Bookbot

A History of English Words

Hodnotenie knihy

Viac o knihe

This book traces the remarkable reconfigurations that English lexishas undergone in the past millennium. The vocabulary is studied asan indicator of social change, a symbol reflecting different socialdynamics between speech communities, on models of dominance, cohabitation, colonialism and globalisation. Comprehensive guide to the evolution of the Englishvocabulary.Well known passages from literature are used to illustrate thevariety of English words.Accessible discussion of Latin, Greek, Germanic andNorman-French languages.Contains original research into the make-up of the currentlexical core of English.

Nákup knihy

A History of English Words, Geoffrey Hughes

Jazyk
Rok vydania
1999
product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
(mäkká),
Stav knihy
Poškodená
Cena
11,05 €

Platobné metódy

3,5
Dobrá
13 Hodnotenie

Tu nám chýba tvoja recenzia

Titul
A History of English Words
Jazyk
anglicky
Vydavateľ
Wiley-Blackwell
Rok vydania
1999
Väzba
mäkká
Počet strán
452
ISBN10
063118855X
ISBN13
9780631188551
Série
Hodnotenie
3,45 z 5
Anotácia
This book traces the remarkable reconfigurations that English lexishas undergone in the past millennium. The vocabulary is studied asan indicator of social change, a symbol reflecting different socialdynamics between speech communities, on models of dominance, cohabitation, colonialism and globalisation. Comprehensive guide to the evolution of the Englishvocabulary.Well known passages from literature are used to illustrate thevariety of English words.Accessible discussion of Latin, Greek, Germanic andNorman-French languages.Contains original research into the make-up of the currentlexical core of English.