All in a word
by Cook, Vivian
Looks at the way one learns words as a child and offers an explanation of the ways words come into being and how they are discarded.
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- Full title :All in a word / Vivian Cook.
Summary
Looks at the way one learns words as a child and offers an explanation of the ways words come into being and how they are discarded.
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- Publication Date:c 2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Melville House
- Place of Publication:Brooklyn, N.Y
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:c 2010.
Notes
Originally published as: It's all in a word by Profile Books, 2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:305 pages : : illustrations ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781935554226, 1935554220
- oclc:ocn690009937
- LC Classification:PE1574
- Dewey Decimal:422
Table of Contents
Thinking in metaphors -- Gassers and slashers : doctor's slang -- Beatles versus Stones -- Making up words -- How many words do you know? Basic words test -- Car names -- Whose nickname is that? -- Choosing the right adjective : writers' words -- Guessing games with words -- Superheroes in cyberspace : science fiction words -- What does a word mean? -- Cooking with words -- Fardling gwiks : structure versus content words -- Gender and first name -- Words with many meanings : the case of "House" -- Words in the blender -- Soft, mellow, fragrant and sweet : alcoholic words -- Of mice and mouses : English plurals -- Common words -- Nicknames rule! The power of nicknames -- Levels of meaning -- Proper names to words -- The shortest word -- JetSpeak : what's the point of long words? -- Divided by the Atlantic : American and British words -- Indian words in English -- Written words that are seldom spoken -- Sex and gender -- Where in the world do they come from? Regional Englishes -- Atoms of meaning -- Word games with letter arrangement -- Stuff and nonsense : phrases with "and" -- Body parts in metaphors -- English names for foreign place -- Did Jeeves speak French? French words in En…
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