A whole year’s worth of linguistic curiosities, just waiting to be discovered. Open the Cabinet to leap back in time, learn about linguistic trivia, follow a curious thread or wonder at the web of connections in the English language.
Paul Anthony Jones has unearthed a wealth of strange and forgotten words: illuminating some aspect of the day, or simply telling a cracking good yarn, each reveals a story.
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
376 pages
Publication:
2017
Publisher:
Elliott & Thompson Ltd
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1783963581
ISBN13:
9781783963584
kindle Asin:
B07X7MQZNJ
The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words
A whole year’s worth of linguistic curiosities, just waiting to be discovered. Open the Cabinet to leap back in time, learn about linguistic trivia, follow a curious thread or wonder at the web of connections in the English language.
Paul Anthony Jones has unearthed a wealth of strange and forgotten words: illuminating some aspect of the day, or simply telling a cracking good yarn, each reveals a story.