Words in Time : A Social History of English Vocabulary

ISBN-13: 9780631173212 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 284 str.

Geoffrey Hughes

Opis

The word blurb derives from a pulchritudinous young lady of that fictional name who appeared on a book-cover at the turn of the century. Quarrying the Oxford English Dictionary for its evidence, this book traces the extraordinary way in which English words have changed their meanings over the past millennium. These shifts both reflect Britain's rich history and reveal the social determinants of the language.