Semantic Antics : How and Why Words Change Meaning

Steinmetz, Sol

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Book by Steinmetz Sol

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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Titre : Semantic Antics : How and Why Words Change ...
Éditeur : Random House Information Group
Date d'édition : 2008
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Hardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : New. 1st Edition. Over the years many common English words have changed meaning in fascinating, unusual and unexpected ways. For example: Meat was originally a term used to describe any type of food. It then narrowed in meaning to describe an entire meal, such as breakfast or dinner, and finally settled into the meaning we know today: "the flesh of animals as used for food." 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." With the help of historical, cultural, and literary anecdotes, SEMANTIC ANTICS takes readers on a fun, in-depth A-Z journey to learn how hundreds of words have evolved from one meaning to the next. New, unread, first edition, first printing, in new, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} N38. N° de réf. du vendeur 11990

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