Names New and Old
| Author | : Edwin Wallace McMullen |
| Publisher | : Edwin Mellen Press |
| Total Pages | : 578 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0773475346 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780773475342 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (342 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Names New and Old by : Edwin Wallace McMullen
Download or read book Names New and Old written by Edwin Wallace McMullen and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays tell the story of geographic, literary, personal and various other types of names. Information on names is offered chronologically from 1391 up to the present time and the 'hip-lit' names used in Bret Easton Ellis's Less than Zero. There are also technical studies, such as the names of drugs in the world of street-Spanish, and the sound patterns of proper names in the English language.
