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Semantic Antics: How and Why Words Change Meaning
by Sol Steinmetz  Publisher Comments 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...
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Forgotten English
by Jeffrey Kacirk Publisher Comments Have you ever sent a message via scandaroon, needed a nimgimmer, or fallen victim to bowelhive? Never heard of these terms? That's because they are a thing of the past. These words are alive and well, however, in Forgotten English, a charming collection...
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2009 Best of Word Nerd Boxed Calendar
by Daily Synopsis A rich and fun compendium of words for every day of the year, including little known facts about common-and not so common-words in the English language. As practical as a dictionary and enormously fun as a conversation piece, this calendar includes...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories
by Oxford Publisher Comments The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories describes the origins and sense development of over 11,000 words in the English language. Well-known idioms such as "say it with flowers" are highlighted with the dates of their original use and how and when they...
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An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction
by Anatoly Liberman Publisher Comments This work introduces renowned linguistics scholar Anatoly Liberman’s comprehensive dictionary and bibliography of the etymology of English words. The English etymological dictionaries published in the past claim to have solved the mysteries of...
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Studies in Etymology (93 - Old Edition)
by Charles W. Dunmore Synopsis Classical etymology of the English language with equal coverage of Latin and Greek roots. Exercises for each chapter. This work is a best-selling introduction to the Classical etymology of the English language with equal coverage of Latin and Greek roots....
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A Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
by Christopher Coradon Publisher Comments An interest in the middle ages often brings the non-specialist reader up short against a word or term which is not understood or only imperfectly understood. This dictionary is intended to put an end to all that: it has been designed to be of real help...
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Etymological Dictionary Modern English Volume 2
by Ernest Weekley Publisher Comments Volume 1 of 2. Classic contains most of the more common words, plus slang, archaic words and phrases, and common foreign words. Roots are identified, cross-references to words with similar roots are listed and colloquial usages and alternate spellings...
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The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
by Oxford Publisher Comments This comprehensive dictionary by one of our century's greatest language scholars provides a clear and brief account of the origins, history, and sense-development of more than 38,000 words....
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Grammar in Use Intermediate With Ans 2ND Edition
by Raymond Murphy Publisher Comments Grammar in Use Intermediate is a highly successful grammar text known for its clear explanations and innovative format....
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Coined by Shakespeare: Words and Meanings First Used by the Bard
by Jeff Mcquain Synopsis The first book ever to focus on Shakespeare's coinages. - Covers terms and meanings still used today - Includes quizzes on Shakespearean trivia - A must for Bardophiles everywhere!...
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The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity: A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science
by Robert K Merton Synopsis "Curiosity, wonder, openness--these cohabit, comfortably, in that marvelous coinage of Walpole, serendipity. And they mark as well Merton and Barber's ebullient journey in search of all the meanings of the word. A romp of minds at play!"--Roald Hoffmann,...
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Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins
by Michael Quinion Publisher Comments The cat's pajamas, the bee's knees, and the whole nine yards rolled into one, this true feast for word lovers skewers commonly accepted word-origin myths and etymological folktales. Writing with flair and authority, word maven and Oxford English...
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What in the Word?
by Charles Harrington Elster 
Publisher Comments Are you so sure about "assure," "ensure," and "insure" ? Can you determine whether a knob of butter is equivalent to a lump or a pat or a scosh? Can you say which word in the English language has the most definitions, or who put the H in Jesus H. Christ?...
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Subject Inversion in Romance and the Theory of Universal Grammar (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax)
by Aafke C J Hulk Publisher Comments The Romance Languages document remarkable variations in subject word order in different constructions, and have various restrictions in their occurrence. No consensus has emerged on what the paramaters are for such variations. This volume does not...
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Six Words You Never Knew Had Something to Do with Pigs: And Other Fascinating Facts about the English Language
by Katherine Barber Publisher Comments A delightfully addictive compendium of fascinating word facts that does for the dictionary what Eats, Shoots, and Leaves did for the manual of style With the easy erudition and lively wit that have won her legions of fans, Canadas Word Lady reveals the...
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Gallimaufry: A Hodge-Podge of Words Vanishing from Our Vocabulary
by Michael Quinion Publisher Comments When did you last hear someone refer to the wireless? What was the original paraphernalia? Would you wear a billycock? Language is always changing, and in Gallimaufry: A Hodge-Podge of Words Vanishing from Our Vocabulary Michael Quinion has gathered...
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Lover's Tongue (03 Edition)
by Mark Morton Publisher Comments This delightful book includes over one hundred mini-essays explaining the origins and historical development of words in our language that pertain to love and sex. Do you know, for example, what a 78 is? Here's a hint: like the old 78 rpm records, the...
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The Clan of the Flapdragon and Other Adventures in Etymology
by Richard Mckee Book News Annotation A collection of satirical essays originally published in OASIS, A Literary Magazine, between 1992 and 1996. The eccentric, fictitious Dr. Schrapnel lampoons writing, language, literature, and intellectual pretension with improbable parodies, whimsical...
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Unfortunate English: The Gloomy Truth Behind the Words You Use
by William Brohaugh Publisher Comments Previous meanings of words that would offend the sensitive, discomfit the squeamish, and irk the politically correct are uncovered in this entertaining compilation of word histories and etymologies. 10,000 first printing....
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