What do the following ten words all have in common - haggard, mews, codger, arouse, musket, poltroon, gorge, allure, pounce and turn-tail? All fairly familiar and straightforward words, after a litt……続きを見る
This book chronicles a 10-year introduction of blended learning into the delivery at a leading technological university, with a longstanding tradition of technology-enabled teaching and learning, an……続きを見る
著者:Anthony Jones
出版社: Tellwell Talent
発売日: 2022年06月23日
The Franco-German War of 1870-71 had far-reaching consequences. It established both the German Empire and the French Third Republic and set in train the alliances that had formed when Germany first ……続きを見る
The ultimate gift for wordsmiths and lovers of language: a word for every day of the year
Open the Cabinet to leap back in time, learn about linguistic trivia, follow a curious thread or wonder at t……続きを見る
From Monte Carlo to Shanghai, Bikini to Samarra, Around the World in 80 Words is a whimsical voyage through the far-flung reaches of the English language.
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'Proper words, healing words, magic words. Buy for your friends, keep one for yourself.' Simon Mayo
With fifty-one linguistic remedies, The Cabinet of Calm is a beautiful little book that will……続きを見る
著者:Paul Anthony Jones
出版社: The University of Chicago Press
発売日: 2022年12月22日
A day-by-day journey through 366 delightfully archaic words and quirky historical trivia.
Open The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities and you’ll find both a word and a day to remember, every day of t……続きを見る
著者:Paul Anthony Jones
出版社: The University of Chicago Press
発売日: 2022年12月22日
“A fabulous and erudite survey of words inspired by place names . . . Logophiles will have a ball.” ーPublishers Weekly (starred review)
What makes a place so memorable that it survives forever in a……続きを見る
Did you know that Jedburgh Justice is ‘executing someone first, then giving them a trial’? Or that Kentish Fire is ‘applauding sarcastically to silence your opponents’?
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著者:Paul Anthony Jones
出版社: University of New Mexico Press
発売日: 2016年04月01日
From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Did you know, for example, that scandal derives from……続きを見る
If you're logofascinated, you are literally spellbound by language.
This surprising compendium of 1,000 facts about words, language and etymology is here to inspire your curiosity and delight in dis……続きを見る
'As entertaining as it is engrossing' John Banville
'Enlightening, delightful' Arthur der Weduwen, author of The Library
Why don't eleven and twelve end in –teen? The rest of our counting system sit……続きを見る