Studies in words / by C. S. Lewis.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1990Edition: Second edition, Canto editionDescription: vii, 342 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0521398312
- 9780521398312
- 422 LEW 22
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| 421.58 CAN Functional phonetics workbook / | 421.58 CAN Functional phonetics workbook / | 421.58 CAN Functional phonetics workbook / | 422 LEW Studies in words / | 422.03 HEN The facts on file encyclopedia of word and phrase origins / | 422.03 OXF The Oxford dictionary of English etymology / | 422.03 OXF The Oxford dictionary of English etymology / |
Includes index.
Language - in its communicative and playful functions, its literary formations and its shifting meanings - is a perennially fascinating topic. C.S. Lewis's Studies in Words explores this fascination by taking a series of words and teasing out their connotations using examples from a vast range of English literature, recovering lost meanings and analysing their functions. It doubles as an absorbing and entertaining study of verbal communication, its pleasures and problems. The issues revealed are essential to all who read and communicate thoughtfully, and are handled here by a masterful exponent and analyst of the English language.
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