Word origins for lawyers
By: Rick Autry
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781614381471
Subjects: Law; Dictionaries; Terminology
Description: "A narrative etymological dictionary intended [for] lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals. The entries consist of legal words or words that are commonly used in legal work. The other criteria ... for inclusion were primarily how important the word is to lawyers, how interesting its etymology is, and how comprehensive the known etymology is"--Preface, p. vii.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Useful linguistics terms; title: Dictionary : A - W; title: The world of words; title: Folk etymology; title: False etymology to make a point; title: Types of definition; title: Short forms; title: Generalization; title: Specialization; title: Pejoration and elevation; title: Association and similitude; title: Figurative extension; title: Grimm's law; title: Prescriptive vs. descriptive dictionaries; title: Looking something up in a dictionary; title: The peoples who influenced English; title: Latin influence on English; title: Idiomatic phrasal verbs; title: Vagueness and ambiguity.