History of english words, a
Auteur :
Hughes, Geoffrey
Éditeur :
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN :
9780631188551
Date de publication :
16 déc. 1999
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,5 x 3,5 cm
Poids :
644 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book traces the remarkable reconfigurations that English lexis has undergone in the past millennium. The vocabulary is studied as an indicator of social change, a symbol reflecting different social dynamics between speech communities, on models of dominance, cohabitation, colonialism and globalisation.