The Book of Babel: Words and the Way We See Things

By Nigel Lewis

Book Overview

This extended essay-lexicon celebrates the creative confusion of the world's languages as they interact in overheard "echoic" words, muddled popular etymologies, & the misunderstandings among... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877454965
• ISBN13: 9780877454960
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"