What's in A Name? How Proper Names Became Everyday Words
Ehrlich, Eugene; Eugene Ehrlich
Language: English
Published by An Owl Book/Henry Holt & Company, New York, 2000
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238 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Slightly creased and slanted spine. Light foxing on page edges.
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- Title
- What's in A Name? How Proper Names Became Everyday Words
- Author
- Ehrlich, Eugene; Eugene Ehrlich
- Publisher
- An Owl Book/Henry Holt & Company, New York
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0805059431
- ISBN 13
- 9780805059434
- Illustrator
- Joe Ciardello (Cover Illustrations); Raquel Jaramillo (Cover Design); Paula Russell Szafranski (Design)
- Edition
- 1st Owl Books Edition 2000/1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Cultural Studies, English Language, Grammar, Writing & Use, Language Studies, Linguistics, Phonetics, Speech
Mining the English language to turn up a colorful cast of characters, Eugene Ehrlich finds the historic and literary figures who have given their names to the English language in the interest of keeping it vibrant and their names alive. In What's in a Name? Ehrlich traces the history of eponymous words and their progenitors, illuminating the legacy of Louis Braille, inventor of the system of embossed printing for the blind; the verbal acrobatics of Baron Munchausen; the sadism of the Marquis de Sade; and much more. What's in a Name? will amuse and enlighten word buffs, history lovers, and trivia pursuers alike as Ehrlich, in his inimitable way, uncovers an exhaustive assemblage of characters who have left an indelible mark on the English language.
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