The Power of Words: Unveiling the Speaker and Writer's Hidden Craft

by Jeff Collins, Brian S. Butler, Suguru Ishizaki, et al.

Book Overview

In 1888, Mark Twain reflected on the writer's special feel for words to his correspondent, George Bainton, noting that "the difference between the almost-right word and the right word is really a large matter." We recognize differences between a politician who is "willful" and one who is "willing" even though the difference does not cross word-stems or parts of speech. We recognize that being "held up" evokes different experiences depending upon whether...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805847839
• ISBN13: 9780805847833
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"