An Alphabetical Guide to the Language of Name Studies

by Adrian Room

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810831694
• ISBN13: 9780810831698
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.7"