Et Cetera, Et Cetera: Notes of a Word-Watcher

Name: The history of ideas through word origins
Item: Et Cetera, Et Cetera: Notes of a Word-Watcher
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By Lewis Thomas

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This is a book about simple but important words, and how they shed light on the way the human mind works. The author, winner of the National Book Award, examines the origin of words, the development of language, and tells us how language preserves us, binds us, and makes us a social species.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0316840998

ISBN13:9780316840996

Release Date:January 1990

Publisher:Little Brown and Company

Length:197 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

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Contemporary Etymology History & Criticism Language Arts Linguistics Literature & Fiction Movements & Periods Reference Words, Language & Grammar

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