Words Fail Me
Author(s): Teresa Monachino
This lively and informative new title was originally inspired by the author's Italian mother and her struggles with the vagaries of the English language. Over the years the author has tried to correct her attempts and explain why the word she has chosen is incorrect, only to be baffled herself by the lack of logic within those explanations. English is full of contradictions and peculiarities (not counting such dull grammatical inconsistencies as 'i before e except after c', which are really no fun at all) and hoodwinks us into believing one thing while meaning something quite different. In English, all is not what it seems and with this book the author has brought these illogical oddities to the fore. Questions of spelling, pronunciation or the blatantly nonsensical are illustrated through clever visual representations that are created entirely through artfully manipulated typography.
Product Information
Teresa Monachino is an award-winning designer and typographer. Currently director of 999 Design she has overseen many varied projects and commissions for a number of high-profile clients. She lives in London.
Foreword - Contradictionary - Homonyms and Heteronyms - Antigrams - Antagonyms - Pleonasms - One-Word Oxymorons
General Fields
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- : phaido
- : phaido
- : 0.24
- : 01 April 2006
- : 186mm X 110mm X 17mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Teresa Monachino
- : Hardback
- : 421.5
- : 144