500 Years of New WordsDundurn, 2004 - 312 páginas 500 Years of New Words takes you on an exciting journey through the English language from the days before Shakespeare to the first decade of the 21st century. All the main entries are arranged not alphabetically by in chronological order based on the earliest known year that each word was printed or written down. Beginning with "America" in 1507 and spanning the centuries to "Marsiphobiphiliac" in 2004 (a person who would love to go to Mars but is afraid of being marooned there), this book can be opened at any page and the reader will discover a dazzling array of linguistic delights. In other words, this book is unputdownable (the main entry for 1947). If Shakespeare were alive today, he would buy this book. |
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... Greek and Latin (I will grant that they are dead if others will grant that they remain remarkably vital). By contrast, Bill, a neighbour of mine in North Toronto, has discovered the rewards to be had in creating brand new words. If you ...
... Greek, including drama, sincere, peninsula, circus, satellite, democracy, stigma and catapult. Thanks to the religious struggles, words like scapegoat, papist and puritan became part of the everyday vocabulary. Recurrent outbreaks of ...
... Greek santalon, sandanon, which in turn probably came from the Sanskrit word candanah. This etymology apparently bears no connection to the other sandal, the word we use to describe the footwear that consists of a sole fastened to the ...
... Greek plays of ancient times. Many old manuscripts of these plays had lain dormant in monasteries for hundreds of years. With the fall of Constantinople to the Turks on May 29, 1453, hordes of Greek scholars fled the city to seek refuge ...
... Greek or Latin roots to fall back on, most new words were coined through onomatopoeia. Pit-a-pat, the sound of a rapidly beating heart, light and rapid footsteps, or any similar series of alternating sounds, probably has a history as ...
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500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these ... Bill Sherk Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these ... Bill Sherk Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
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