Studies in Words
Studies in Words
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Summary
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.
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Studies in Words by C S Lewis
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.
'Rarely is so much learning displayed with so much grace and charmMy only regret is that the book was not twice as long.' New York Times Book Review
'… a brilliant book addressed to students and to lay people alike and timelessly persuasive.' Robert Burchfield
'… a brilliant book addressed to students and to lay people alike and timelessly persuasive.' Robert Burchfield
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521398312 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521398312 |
| Title | Studies in Words |
| Author | C S Lewis |
| Series | Canto |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1990-09-13 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |