Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781555974190
Publisert
2005-04-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Graywolf Press,U.S.
Vekt
316 gr
Høyde
183 mm
Bredde
134 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
228
Forfatter
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Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Latino Studies at Amherst College."Ilan Stavans may very well succeed in becoming the Octavio Paz of our age." - San Francisco Chronicle"
A dictionary, despite its heroic efforts to pin down language, is destined for failure the moment a single word is printed; for language, with its eternal mutations, is forever uncontainable. Award-winning essayist Ilyan Stavans explores the human need to isolate meaning: owner of hundreds of dictionaries, he follows a fascinating, zigzagging lexicography across many languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Arabic, Hebrew, Latin and Cyrillic. A fabulous selection of strange inconstancies, unusual origins and extraordinary anecdotes.
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Explores the human need to seize upon the meaning of things, and the attempt to catalogue existence with meaningful lexical signals called "words". This title follows a history of lexicography across many languages, and spots strange meaning inconsistencies, uncovers unusual origins, and shares extraordinary and often hilarious anecdotes.
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"Ilan Stavans may very well succeed in becoming the Octavio Paz of our age." - San Francisco Chronicle"
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781555974190
Publisert
2005-04-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Graywolf Press,U.S.
Vekt
316 gr
Høyde
183 mm
Bredde
134 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
228
Forfatter