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Tulloch, Alexander

 
9780720612431: Word Routes
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ISBN 10: 0720612438 ISBN 13: 9780720612431
Editorial: Peter Owen, 2004

Sinopsis

Why aren't bald eagles bald? What's the link between gnomes and being enormous? What connects a Christmas carol with the Russian for street? The answers can all be found in the history of the words themselves, and In Word Routes Alexander Tulloch gives us the fascinating stories behind more than five hundred of them.
He traces the routes of English words through time and across the globe. He reveals the surprising, amusing twists, turns and encounters between words on their long journeys into modern English. For instance, the Keres-Greek goddesses of destruction who haunted Homeric battlefields dressed in blood-soaked robes - would probably be a little miffed to learn that the only decay with which they are synonymous is tooth decay, or caries.
Neither a straightforward dictionary of etymology nor a linear history of language, Word Routes is an entertaining alphabetical guide to the stories behind many everyday words. It is an ideal book for journalists, teachers, historians or anyone interested in the fascinating story of the English language.

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Alexander Tulloch has been a professional linguist for over thirty years. Formerly a Senior Lecturer in Russian and Spanish with the Ministry of Defence, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Linguists and is Visiting Lecturer in Russian at the City University, London.

Alexander Tulloch is a writer, linguist, and translator. He has lectured on Russian and Spanish literature for almost 30 years and has published articles on the history of language as well as translations of the work of Gogol and Galdós. He is a fellow of the Institute of Linguists.


Alexander Tulloch is a writer, linguist, and translator. He has lectured on Russian and Spanish literature for almost 30 years and has published articles on the history of language as well as translations of the work of Gogol and Galdós. He is a fellow of the Institute of Linguists.

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Editorial
Peter Owen
Año de publicación
2004
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0720612438
ISBN 13 
9780720612431
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
205
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