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Shallow-Water Dictionary
ShallowWater Dictionary
Author: John Stilgoe
Shallow-Water Dictionary is both a celebration of the richness of?our vernacular language and a lament on its passing -- and?with it, the passing of the words we need to understand the shallow-water?regions, which, once the primary landscape of America, now face?extinction, both physical and linguistic.??Beautifully written, Shallow-Wa...  more » is a?thought-provoking and valuable addition to our knowlege of our changing?landscape. Stilgoe's definitions are lyric explanations --?literary, etymological, historical, vernacular -- of?more than 25 words and terms whose original meanings have been eroded by?time.
ISBN-13: 9781568980294
ISBN-10: 1568980299
Publication Date: 1/1/1996
Pages: 48
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Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Book Type: Paperback
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