| Studies in Words Revised Edition Contributor(s): Lewis, C. S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107688655 ISBN-13: 9781107688650 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Etymology |
| Dewey: 422 |
| Series: Canto Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (1.10 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |