The Secret Life of Words

ISBN-13: 9780719564550 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 448 str.

Henry Hitchings

Opis

Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? This text is a wide-ranging account not only of the history of English, but also of how words witness history, reflect social change and remind us of our turbulent past.