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Informació de l'obraReader's Digest Illustrated Reverse Dictionary: Find the Words at the Tip of Your Tongue de Reader's Digest (1989)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Everyone has experienced the frustration of mislaying a familiar word. You know what you want to say; you know that the precise word exists that would enable you to say it; and you know that you know this word…. But when you reach for it, it's not there. That's when the pantomime of exasperation begins: you snap your fingers, you frown, you rummage about in your mental attic, you say ""it's on the tip of my tongue"" or ""What's the word --- oh, you know,"". But the word, hovering just out of reach, continues to elude and tantalize you. Psychologies studying this phenomenon compare it to being on the brink of a sneeze. Anticipation... concentration... and --- frustration. What's needed, so to speak, is a pinch of snuff. The Reverse Dictionary provides one. It's a linguistic snuffbox, helping to release that pent-up sneeze. The relief it affords should be considerable. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
The Illustrated Reverse Dictionary is an ingenious word-finder that helps you locate the precise word you want when you know generally what you mean but can't recall the exact term. With an ordinary dictionary, you look up the word to find its meaning. With the Illustrated Reverse Dictionary, you do just the opposite: you look up the meaning to find the word. The Illustrated Reverse Dictionary works like a thesaurus, which gives you words that are similar in meaning, but it does more. You start with an idea, a description of the term you're looking for, and the Illustrated Reverse Dictionary leads you through associated words to the exact one you want. Moreover, each synonym is defined, and you get antonyms (word opposites) and etymologies (word histories), which a thesaurus does not offer. Containing over 400,000 words - in more than 70,000 main entries, with over 130 detailed color illustrations, and more than 160 charts, the Illustrated Reverse Dictionary offers quick and accurate reference. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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The book has over 130 detailed color pictures and 160 charts. Sometimes the charts are not as helpful as a picture would be, such as a list of old weaponry but no illustrations. And I still wasn’t sure, after consulting a chart of geographical features, if I wanted to use “llano” or “pampa.” Likewise, the list of types of columns couldn’t answer my question of whether a colannade could be a peristyle, or even a peripteral. Also, that same list has caryatid, but doesn’t distinguish between those with and without baskets on their heads (canephores have baskets).
But this book certainly serves its basic purpose, and may send you on to more detailed descriptions in other references. It’s an entertaining resource to have around, and a delight for word lovers. ( )