by Virgilio Ortega Pérez · Editorial Crítica · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498929072
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«Palabradicción: El fascinante juego de las palabras» is the linguistic essay by Virgilio Ortega (Editorial Crítica, paperback, 368 pages, in Spanish).
Each chapter is conceived as a game: it starts from an unexpected question, such as «¿Qué tiene que ver Platón con los plátanos?», offers several possible answers and closes with the correct solution, while a conversation between the author and the reader traces the origin of terms, their formation and their shifts in meaning.
Published in 2016, it belongs to the Ares y Mares collection and is Virgilio Ortega's third book as an author.
For language enthusiasts, etymology and wordplay, and for readers curious about the origin of terms.
