Opis: Words Fail Me - Teresa Monachino, T 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. This playful and sometimes hilarious text sorts the homonyms from the heteronyms and introduces the 'antigram' (demonstrating how the swift shuffle of certain letters can create words that entirely contradict the first: honestly becomes on the sly, earliest becomes rise late and, fabulously, Elvis = lives!). Monachino goes on to demand an explanation from all those tricky little words that are spelt the same and pronounced the same, but yet have utterly different meanings, while highlighting a few of life's petty pleonasms and showing off some quite excellent tautologies. A gaggle of one-word oxymorons shines the spotlight on words that harbour contradictory words within them and the final section provides a note on inadvisable hyphenation, which is a useful disco-very, but perhaps not the best place to beg-in. Because of the linguistic nature of this title there will be a American English edition. 'a book that gently subverts and questions the art of expression. ... filled with gentle humour and genuinely interesting anachronisms of the English language, all set in Monachino's immaculate typography.' Design Week, 27 April 2006 Words Fail Me 'mischievous - this small but perfectly formed book has been lovingly put together - its simple red, white and black colour scheme and use of Gill Sans and Joanna perfectly sets off the playful content. It's a bit like Eats Shoots and Leaves without the sanctimonious attitude. Charming - in the truest sense of the word.' Grafik, August 2006 'While this book would keep the designer or wordsmith in your life very entertained come birthday or Christmas, it's actually much more than just a witty collection of graphically arranged wordplay. - The book is full of tasty pleonasm, oxymorons, tautologies and even antigrams' Creative Review, August 2006Foreword - Contradictionary - Homonyms and Heteronyms - Antigrams - Antagonyms - Pleonasms - One-Word Oxymorons

Szczegóły: Words Fail Me - Teresa Monachino, T Monachino

Tytuł: Words Fail Me
Autor: Teresa Monachino, T Monachino
Producent: Phaidon Press Ltd
ISBN: 9780714846354
Rok produkcji: 2006
Ilość stron: 144
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.24 kg

Recenzje: Words Fail Me - Teresa Monachino, T Monachino