Words; Their Use and AbuseThe author of this book prepared a profound semantic and moral study on the true meaning of words and how the inappropriate use leads to the distortions of meaning and thus to the misunderstanding of the utterance. |
Contents
GRAND WORDS | |
SMALL WORDS | |
WORDS WITHOUT MEANING | |
SOME ABUSES OF WORDS | |
SAXON WORDS OR ROMANIC? | |
THE SECRET OF APT WORDS | |
THE SECRET OF APT WORDScontinued | |
THE FALLACIES IN WORDScontinued_ | |
NAMES OF | |
NICKNAMES | |
CURIOSITIES OF LANGUAGE | |
COMMON WORDS WITH CURIOUS DERIVATIONS | |
WORDS OF ILLUSIVE ETYMOLOGY | |
COMMON IMPROPRIETIES OF SPEECH | |
PRINCIPAL BOOKS CONSULTED | |
THE FALLACIES IN WORDS | |
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