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Paul Anthony Jones The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities
- Title
- The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities
- Subtitle
- A Yearbook of Forgotten Words
- EAN
- 9780226646701
- ISBN
- 9780226646701
- Genre
- Language & Reference
- Release Date
- 14/10/2019
- Release Year
- 2019
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Length
- 147mm
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Type
- Référence
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: a Yearbook of Forgotten Words
- Item Height
- 218mm
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Item Width
- 147mm
- Subject
- Writing & Reading
- Item Weight
- 567g
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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Open The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities and you'll find both a word and a day to remember, every day of the year. Each day has its own dedicated entry, on which a curious or notable event--and an equally curious or notable word--are explored. On the day on which flirting was banned in New York City, for instance, you'll discover why to sheep's-eye someone once meant to look at them amorously. On the day on which a disillusioned San Franciscan declared himself Emperor of the United States, you'll find the word mamamouchi, a term for people who consider themselves more important than they truly are. And on the day on which George Frideric Handel completed his 259-page Messiah after twenty-four days of frenzied work, you'll see why a French loanword, literally meaning a small wooden barrow, is used to refer to an intense period of work undertaken to meet a deadline. The English language is vast enough to supply us with a word for every occasion--and this linguistic wunderkammer is here to prove precisely that. So whatever date this book has found its way into your hands, there's an entire year's worth of linguistic curiosities waiting to be found.
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The University of Chicago Press
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9780226646701
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Publication Name
The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: a Yearbook of Forgotten Words
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Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Writing & Reading
Publication Year
2019
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Référence
Number of Pages
384 Pages
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218mm
Item Width
147mm
Item Weight
567g
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