The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology: The Origins of American English Words 巴恩哈特简明词源词典（美国原版）

图书标准信息

• 作者 Robert K. Barnhart 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 1995-09
• ISBN 9780062700841
• 定价 404.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 944页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Asallloversoflanguageknow,wordsarethesourceofourveryunderstandingofourselvesandtheworldaroundus.Often,however,ouruseoflanguageissoautomaticthatweneglecttoconsiderwherethosewordscamefromandwhattheyassume.Whataretheimplications,beyondthesimpledictionarydefinitions,ofusingwordssuchasprivilege,hysteria,seminal,andgyp?BrowsingthroughthepagesofTheBarhartConciseDictionaryofEtymologyislikeexploringthehistorical,political,andrhetoricalwonderlandofourlinguisticheritage.Weseetheevolutionofideas,asrootwordconnectionsthatnowseem...

【作者简介】

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