Author: DictionaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
Dictionary of Archaic Words
Author: DictionaryArchaic Words and the Authorized Version
Author: Laurence M. VancePublisher:
ISBN: 9780982369739
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The King James Bible Word Book
Author: Ronald F. BridgesPublisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 9780785280934
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
English has changed dramatically since the introduction of the King James Bible. The original words often fail to make sense but the beauty of the poetic style reaffirms your love for the King James Bible. This Book will help you make sense of the often archaic language. A delightful and authoritative guide, this source book illuminates the 1611 text for the 1990's readers. Fascinating, brief articles explain over 800 terms of the KJV that have either fallen into disuse or have taken on a dramatically different meaning. Includes a comprehensive index of over 2600 entries.
A Tolkien English Glossary
Author: Oliver LooPublisher: OL
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The Lost Beauties of the English Language
Author: Charles MackayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Reckonings
Author: Stephen ChrisomalisPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 026236087X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Insights from the history of numerical notation suggest that how humans write numbers is an active choice involving cognitive and social factors. Over the past 5,000 years, more than 100 methods of numerical notation--distinct ways of writing numbers--have been developed and used by specific communities. Most of these are barely known today; where they are known, they are often derided as cognitively cumbersome and outdated. In Reckonings, Stephen Chrisomalis considers how humans past and present use numerals, reinterpreting historical and archaeological representations of numerical notation and exploring the implications of why we write numbers with figures rather than words.
The Word Museum
Author: Jeffrey KacirkPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743214943
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
ENTER A GALLERY OF WIT AND WHIMSY As the largest and most dynamic collection of words ever assembled, the English language continues to expand. But as hundreds of new words are added annually, older ones are sacrificed. Now from the author of Forgotten English comes a collection of fascinating archaic words and phrases, providing an enticing glimpse into the past. With beguiling period illustrations, The Word Museum offers up the marvelous oddities and peculiar enchantments of old and unusual words.
A Thesaurus of Old English: Introduction and thesaurus
Author: Jane RobertsPublisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042015739
Category : English languaage
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words
Author: James Orchard HalliwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Reading the OED
Author: Ammon SheaPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780399533983
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
An obsessive word lover provides an account of the year he spent reading the Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover, offering a selection of obscure and offbeat vocabulary gems he discovered along the way.