Allan Metcalf

Broschiertes Buch

OK

The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word

Beschreibung

Metcalf traces the history of OK from its unusual birth as a jokey mis-transcribing of all correct in the 19th century, its rapid growth in various facets of American life, and its success overseas as the English word that all non-Americans know.

Autor

Allan Metcalf is Professor of English at MacMurray College and Executive Secretary of the American Dialect Society. He is the author of many other books on language, including most recently Presidential Voices: Speaking Styles from George Washington to George W. Bush (2004). He participates in the "Lingua Franca" blog of the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 127mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 206g
• ISBN-13: 9780199892532
• ISBN-10: 0199892539
• Artikelnr.: 34157994

Rezensionen

wonderfully crafted biography of the world's hardest working word. Sunday Telegraph