A Man of My Words: Reflections on the English LanguageMacmillan, 5 Δεκ 2003 - 288 σελίδες Popular author and speaker Richard Lederer is one of the foremost and funniest commentators on the pleasures and quirks of the English language. In this far-ranging and career-capping collection of essays, Lederer offers readers more of the irrepressible wordplay and linguistic high jinx his fans can't get enough of, along with observations on a life in letters. From an inner-city classroom to a wordy weekend retreat, from centuries-old etymological legacies to the latest in slang, dialects, and fadspeak, these essays transport, inform, and entertain as only wordstruck Richard Lederer can. Iluminating everything from secrets of the writing life to the last word on the pronunciation of nuclear and offering his thoughts on "Sex and the Singular Pronoun" and an open letter to Ann Landers (signed "English Lover in San Diego"), along with games, quizzes, and a Declaration of Linguistic Independence, this collection has something for everyone who delights in our language. Keen-eared and good-humored, A Man of My Words is sure to take its place next to Anguished English and The Miracle of Language as one of Richard Lederer's most popular and enduring works. |
Περιεχόμενα
A CELEBRATION OF ENGLISH | 7 |
A Declaration of Linguistic Independence | 39 |
Talking Turkey | 45 |
A Nookyuhlur Nonproliferation Treatise | 81 |
Writing Is | 87 |
How Wise Is Proverbial Wisdom? | 117 |
Etymological Snapshots | 153 |
Haunted Words | 159 |
Jest for the Pun of It | 179 |
Pun Your Way to Success | 185 |
66 | 201 |
Conan the Grammarian | 243 |
Tools of the Trade | 277 |
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
A Man of My Words: Reflections on the English Language Richard Lederer Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 2005 |
A Man of My Words: Reflections on the English Language Richard Lederer Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2003 |
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