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Dubious Doublets

Author : Stewart Edelstein
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Dubious Doublets written by Stewart Edelstein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take an enchanting tour through the tangled roots of English Quick, what is the common denominator of the following words: onion, twinkle, travel, squad, foist, semester, October, noon, and dicker? By the time you finish reading Dubious Doublets, the answer will be as obvious to you as the relationship between lettuce and galaxy, nostril and thrill, or witch and vegetable! This surprising, enlightening, and entertaining guide uses a delightfully innovative approach to explore the evolution, lineage, and proliferation of words. Beginning with pairs of seemingly unrelated modern English words–dubious doublets–the author traces them back through the millennia to reveal not only their common roots, but also the living thoughts that form the true links between these improbable pairs. You’ll discover, for example, why the words flamenco and flamingo are both related to the complexions of the Dutch, how the biblical son of Isaac is related to a French garment and a Halloween decoration, and what going berserk has to do with playing hopscotch. You'll also uncover the common roots of such seemingly incompatible dyads as bully/friar, muscle/mouse, and everyone’s favorite, feather/hippopotamus. Richly supplemented with cultural anecdotes, literary excerpts, and lively discussions on a broad variety of relevant topics–not to mention a series of whimsical illustrations that offer intriguing clues to word origins–Dubious Doublets is, quite simply, a word buff’s delight.

The Life of Language

Author : Sol Steinmetz
Publisher : Random House Reference
ISBN 13 : 0307496465
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Life of Language written by Sol Steinmetz and published by Random House Reference. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If time travelers from the nineteenth century dropped in on us, our strange vocabulary would shock them just as much as our TVs, cars, and computers. Society changes, and so does its word stock. The Life of Language reveals how pop culture, business, technology, and other forces of globalization expand and enrich the English language, forming thousands of new words every year. In this fascinating and jargon-free guide, lexicographers Kipfer and Steinmetz reconstruct the births of thousands of words, including infantries, poz, mobs, Soho, dinks, choo choos, frankenfoods, LOL, narcs and perps. · A word lover’s guide to etymology, written in a fun, informal, and accessible style · An excellent resource for vocabulary building; a word's root helps readers understand its meaning · Beautifully packaged paperback with French flaps From the Trade Paperback edition.

Understanding Gravity: The Generation Model Approach

Author : Brian A Robson
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 981121493X
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Gravity: The Generation Model Approach written by Brian A Robson and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, the General Theory of Relativity (GTR) describes the physics of the very large in terms of classical physics, while quantum theory describes the physics of the very small in terms of the Standard Model of particle physics. Unfortunately, the two theories are incompatible and do not describe satisfactorily all the forces between the various particles comprising ordinary matter. At present, one of the deepest problems in theoretical physics is harmonizing the GTR, which describes gravitation, with quantum mechanics, which describes the other three fundamental forces acting on the atomic scale. The main aim of the book is to provide an understanding of gravity in terms of a quantum theory given by the Generation Model of particle physics. The book presents a fully quantum theory of gravity, which describes both the large cosmological scale and the small atomic scale interactions between all particles.

The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language

Author : John Ogilvie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language written by John Ogilvie and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Hibbert Journal

Author : Lawrence Pearsall Jacks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1024 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Hibbert Journal written by Lawrence Pearsall Jacks and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quarterly review of religion, theology, and philosophy.

Advances in Genetics

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Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0080567991
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Genetics written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1964-01-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Genetics

Sirach and Its Contexts

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004447334
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Sirach and Its Contexts written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sirach and Its Contexts an international cohort of experts analyze this second-century BCE Jewish text in its various literary, historical, philosophical, textual, and political contexts. Humanistic in approach, these essays elicit an ancient tradition’s teachings about human wisdom and flourishing.

Philosophical Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Thesaurus of English Word Roots

Author : Horace Gerald Danner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442233265
Total Pages : 1007 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book A Thesaurus of English Word Roots written by Horace Gerald Danner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 1007 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horace G. Danner’s A Thesaurus of English Word Roots is a compendium of the most-used word roots of the English language. As Timothy B. Noone notes in his foreword: “Dr. Danner’s book allows you not only to build up your passive English vocabulary, resulting in word recognition knowledge, but also gives you the rudiments for developing your active English vocabulary, making it possible to infer the meaning of words with which you are not yet acquainted. Your knowledge can now expand and will do so exponentially as your awareness of the roots in English words and your corresponding ability to decode unfamiliar words grows apace. This is the beginning of a fine mental linguistic library: so enjoy!” In A Thesaurus of English Word Roots, all word roots are listed alphabetically, along with the Greek or Latin words from which they derive, together with the roots’ original meanings. If the current meaning of an individual root differs from the original meaning, that is listed in a separate column. In the examples column, the words which contain the root are then listed, starting with their prefixes, for example, dysacousia, hyperacousia. These root-starting terms then are followed by terms where the root falls behind the word, e.g., acouesthesia and acoumeter. These words are followed by words where the root falls in the middle or the end, as in such terms as bradyacusia and odynacusis.. In this manner, A Thesaurus of English Word Roots places the word in as many word families as there are elements in the word. This work will interest linguists and philologists and anyone interested in the etymological aspects of English language.

A Dictionary Of The English Language

Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1190 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary Of The English Language written by Samuel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1755 with total page 1190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Dictionary of the English Language ... To which is prefixed a grammar of the English language ... The eighth edition

Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1142 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of the English Language ... To which is prefixed a grammar of the English language ... The eighth edition written by Samuel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1806 with total page 1142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Synthetic and Other Man-made Gems

Author : Ralph Jerome Holmes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Synthetic and Other Man-made Gems written by Ralph Jerome Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?

Author : Andrew Lawler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476729905
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Why Did the Chicken Cross the World? written by Andrew Lawler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in the jungles of Southeast Asia, trekking through the Middle East, traversing the Pacific, Lawler discovers the secrets behind the chicken's transformation from a shy, wild bird into an animal of astonishing versatility, capable of serving our species' changing needs. Across the ages, it has been an all-purpose medicine, sex symbol, gambling aid, inspiration for bravery, and of course, the star of the world's most famous joke. Only recently has it become humanity's most important single source of protein. Most surprisingly, the chicken--more than the horse, cow , or dog-- has been a remarkable constant in the sperad of civilization across the globe"--Page 4 of cover

Foote-prints on Chemicals, Metals, Alloys and Ores

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Foote-prints on Chemicals, Metals, Alloys and Ores written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 1-5 include section: Reviews and astracts of technical periodicals. Vols. 6, no. 2-9 include section: References to recent articles in technical journals (title varies slightly)

A Dictionary of the English Language ... This Edition Contains a Correct Standard of Pronunciation, and an Historical Account of the Author's Life [by Arthur Murphy], Not in Any Former One ... The Eighth Edition

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Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1108 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of the English Language ... This Edition Contains a Correct Standard of Pronunciation, and an Historical Account of the Author's Life [by Arthur Murphy], Not in Any Former One ... The Eighth Edition written by Samuel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1798 with total page 1108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language

Author : Noah Webster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1076 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language written by Noah Webster and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cabinet dictionary of the English language

Author : English language
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1024 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Cabinet dictionary of the English language written by English language and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: