StarWords The Celestial Roots of Modern Language /

Unbeknownst to many, our modern language contains countless words that were inspired by human observations of the cosmos. We now use words like “zenith”, “Monday”, “disaster”, “dog days”, “starfish”, “lunatic”, flu, and so many others, without a second thought for their celestial roots. Famous Frenc...

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Main Authors:	Kunth, Daniel (Author), Terlevich, Elena (Author)
Autor Corporativo:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	inglés
Publicado:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
Edición:	1st ed. 2024.
Series:	Popular Astronomy,
Subjects:	Physics > History. Sociolinguistics. Language and languages. History of Physics and Astronomy. Language History.
Acceso en liña:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49024-8
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