$124.49
Author: Room Adrian
Brand: Scarecrow Press
Features:
Number Of Pages: 136
Details: Review
…unthinkable is an academic library that doesn’t have some patrons who, even if they do not formally study naming, find language so fascinating and fun that they would delight in Room’s dictionary…. ― Rettig On Reference
The prolific Room has produced a small, easy to use dictionary defining many terms used in this field of study. Room nicely includes copious examples in many definitions.
This book’s scope is very wide. ― Library Association Record
Room ranges through the virtually boundless field of name studies with elan and immense linguistic dexterity. …of considerable interest for its sensible discussions of terms and for the many examples given within each entry. These eclectic, highly informative, and often entertaining. ― H.G.A. Hughes
Product Description
This informative and entertaining work provides information on more than 660 terms used in onomastics, the study of names.
The book is organized as a dictionary, with entries and cross-references that enable users to locate terms using either their common names or their more formal terms. So, for example, under “cat names” one finds that the scientific term for that area of study is “ailuronymics.” Or, “nautonymics” is the study of boat names.
Most entries include information on the origin of the term, its definition, examples of the term in use, and anecdotal information of interest. A glossary of classical root words―both Greek and Latin―is also included, as well as a bibliography of related works.
Students of onomastics will find this book both interesting and useful, as will linguists and lovers of language.
About the Author
Adrian Room is the author of about 35 popular reference books, mainly on the origins of words and names. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the English Place-Name Society and the American Name Society.
Release Date: 05-09-1996
Package Dimensions: 16x220x345
