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A new dictionary of eponyms
| 責任表示 | Morton S. Freeman |
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| シリーズ | Oxford paperback reference |
| データ種別 | 図書 |
| 出版情報 | New York : Oxford University Press , 1997 |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 大きさ | x, 284 p. : ill. ; 21 cm |
| 概要 | Do you approve of censoring the works of great writers? Some might contend that to bowdlerize a great writer's work would be to diminish its overall quality. Others, like Thomas Bowdler, whose eraser ...anced over every Shakespeare play, would argue that all modest people should be able to read a great work without blushing. For attacking the classics, Mr. Bowdler has been immortalized as the world's best-known, self-appointed literary censor. And because of his efforts the term bowdlerize has become eponymous with his name. Alternatively, the word bikini--defined as a two-piece bathing suit for women--has been a linguistic mystery since 1947 when these suits were first seen on the beaches of the French Riviera, a year after the United States began testing atom bombs on the Bikini atoll of the Marshall Islands. Some shocked people said that the impact of the scanty swimsuit on male beach loungers was like the devastating effect of the atomic bomb. Whoosh! A simpler and more credible notion is that the daring swimsuits resembled the attire worn by women on the Bikini atoll.Created about a century ago, the term eponym is itself a coinage from two Greek words, epi, "on" or "upon," and onama, "a name." But its broadened meaning, as dictionaries set it out, refers to a word derived from a proper name. For instance, Salisbury steak--a popular diner menu item created from common hamburger and dressed up with brown gravy to make it more appealing--is named for James H. Salisbury, an English physician who promoted a diet of ground beef.A Dictionary of Eponyms explores the origins of hundreds of these everyday words from Argyle socks to zeppelins. Written in an entertaining and anecdotal style, and with a foreword by Edwin Newman, the book includes a brief biography of the individual whose name became associated with an item or concept as well as information on how and when the name entered the language.If you've ever wondered just where terms like cardigan sweater, pamphlet, and robot come from, Morton Freeman does more than simply define them--he brings them to life. 続きを見る |
所蔵情報
| 状態 | 巻次 | 所蔵場所 | 請求記号 | 刷年 | 文庫名称 | 資料番号 | コメント | 予約・取寄 | 複写申込 | 自動書庫 |
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: pbk | 中央図 1A | 832.03/F 46/52970835 | 1997 |
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052211997008351 |
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書誌詳細
| 一般注記 | Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-284) |
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| 著者標目 | *Freeman, Morton S. |
| 件 名 | LCSH:English language -- Eponyms -- Dictionaries
全ての件名で検索
LCSH:Names, Personal -- Dictionaries 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Biography -- Dictionaries 全ての件名で検索 |
| 分 類 | LCC:PE1596 DC20:423/.1 |
| 書誌ID | 1000415153 |
| ISBN | 0195093542 |
| NCID | BA3483121X |
| 巻冊次 | : pbk ; ISBN:0195093542 |
| 登録日 | 2009.09.11 |
| 更新日 | 2009.09.11 |