Sl- is for Sleaze but Sn- is for Sneeze!

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Colin Williams

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Do consonant clusters have integral meaning in and of themselves? This book offers a fascinating insight into the world of consonants and their hidden meanings. It investigates the sound symbolism behind English consonant clusters and looks at why sw- swings and swaggers, gl- gleams and glows and wh- whoops and whistles. It traces the etymologies of some of our most evocative words back to some surprising ancient roots. "Sl- is for Sleaze but Sn- is for Sneeze!" is a well-researched and entertaining read, accessible to both the linguist and the interested reader.

Author Biography:

Colin Williams has a degree in Arabic and French from the University of Leeds. He has lived in Egypt, the Czech Republic, Italy, France, Portugal, and Bulgaria. He owned and ran his own language school in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria for eleven years. He now lives in Cambridge, UK.

Release date Australia

February 26th, 2018

Author

Colin Williams

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

232

Dimensions

152x229x12

ISBN-13

9781985830899

Product ID

37284569

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