Story of english in 100 words, the
Auteur :
Crystal, David
Éditeur :
Profile Books Ltd
ISBN :
9781846684289
Date de publication :
5 juil. 2012
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
243 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient word ('loaf') to advanced ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), the author takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising.