Amazing stories about the words of various. A book about what we say without knowing it
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The book of Vitaly Babenko, a writer, head of the Department of Journalism of the Institute of Journalism and Literary Creativity, but also a teacher of etymology - talks about the most ordinary words. Using them, we do not think that the history of each word is full of paradoxes. It was such stories that compiled a book - not a dictionary, not a scientific research, but a collection of unheard of stories about heard words. The author, as a detective, goes from resolving to unraveling. Well, it would seem, amazing in the words "bus", "time", "sky", "career" and others that are described in the book? And they, as it turns out, has a very intricate origin. In many cases, the method of forming a word, changing the original meaning, a strange connection of the components, amazing connections with other words can cause a smile. Just for this: to the joy of the reader from a meeting with "unfamiliar acquaintances" - everyday words, - and the author expects
Author:
Author:Babenko Vitaly
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Arts & Photography
- Category:Politics & Social Science
- Category:Reference books
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Series:
Series: Ray
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-91678-512-8
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