Explores the connections of place, language, wisdom, and morality among the Western Apache.

In an era when communication has become increasingly diverse and complex, this classic work on semantics--now fully revised and updated--distills the relationship between language and those who use it.

Revised fifth edition contains 10,000 new words and senses, over 4,000 ... new full-color images, and authoritative, up-to-date guidance on usage from the ... American Heritage Usage Panel .

C. S. Lewis explores the fascination with language by taking a series of words and teasing out their connotations.

A groundbreaking collection of 176 essays on the foundational words of society

This volume, originally published in 1896 and now of classic status makes accessible to European scholars the extensive store of material for the study of mythology, folk-lore, early civilization and manners and customs which it contains.

In an age unhealthily obsessed with the power of substance, this is a book that highlights the importance of style.

The third edition retains the approach of previous editions, with added exercises and updated lessons.

Telling the origins of hundreds of words, this funny, charming, and conversational book takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the ...