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Alphabet Juice by Roy Blount Jr. Abridged 4 CD Audiobook NIB Sealed
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- Audiobook
- ISBN
- 9781427204936
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Ali G: How many words does you know? Noam Chomsky: Normally, humans, by maturity, have tens of thousands of them. Ali G: What is some of 'em? - Youtube.com After forty years of making a living using words in every medium, print or electronic, except greeting cards, Roy Blount Jr. still can't get over his ABCs. In Alphabet Juice , he celebrates the juju, the sonic and kinetic energies of letters and their combinations. Blount does not prescribe proper English. The franchise he claims is "over the counter" and concentrates more on questions such as these: Did you know that both mammal and matter derive from baby talk? Have you noticed how wince makes you wince? Three and a half centuries ago, Sir Thomas Blount produced Blount's Glossographia , the first dictionary to explore derivations of English words. This Blount's Glossographia takes that pursuit to other levels. It rejects the standard linguistic notion that the connection between words and their meanings is "arbitrary." Even the word arbitrary is shown to be no more arbitrary, at its roots, than go-to guy or crackerjack . From sources as venerable as the OED (in which Blount finds an inconsistency, at whisk ) and as fresh as Urbandictionary.com (to which Blount has contributed the number-one definition of "alligator arm"), and especially from the author's own wide-ranging experience, Alphabet Juice derives an organic take on language that is unlike, and more fun than, any other.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
ISBN-10
1427204934
ISBN-13
9781427204936
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66186599
Product Key Features
Book Title
Alphabet Juice : The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; with Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory
Topic
Linguistics / Etymology
Publication Year
2008
Language
English
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Compact Disc
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8in
Item Length
5.8in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
4.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
4 Vols.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
818/.5407
Edition Description
Abridged Edition,Unabridged Edition
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