Zounds! : A Browser's Dictionary of Interjections

"Often thought of as unnecessary verbal fringe or simply linguistic decoration, interjections (ahem, howdy, mamma mia, pshaw, tally-ho, whoop-de-doo) may well be the most overlooked part of speech in the English language. Zounds! A Browser's Dictionary focuses the spotlight on this most deserving (and sometimes most demented) grammatical group. A lighthearted look at more than five hundred interjections, Zounds! explores the origins of these essential words and highlights the contributions of these previously unheralded parts of speech." "Zounds! brings together the linguistic talents of Mark Dunny, author of the award-winning novel Ella Minnow Pea, and the graphic hilarity of Sergio Aragones, the legendary cartoonist and contributor to Mad magazine."--BOOK JACKET.Dunn, Mark is the author of 'Zounds! : A Browser's Dictionary of Interjections' with ISBN 9780312330798 and ISBN 0312330790.