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A Conspiracy of Ravens
A Compendium of Collective Nouns for Birds
Buch von Bill Oddie
Sprache: Englisch

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A charm of goldfinches. An ostentation of peacocks. A murder of crows. The English language brims with witty words for flocks of birds! Thought to have originated from hunting manuals, the practice of inventing collective nouns for birds has since evolved into a sport all its own, with new words striving to perfectly capture the essence of each bird. A Conspiracy of Ravens presents readers with a compendium of collective bird nouns from the distant and not-so-distant past. Some of the nouns are portentous, like a tiding of magpies. Others, like a murmuration of starlings or a chattering of choughs, convey sound. Still more reflect with literary flourish the beauty of the bird: what could be more celebratory than a crown of kingfishers or an exaltation of larks? Featuring songbirds, aquatic birds, garden favorites, and birds of prey, this book collects more than one hundred of the best and most imaginative expressions and illustrates them with charming woodcuts by the eighteenth-century artist and naturalist Thomas Bewick. A beautiful and entertaining read, A Conspiracy of Ravens will delight bird-lovers and word-lovers in equal measure.
A charm of goldfinches. An ostentation of peacocks. A murder of crows. The English language brims with witty words for flocks of birds! Thought to have originated from hunting manuals, the practice of inventing collective nouns for birds has since evolved into a sport all its own, with new words striving to perfectly capture the essence of each bird. A Conspiracy of Ravens presents readers with a compendium of collective bird nouns from the distant and not-so-distant past. Some of the nouns are portentous, like a tiding of magpies. Others, like a murmuration of starlings or a chattering of choughs, convey sound. Still more reflect with literary flourish the beauty of the bird: what could be more celebratory than a crown of kingfishers or an exaltation of larks? Featuring songbirds, aquatic birds, garden favorites, and birds of prey, this book collects more than one hundred of the best and most imaginative expressions and illustrates them with charming woodcuts by the eighteenth-century artist and naturalist Thomas Bewick. A beautiful and entertaining read, A Conspiracy of Ravens will delight bird-lovers and word-lovers in equal measure.
Über den Autor
Bill Oddie is a birdwatcher and a broadcaster for the BBC.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft, Importe
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781851244096
ISBN-10: 1851244093
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Oddie, Bill
Redaktion: Fanous, Samuel
Illustrator: Bewick, Thomas
Zusammengestellt: Fanous, Samuel
Hersteller: Bodleian Library
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 179 x 116 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Bill Oddie
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2014
Gewicht: 0,176 kg
Artikel-ID: 121042246
Über den Autor
Bill Oddie is a birdwatcher and a broadcaster for the BBC.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft, Importe
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781851244096
ISBN-10: 1851244093
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Oddie, Bill
Redaktion: Fanous, Samuel
Illustrator: Bewick, Thomas
Zusammengestellt: Fanous, Samuel
Hersteller: Bodleian Library
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 179 x 116 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Bill Oddie
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2014
Gewicht: 0,176 kg
Artikel-ID: 121042246
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