1991
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0679734554
ISBN 13 
9780679734550
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
170
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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