The Etymologicon

词源词典 英文原版

A Circular Stroll through

the Hidden Connections

of the English Language

产品信息

出版社 ‏ : ‎ Icon Books Ltd(2016年 11月 3日)

语言 ‏ : ‎ 英语

平装 ‏ : ‎ 272页

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1785781707

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1785781704

尺寸 ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2 x 19.8 cm

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《星期日泰晤士报》头号畅销书风趣博学……充斥着没人需要知道的晦涩难懂的信息，但学习这些信息仍然是一种乐趣。 Nick Duerden，《独立报》特别好……福赛斯将单词带入它们的和我们的模糊历史 William Leith，《标准晚报》《词源学》是一本偶尔粗俗、经常风趣、准确博学的导览书，带您走进隐藏在英语之下的秘密迷宫。disgruntled 和 gruntled 之间到底有什么联系？教堂风琴与有组织犯罪、加利福尼亚与哈里发国、括号与裤裆之间有什么联系？马克·福赛斯对单词之间特殊而有时荒谬的联系的狂欢庆祝是同类作品中的经典之作：一个引人入胜的信息宝库，是世界各地单词爱好者的必读书籍。

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn nonetheless. Nick Duerden, Independent

Particularly good ... Forsyth takes words and draws us into their, and our, murky history William Leith, Evening Standard

The Etymologicon is an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language.

What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces?

Mark Forsyth s riotous celebration of the idiosyncratic and sometimes absurd connections between words isa classic of its kind: a mine of fascinating information and a must-read for word-lovers everywhere.

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