Logophilia: For the Love of Words

by Rob Kyff

Overview

Rob Kyff answers questions people have about grammar, like the use of the singular they, the origins of words and what roots they come from, how words become slang and how we got certain little sayings and exclamations that we use everyday, all within his best columns from 2014.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940156976669
Publisher:	Creators Publishing
Publication date:	08/12/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	118 KB

About the Author

Rob Kyff is the language columnist for the Hartford Courant, as well as a teacher, editor and writer. His column appears regularly in several newspapers across the country.

A native of Armonk, N.Y., Kyff earned a BA at Amherst College and an MA in American Studies at the University of Minnesota. In Minneapolis, he served as director of public information for a social-service agency and edited the employee magazine for a national retail chain.

He has taught English and history at Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford since 1977 and also served as the school's director of public affairs, editor of its alumni magazine and advisor to the student newspaper.

His essays have appeared in many newspapers, including the Washington Post,

Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe and Baltimore Sun, and his articles have appeared in Reader's Digest,American History and Northeast. He contributed to

Speaking Freely -- A guided Tour of American English from Plymouth Rock to Silicon Valley, published by Oxford University Press in 1997.

He has published two books: Word Up! - A Lively Look at English (Writers Club Press, 2000) and Once Upon a Word - True Tales of Word Origins (Tapestry Press, 2003).

He lives in West Hartford, Conn., with his family.